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Impossible [electronic resource] / Danielle Steel.
Everything Sasha does is within the boundaries of tradition. Liam is sockless in December. Sasha is widowed, a woman who knows she was lucky enough to be married to the most wonderful man in the world and thankful for every moment they had. Liam is half in and half out of a marriage that only a "wacky" artist could manage, and that his own impossibly impulsive behavior has helped tear apart. But while Sasha has been methodically building her father's Parisian art gallery into an intercontinental success story, Liam has been growing into one of the most original and striking young painters of his time. So while the two are utterly unalike--and a nine-year age difference stares them squarely in the face--the miracle of art brings them crashing together. Now the question is, can Sasha guard her reputation while juggling a secret, somewhat scandalous relationship? And how can Liam, who lives for the moment, put up with a woman who insists on having things her own way, in her own style, and at her own time?
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- ISBN: 9780307566522 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 0307566528 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- Publisher: New York : Bantam Dell, [2009], c2005.
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| General Note: | Title from eBook information screen. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2009 KB). |
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| Subject: | Artists > Fiction. Art dealers > Fiction. Widows > Fiction. Painters > Fiction. Paris (France) > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. Artists > Fiction. |
| Genre: | EBOOK. Love stories. Electronic books. |
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- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2005 February #1
Steel's usual formula is at play here in a new love story about the difficulties of a relationship between two wildly different persons. Sasha is a high-powered gallery owner, and Liam is a feckless artist. Recently widowed, Sasha, who is nine years older than Liam, is staid, conservative, and bound by tradition. Liam is married (unhappily), manic, and a pronounced nonconformist. While Sasha has been busy building her father's Parisian art gallery into an international success, Liam has become the darling of the art world. The two meet and gradually begin an affair, but soon their strong personalities get in the way of their blossoming relationship. As well-heeled Sasha tries to keep the affair hidden from her grown children and her snooty clientele, Liam is working hard to draw Sasha out of that world and into his. Eventually, the differences become too much for them to handle, and the lovers clash, break up, and (surprise!) come together again in a dramatic, suspenseful finale. No surprises here, but Steel knows what her fans want, and this solid, meaty tale will not disappoint them; expect demand. ((Reviewed February 1, 2005)) Copyright 2005 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2005 January #2
Wealthy widow, artist lover.Sasha Boardman is attracted to an artist who shows in her internationally famous gallery, Suvery Contemporary. Liam Allison is so tall, so rugged in that cable-knit sweater, and so, so wacky. Why, he doesn't wear socks with shoes! Is Sasha, 50, ready for a walk on the wild side? Perhaps. Yet she still grieves decorously for her late husband, Arthur, a kind investment banker conveniently finished off by a heart attack in order for our heroine to Learn To Love Again. Her grown children will simply have to cope. Her son Xavier actually introduced her to Liam, but that was all about art-it never occurred to him that his devoted mother is a Lonely Woman With Needs. Liam also has Needs, but he can't be bought and he won't let Sasha boss him around, giving a stirring speech about his cherished independence. "Well, I'm an artist, Sasha. . . . and I won't let you cut off my balls." Sasha hastens to reassure him that she has no intention of doing so, and, somewhat later, her bitchy daughter Tatianna is appalled to encounter a naked Liam wandering about her mother's apartment in a postcoital glow. How can she do that in Daddy's bed? howls Tati. Xavier, the voice of reason, begs to differ. Other issues arise: it seems that Beth, Liam's first love, still evokes powerful if mixed emotions in his wayward heart. . . . When Beth and Liam's daughter falls through a giant, heretofore unseen, hole in the floor, severely injuring her spine, the plot stops dead in its tracks. Will Charlotte walk again? Will Liam return to Beth and make good on a long-ago promise? Will Sasha continue to suffer nobly through hospital vigils and late-night loneliness?Cartoonish prose and skimpy storyline do little for a notably unsexy romance from the indefatigable Steel (Echoes, 2004, etc., etc.). Copyright Kirkus 2005 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2005 March #1
Steel's latest is set in the glamorous art worlds of Paris and New York. All the characters are drop-dead gorgeous, which lets the reader know right away that this is not the real world. Sasha, a rich, respected 49-year-old art dealer, has a fling with Liam, a wacky 39-year-old artist whom she represents. Sparks fly between them, and not just sexually; they really fight. Their age difference is the major issue; nothing else of interest goes on except for the opening of Liam's art show and peripheral family issues. Liam's paintings are so wonderful that the show sells out, but the reader has not been given the clues needed to visualize his work. Sasha, a mature, sensible businesswoman, somehow has no resistance to this inappropriate suitor, whose behavior is childlike down to his tantrums. The dialog is repetitive, with the couple fighting, making up, fighting, etc. Not one of Steel's better novels, but many of her fans will probably still enjoy it. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 11/1/04.]-Carol J. Bissett, New Braunfels P.L., TX Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2004 November #1
Can widowed gallery owner Sasha find love with offbeat artist Liam? Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2005 January #4
Sasha de Suvery Boardman, the 48-year-old heroine of Steel's latest romance, knew she had it all-perfect marriage, two terrific grown kids, prestigious art galleries in Paris and New York, three luxury homes-until her husband's fatal heart attack. Now brokenhearted, but still beautiful and chic, she buries herself in her gallery work, until son Xavier introduces her to bad-boy painter Liam Allison, a gorgeous, "wacky" 39-year-old who instantly "[brings] out the mother in her." So she offers him a gallery contract, thus igniting a "torrid affair" punctuated by endless arguments about their nine-year age difference, his severe allergy to all forms of authority and their incompatible "lifestyles and appearances" (including his strong aversion to wearing socks). Despite Steel's repeated assurances that Liam is actually "innocent and likable," his petulance and impulsiveness are seriously off-putting, and the tortured romance has an icky, near-incestuous quality that may make some readers cringe. Others may just be bored by the sketchy, meandering plot, the skimpy characterizations and the hyperbolic, often stunningly repetitious style ("He was just a young man who liked to have fun and still acted like a boy at times, full of mischief and fun"). Even hardcore Steel addicts may not make it all the way through this one, her 63rd. (Mar. 1) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
