God's Country Club: A Novel - Hardcover

Storey, Gail Donohue

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9780892552191: God's Country Club: A Novel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892552190 ISBN 13: 9780892552191

Publisher: Persea, 1996

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Her heart set on Gabriel, Colleen Sweeney takes one step closer to commitment when she stores most of her belongings in a mini-warehouse and moves in with him, into his Houston condo complex, God's Country Club. Gabriel Benedict is a freshly divorced emergency room doctor with wealthy parents in Fort Worth and a name-sake, two-year-old son. He's definitely Mr. Right, but can Colleen leave her past behind and start a future? Then again, can Gabriel accept her as she is: still on the run from her kinky relationship with Web, a cruise director; responsible for her "residentially challenged" father in Boston; and about to be downsized from her job as a librarian? A Texas sexual revolution threatens as Colleen and Gabriel play out tensions between Yankees and Texans, haves and have-nots, and women and men.

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About the Author:

Storey was born in Massachusetts. She has worked as a librarian and as administrative director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston.

From Kirkus Reviews:

In a sequel to her debut The Lord's Motel (1992), former librarian Storey continues the romantic, tongue-in-cheek adventures of the comically neurotic Colleen Sweeney, besting the urban upheavals of modern Houston. Having escaped the clutches of the lecherous Web Desiderio in the last novel, Colleen finally hooks Mr. Right in the form of Gabriel Benedict, ER doctor, tall rich Texan, and all-around sensitive guy. Colleen moves into his country club condo for a thinly veiled marriage tryout. Gabriel, who's getting in touch with his feminine side to avoid another traumatic divorce, is the man of Colleen's dreams, but, in her own words, ``Worry is how organized people like me take care of their catastrophes in advance.'' Which is not to say that the anxious Colleen doesn't have anything to worry about: To retain her job at the library, she's volunteered to take library services to the homeless, bringing her face-to-face with the less fortunate residents of Houston. Raised in the Boston projects herself, and with a father who is currently homeless, Colleen should be familiar with the ravages of poverty, though unfortunately the conversations she has with her target group are na‹ve enough to sound like simplistic propaganda. Furthermore, once she and Gabriel become engaged, complications arise--entering into Texas society, making wedding plans, keeping her unconventional family hidden from Gabriel and his parents, Peaches and King, winning over Gabriel's obstinate son. Along the way, Storey offers comic one-liners on the absurdities of modern relationships, feminist networking, and a whole host of other post-yuppie targets, providing a Texas-size helping of zingers and satirical commentary. There's even a running analysis of the Charles and Di fiasco as a paradigm of modern love. Engaging and casually endearing, but there are no surprises here, and the ``issues'' are rendered with too heavy a hand. -- Copyright �1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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