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Belinda G. Buchanan

Belinda G. Buchanan

About

ADULTERY, ALCOHOLISM, MENTAL ILLNESS - These are social issues that can take a devastating toll on families.

The characters that I write about are not perfect. They are far from it, actually. Even heroes have a chink in their armor. It's what makes them human. 

My stories are filled with emotion, intimacy, drama, and hope. If you like these things and don't mind a few racy scenes or a sprinkling of profanity here and there, then my books are for you. 

I have written three novels: "After All Is Said And Done", "The Monster of Silver Creek", and the recently released "Seasons of Darkness".

Late at night, you'll find me holed up in my office/closet gleefully typing away on my keyboard. It's a place where tall, dark, and handsome meets high drama - and is located just underneath the winter coats. :)

A Shadow in Yucatan

A Shadow in Yucatan

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<p>A mythical jewel of a story… A true story told on a beach in Yucatan, A Shadow tells Stephanie's story but it was also the story of the golden time. Its nostalgia sings like cicadas in the heat.</p><p>An American ‘Under Milkwood’, this distilled novel of the Sixties evokes the sounds, music and optimism on the free-wheelin streets and parks of Coconut Grove. You can hear Bob Dylan still strumming acoustic; smoke a joint with Fred Neil; and Everybody’s Talkin is carried on the wind.</p><p>Stephanie, a young hairdresser living in lodgings finds herself pregnant. Refused help from her hard Catholic mother in New York, unable to abort her baby, she accepts the kindness of Miriam, her Jewish landlady, whose own barren life spills into compassionate assistance for the daughter she never had.</p><p>The poignancy of its ending, its generosity and acceptance, echoes the bitter disappointment of those of us who hoped for so much more, but who remember its joy, and its promise, as though untarnished by time.</p>

Story Behind The Book

I wanted to write a story about the ramifications of adultery. Most times, we see the immediate results of infidelity, but not the long term effects.

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<div><span class="reviewer"><a class="userReview" href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1883261-nancy" style="color:#382110;font-size:13px;">Nancy Eriksen</a></span>'s review  <div class="right dtreviewed greyText smallText" style="float:right;font-size:10px;line-height:14px;color:#999999;"><span>Jun 04, 11</span></div>   <div style="clear:right;"> </div> <div class="rating"><img alt="4 of 5 stars" height="15" src="http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/stars/red_star_4_of_5.gif?1310086505" style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;" title="4 of 5 stars" width="75" /></div> <div>Read from May 30 to June 04, 2011</div> </div> <p> </p> <div class="reviewText mediumText description" style="font-size:14px;">Two couples who seem to have it all. Two sets of physicians who, unfortunately, can’t seem to heal themselves. One tiny baby in the midst of chaos he couldn’t even begin to understand. Five lives torn apart. <br /> In After All is Said and Done, Belinda Buchanan touches on many topics. Fidelity is one and there was a serious lack of that prior to the beginning of this tale. Honesty? Out the window. Secrets? Went with honesty. <br /> Jessica Harrington had an affair with her husband’s clinic partner’s hubby. They have moved past that with the soon to appear baby Jess is expecting. Ethan, Jess’ husband is content in his free clinic work and Sarah Williams, his clinic partner has forgiven her husband, Gavin as well. Until something happens that changes all their lives forever – the baby. Ryan comes a tad early but is fine. The adults aren’t so lucky. <br /> Ryan is Gavin’s son. A one-night stand long after the affair supposedly ended. Everyone wants him but Ethan most of all. His own childhood was not pleasant and he has longed for a child ever since he first saw Jessica. The betrayal changes him in ways no one expects. <br /> This is a long book. I stayed up all night because I just had to see the end. The characters are very well thought out and the writing is superb. The ending is a total surprise and I closed the last page feeling that, finally, all was well. Enjoy! </div> <p> </p>