Plain Jane

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Fern Michaels is such a superb writer. The characters are very well written, which draws the reader in, and you can't help but become immediately emotionally involved with them and the story. Jane Lewis grew up to be a strong independent woman who is still haunted by an unsolved death in her past. To be free of the past, she must resolve it. Jane and Mike are perfectly matched old friends that fall in love. Secondary characters Trixie and Fred are well developed and compliment the story well.

Poor Jane was the chubby nerd of LSU when on one night she comes to the aid of a woman that is her total opposite. Jane hides the secrets of that violent evening for twelve years when she finally realizes that she has to overcome her fears and her ghosts. Plain Jane really gives a reader a beautiful tour or rural Louisana and of course Ms. Michaels always has an array of colorful character and their even more colorful dogs. The one thing I love about Fern Micheals stories is that the main character's dog are the "rock of Gilbraltar" in their lives. They characters conversations with them as if they were humans themselves. I would love to see one of Fern Micheal's stories on the small or silver screen because the characters are life-like and readers can really related. And I'm sure there is a Jane Daniels walking on every college campus right now.

When Jane Lewis was in college she was overweight, frumpy and painfully shy. She so wanted to be like Connie Bryan, the homecoming queen. Today, Jane Lewis is confident and has a thriving psychotherapy practice, her own radio talk show, a beautiful old Louisiana mansion and her dog, Olive to keep her company. What she is missing, however, is someone to share her life. Jane is haunted by a spirit in her house, as well as the brutal, unsolved attack that ended Connie Bryan's life. The present begins to collide with the past, and a man she admired from afar in college comes in to her life and Jane finds herself re-evaluating he life and everything in it. This was really a great read for me. I have always enjoyed Fern Michaels' books, and this one is right up on my favorites list! The story line was well-written and the characters well-developed. By the end of the book, Jane and all the other main characters felt very real.

From the first page to the last, I could not put this book down. Fern Michaels has a way of bringing real life into a story of fiction. Jane Lewis tries to help others, when she has her own past haunting her even from childhood. The story line in this book was exceptional. The added "spooks" such as Billie and Jeeter and then her own mother were written into the story so well. I couldn't put this book down until the very last page. It gets a No. 1 rating from me.

There's a message in this book for all of us Plain Janes. You CAN make a difference. Love the 'spirits' in the story. I'd love to have one in my house. Stayed up to the wee hours in the morning to finish reading because once I started I couldn't put it down until I finished it. Great job, Ms. Michaels.