This is quite possibly the most eloquently written book filled with a multitude of facts. I used this as a reference for a thesis paper, and it was a tremendous help. I advise anyone even remotely concerned with abortion to get this book. You wont regret it!

The pace in the village of Bishop St. Leon may be a bit slower, but the townsfolk have their share of dark secrets that are not as concealed as the holder would prefer. For instance, Martin Trent has returned from the continent to do what he does best physically and mentally abuse his mother Susan, who in turn tries to hide her fear and bruises though everyone can see both. Others have their own nasties to torture their soul.

Into this pleasant mix arrives enigmatic Adam Wilson, who lifts a few everyday at the pub as he gathers information about the locals. No one including his flatmate, DI Roger Morris, suspect that Adam pays full attention to what is going on around him as he learns much about the townsfolk. However, soon Adam will have what he needs to accomplish his arcane quest.

If the reader seeks non-stop action they need to go elsewhere. However, those fans of slowly simmering psychological suspense will gain much pleasure from CAUSE FOR CONCERN. The story line portrays an overall negative outlook from the villagers, as dysfunctional relationships seem everywhere. The depressing perspective turns darker as Adam aided by nature uncovers an interred secret that will send the unhealthy over the edge. Though deliberate in development, Margaret Yorke provides a cerebral look at crime that readers of a more leisurely paced thriller will enjoy.

Harriet Klausner

This Margaret Mitchell biography is very good. Ms. Edwards knows her subject and manages to supply the reader with interesting details, both on Margaret Mitchell herself and on the writing of her only novel as well as the making of the film and Ms. Mitchell's involvement in that project.

The book is easily read and written in a very entertaining and descriptive style, making the reader feel as if he or she were really there.

An excellent place to begin a study of the enigma that was Margaret Mitchell.

This is an interesting examination of how fascination with Gone With the Wind has affected the lives of women in Britain. But the book has accurate and enlightening biographies of the stars as well, and an examination of issues presented by both film and novel. A good read for anyone interested in this novel as a phenomenon of pop culture.

I am frankly baffled beyond belief at this cultural phenomenon in the South US for attempting to find familial links to Ireland. Not only is it completely inane, but it also happens to be wrong; that is, if one, as I assume most people do, assumes 'Irish' to mean Irish and Catholic - the people people are talking about when they say Irish.

I have a bad feeling GWTW is the catalyst for southerners to jumpstart this cultural identity crisis. I also tend to think that GWTW unfairly slanders the Irish by presenting them as big players in the Slave-holding south.

Despite Mr. O'Connell's passion for his thesis, let me iterate two points: Scarlet and the fam worship with the rest of the Presbyterians, and then that her father is fixated to all hell on land-ownership ("Land is everything to and Irishman" or some such baloney). If land is everything to an Irishman, then there would have been alot of disappointed Irishman as 98% of the land in the colony belonged to the Crown and was administered to by landlords -- often (oops!) by PRESBYTERIAN Scoth-Irish, a group that compromised a huge portion of the immigrant populace to America early on, as many lost the 100-year leases on the land the crown had given them in Ireland. Its no secret by just about any set of records that Irish Catholics congregated virtual universally in cities.

Can we try and put the cooption of Irishness to a stop?

This book is great. Rarely have I come across a book that was so informative and so enjoyable. The author makes points about GWTW's origin and contextual meaning that I was totally unaware of. A great read!

Well, I thought I knew it all... This book, however, gave me a different perspective of Mitchell's famous novel. It's like discovering the New World again. And those photographs were amazing! A definite must have in any GWTW collection.

I fell in love with Gone With The Wind and was very excited to hear that a sequel had been written. I just had to know if Scarlett got Rhett back, so I read it. I have to give Ripley credit for trying, but she didn't have to bring the trashy romance-novel-of-today atmosphere. For the most part, she sort of sounded like Mitchell, until the "love scene" on the beach; that part made me ill, litterally. And I also didn't like how she took away all of Scarlett's morals--she practically slept with everyone! Even though all I've done is complain, there are good aspects of this book, too. I would reccomend it to anyone who loves GWTW, but you will be disappointed more than once.

I am a sophmore in high school, and for a book report my english class had to read a "classic" book. My teacher recommended "Gone WIth the Wind." when i looked at it i almost passed out. Two weeks to read 1,024 pages?? i had never read a book that long. But upon reading it, it only took me two days. I couldn't put it down. I absolutely loved it. The thing about it though, was that the ending left me depressed! i couldnt understand how mitchell could just end the book like that, so sad and heart wrenching. i cried, and i usually dont cry while reading books. i immediately thought of the sequel. i had to know what happened to rhett and scarlett. this book was absolutely wonderful. it gave me a peace of mind knowing that scarlett and rhett and their daughter would live happily ever after. Ireland and the O'hara's were facinating, and the book captivated me the entire way through. I also loved the way scarlett grew up, but still had the same qualities that readers loved and admired her for. I recommend this sequel to anyone who likes a happy ending and is searching for a peace of mind.

There has been a lot of contraversy over this book from those who hated it, and then those that loved it. I have to give Alexandra Ripley a pat on the back for going out on a limb, and creating the Sequel to a book that has entranced and captivated millions of readers... it was no easy task to be sure. But Ripley takes us back into Scarlett's life, and encaptivated my attention, anyway. I read this book in 2 weeks, and it is 800+ pages long!

I thought that Scarlett had the same spunk, determination, and fearlessness that was shown in GWTW proven throughout the book. Scarlett definately grows up a lot from her "Belle of the County" former self, into a mature, loving, indepentant, admired woman who undergo's one tribulation to the next, enthrawlling the reader to keep turning the page. I think the way Alexandra Ripley had Scarlett break all of her ties to America in search of a new life showed her determination to take on the world. When I was in the part of the book where Scarlett decides to stay in Ireland for good, and create a new home in Ballyhara, I thought, "Great! Why do I have a feeling that from here on out I will have a hard time to get to the happy ending? Scarlette has to keep in her pursuit of Rhett! Go after him!" those thoughts proved foolish, because Ripley made new trials for Scarlett, and I couldn't turn the page fast enough. It went to show that Scarlett was the same self willed person who could take care of herself. At the same time though, she was determined to win back Rhett. Rhett is the same person he was in GWTW, and he remains the heart throb we all hoped Ripley would maintain.

Overall, this book deserves to be shed in a good light, because it seamlessly answers all the questions we had at the end of GWTW and takes us on an adventure we will never forget. So give it a chance people!

This is terrible that some modern-age author thought it funny to make fun of one of literatures greatest works. Its a disgrace to all new-day authors that one dosen't have enough imagination to come up with a story and plot of their own, but instead chooses to downgrade a beloved American classic.

What a disgrace to great American literature! This book shows how small-minded people have become.

What a Hoot! I loved it! Now we know what was really in that pretty little head. I am a long time fan of GWTW (some 30 years worth)and a passionate historian of the antebellum South, but this is too neat a satire to pass up. (Far better than that wretched sequel to GWTW palmed off on us a few years ago!) Scarlett would have been in stitches - heck, she'd have been publishing her memoirs a long time ago! That lady did love the limelight.

If you take GWTW as serious history and don't want your feathers ruffled, no, don't listen to this book. But if you enjoy GWTW as the rousing Southern mythology and legacy it is, I think you will safely get a kick out of this. My only complaint was that the reader speaks so quickly at times that she is difficult to follow and thus doesn't come across as authentically Southern.