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FROM: Sarah Foster <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/22/05, 6:34 PM

I read this wonderful book several years ago about a
young woman and an older man who are lovers throughout
the ages. They were married hundreds of years ago and
as they die, they are reborn as different people but
yet destined to be together life after life after
life. I've completely forgotten the author or the
title to this wonderful book, but would love to read
it again and purchase it for my personal library. I
believe the book was set in England or perhaps
Ireland... there were 3 main characters: the young
woman, her current husband, and the older man whom she
is destined to be with. Any suggestions on possible
titles would be most appreciated! Hope to hear from
you soon.

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FROM: Carol Kubala <[removed]@columbiactlibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/23/05, 9:26 AM

Could this be Anya Seton's Green Darkness?. I read this so long ago and
can't remember the ending but check out a sysnopsis on Amazon and see if
it fits. At any rate, this is a good story with some of the elements you
suggest and might be a good read while trying to find the book you speak of.

--
Carol Kubala
Adult Services Librarian
Saxton B. Little Free Library
319 Route 87
Columbia, CT 06237
Voice 860-228-0350 Fax 860-228-1569

Sarah Foster wrote:

>I read this wonderful book several years ago about a
>young woman and an older man who are lovers throughout
>the ages. They were married hundreds of years ago and
>as they die, they are reborn as different people but
>yet destined to be together life after life after
>life. I've completely forgotten the author or the
>title to this wonderful book, but would love to read
>it again and purchase it for my personal library. I
>believe the book was set in England or perhaps
>Ireland... there were 3 main characters: the young
>woman, her current husband, and the older man whom she
>is destined to be with. Any suggestions on possible
>titles would be most appreciated! Hope to hear from
>you soon.
>
>
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FROM: "Pam Wheeler" <[removed]@npls.org>
REC'D: 2/23/05, 9:31 AM

This is driving me crazy, I just read this book last year. The man
and wife move to an old house in the country that is very dilapidated
but they buy it and live in a camper while they are remodeling,
restoring. The old man is in very ill health but there is a connection
between the wife and the old man. He helps her restore the house as it
was when they were married to each other in another time. The wife gets
pregnant and the baby is born as the old man dies. I hope the title
comes to me soon...I'll let you know if it does.

Parmelee (Pam) A. Wheeler MSL
Assistant Director
Newark Public Library
101 West Main Street
Newark, OH 43055-5054
Phone: 740-349-5570 Fax: 740-3495575


-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Carol Kubala
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:33 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Need title of reincarnation love story

Could this be Anya Seton's Green Darkness?. I read this so long ago and
can't remember the ending but check out a sysnopsis on Amazon and see if

it fits. At any rate, this is a good story with some of the elements you

suggest and might be a good read while trying to find the book you speak
of.

--
Carol Kubala
Adult Services Librarian
Saxton B. Little Free Library
319 Route 87
Columbia, CT 06237
Voice 860-228-0350 Fax 860-228-1569

Sarah Foster wrote:

>I read this wonderful book several years ago about a
>young woman and an older man who are lovers throughout
>the ages. They were married hundreds of years ago and
>as they die, they are reborn as different people but
>yet destined to be together life after life after
>life. I've completely forgotten the author or the
>title to this wonderful book, but would love to read
>it again and purchase it for my personal library. I
>believe the book was set in England or perhaps
>Ireland... there were 3 main characters: the young
>woman, her current husband, and the older man whom she
>is destined to be with. Any suggestions on possible
>titles would be most appreciated! Hope to hear from
>you soon.
>
>
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FROM: "Elizabeth Forseth" <[removed]@yrl.ab.ca>
REC'D: 2/23/05, 10:33 AM

Could it be Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon?

Liz Forseth
Yellowhead Regional Library
spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Sarah Foster
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:31 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Need title of reincarnation love story

I read this wonderful book several years ago about a
young woman and an older man who are lovers throughout
the ages. They were married hundreds of years ago and
as they die, they are reborn as different people but
yet destined to be together life after life after
life. I've completely forgotten the author or the
title to this wonderful book, but would love to read
it again and purchase it for my personal library. I
believe the book was set in England or perhaps
Ireland... there were 3 main characters: the young
woman, her current husband, and the older man whom she
is destined to be with. Any suggestions on possible
titles would be most appreciated! Hope to hear from
you soon.

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
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FROM: "Pam Wheeler" <[removed]@npls.org>
REC'D: 2/23/05, 2:52 PM

The title is Ferney by James Long

Parmelee (Pam) A. Wheeler MSL
Assistant Director
Newark Public Library
101 West Main Street
Newark, OH 43055-5054
Phone: 740-349-5570 Fax: 740-3495575

FROM: "Krauszer, Karen" <[removed]@plcmc.org>
REC'D: 2/23/05, 4:00 PM

That sounds like an old Kay Hooper title, Finding Laura. There's a mirror
involved and the couple have found each other again and again over 200
years.

Karen Krauszer
PLCMC

-----Original Message-----
From: dkras
To: Fiction_L
Sent: 2/22/2005 6:02 PM
Subject: Stumper

A patron had this information: A book had this plot: a man and a woman
married
200 years ago. They die and then they are reborn into people who find
each
other again. This keeps happening--they are meant to be with each other.
Any
takers? TIA, D

******************************************* **************************
Dee Krasnansky
Adult Services Supervisor
Westminster Branch, Carroll County Public Library
50 East Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157
[removed]@carr.org
(410)386-4490 x728

FROM: "Jesse Lewis" <[removed]@pbclibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/23/05, 5:35 PM

A patron had this information: A book had this plot: a man and a woman
married 200 years ago. They die and then they are reborn into people who find
each other again. This keeps happening--they are meant to be with each other.


An unlikely possibility or another title of interest: Enchanted by Virginia Henley features a woman time traveling back to Ancient Rome where she meets and falls for the Ancient Roman incarnation of a man she knows in her time (18th-ish century?). There is another man in the picture in the contemporary story.

And now for a related question...

There is another title involving past lives and couples who are meant to be together across time, but I cannot find the title or remember the author's name, and so I append my own stumper. It's a rather tragic story, told from the contemporary point of view of a couple who is having marital difficulties and having odd experiences. The story is ultimately that they were a doomed couple in a past life (he was a priest/monk and she was maybe supposed to marry another man), she got pregnant and they came to a bad end. They are maybe living in the same house in the present where they lived in the past. The events of the past life are mirrored in the contemporary life up to the point that the present people are "taken over" by their previous selves and try to act out the final violent hours of their past life. There was something about a closet/confessional where she hid or was attacked. The author's name may be something like Marston and I'm sure the title has the word "green" in it. I checked it out from the Williamsburg Regional Library in Virginia in 1996 or 1997, in case any WRL folks are here :)

Thanks,
Jesse Lewis
Palm Beach County Library System

FROM: Sarah Foster <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/23/05, 5:46 PM

Yes -- Pam Wheeler knows the book I'm talking about!
Oh, Pam, I sure hope you can remember the author or
the title... I'm on pins and needles! Thanks so much
to everyone. Pam, please keep thinking...

--- Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org> wrote:

> Fiction_L Digest #3961 - Wednesday, February 23,
> 2005
> Subject: Need title of reincarnation love story
> From: "Sarah Foster" <[removed]@yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:30:45 -0800 (PST)
>
> I read this wonderful book several years ago about a
> young woman and an older man who are lovers
> throughout
> the ages. They were married hundreds of years ago
> and
> as they die, they are reborn as different people but
> yet destined to be together life after life after
> life. I've completely forgotten the author or the
> title to this wonderful book, but would love to read
> it again and purchase it for my personal library. I
> believe the book was set in England or perhaps
> Ireland... there were 3 main characters: the young
> woman, her current husband, and the older man whom
> she
> is destined to be with. Any suggestions on possible
> titles would be most appreciated! Hope to hear from
> you soon.
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Subject: RE: Need title of reincarnation love story
> From: "Pam Wheeler" <>
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:36:14 -0500
>
> This is driving me crazy, I just read this book
> last year. The man
> and wife move to an old house in the country that is
> very dilapidated
> but they buy it and live in a camper while they are
> remodeling,
> restoring. The old man is in very ill health but
> there is a connection
> between the wife and the old man. He helps her
> restore the house as it
> was when they were married to each other in another
> time. The wife gets
> pregnant and the baby is born as the old man dies.
> I hope the title
> comes to me soon...I'll let you know if it does.
>
> Parmelee (Pam) A. Wheeler MSL
> Assistant Director
> Newark Public Library
> 101 West Main Street
> Newark, OH 43055-5054
> Phone: 740-349-5570 Fax: 740-3495575



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FROM: JCURTIN <[removed]@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 2/23/05, 5:51 PM

For the secondary question about a woman and a priest/monk who are
reincarnated. The title is Green Darkness by Anya Seton. The original
question is a bit more difficult!

Joan Curtin

FROM: "Melissa Gray" <[removed]@ci.stpaul.mn.us>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 9:45 AM

-----Original Post:------

A patron had this information: A book had this plot: a man and a woman
married 200 years ago. They die and then they are reborn into people
who find
each other again. This keeps happening--they are meant to be with each
other.

----New Post---------

Another good title along these lines is "The Dragon Rises" by Adrienne
Martine-Barnes. This follows the eternal love triangle through time - a
trio of spirits who act out the triangle again and again. For instance,
they were Arthur, Gweniviere and Lancelot in another life. This is
science fiction with fantasy elements, and a favorite of mine.

Melissa Gray
St Paul Public Library

FROM: dkras <[removed]@carr.org>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 9:57 AM

My patron also posted to this list, and one librarian posted that the answer
was Ferney by James Long. I had neglected to say that the patron thought the
title had "fergie" or "fern" in the title, so I am confident that this is the
book she wanted. However, thanks to all who answered my quest. I thought that
the books sounded very interesting. D

>===== Original Message From "Melissa Gray" <[removed]@ci.stpaul.mn.us>
=====
>-----Original Post:------
>
>A patron had this information: A book had this plot: a man and a woman
>married 200 years ago. They die and then they are reborn into people
>who find
>each other again. This keeps happening--they are meant to be with each
>other.
>
>----New Post---------
>
>Another good title along these lines is "The Dragon Rises" by Adrienne
>Martine-Barnes. This follows the eternal love triangle through time - a
>trio of spirits who act out the triangle again and again. For instance,
>they were Arthur, Gweniviere and Lancelot in another life. This is
>science fiction with fantasy elements, and a favorite of mine.
>
>Melissa Gray
>St Paul Public Library
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org

******************************************* **************************
Dee Krasnansky
Adult Services Supervisor
Westminster Branch, Carroll County Public Library
50 East Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157
[removed]@carr.org
(410)386-4490 x728

FROM: Inga Banitt <[removed]@chartermi.net>
REC'D: 2/23/05, 5:51 PM

Try Green Darkness by Anya Seton. It's an older title (pub date late 60s,
early 70s?).

>
>And now for a related question...
>
>There is another title involving past lives and couples who are meant to
>be together across time, but I cannot find the title or remember the
>author's name, and so I append my own stumper. It's a rather tragic
>story, told from the contemporary point of view of a couple who is having
>marital difficulties and having odd experiences. The story is ultimately
>that they were a doomed couple in a past life (he was a priest/monk and
>she was maybe supposed to marry another man), she got pregnant and they
>came to a bad end. They are maybe living in the same house in the present
>where they lived in the past. The events of the past life are mirrored in
>the contemporary life up to the point that the present people are "taken
>over" by their previous selves and try to act out the final violent hours
>of their past life. There was something about a closet/confessional where
>she hid or was attacked. The author's name may be something like Marston
>and I'm sure the title has the word "green" in it. I checked it out from
>the Williamsburg Regional Library in Virginia in 1996 or 1997, in case any
>WRL folks are here :)
>
>Thanks,
>Jesse Lewis
>Palm Beach County Library System
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org

FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 10:14 AM

Anya Seton's GREEN DARKNESS.

Marsha Valance
Management Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233-1436
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
<[removed]@mpl.org>

>>> [removed]@pbclibrary.org 2/23/2005 5:30:23 PM >>>
A patron had this information: A book had this plot: a man and a woman
married 200 years ago. They die and then they are reborn into people
who find
each other again. This keeps happening--they are meant to be with each
other.


An unlikely possibility or another title of interest: Enchanted by
Virginia Henley features a woman time traveling back to Ancient Rome
where she meets and falls for the Ancient Roman incarnation of a man she
knows in her time (18th-ish century?). There is another man in the
picture in the contemporary story.

And now for a related question...

There is another title involving past lives and couples who are meant
to be together across time, but I cannot find the title or remember the
author's name, and so I append my own stumper. It's a rather tragic
story, told from the contemporary point of view of a couple who is
having marital difficulties and having odd experiences. The story is
ultimately that they were a doomed couple in a past life (he was a
priest/monk and she was maybe supposed to marry another man), she got
pregnant and they came to a bad end. They are maybe living in the same
house in the present where they lived in the past. The events of the
past life are mirrored in the contemporary life up to the point that the
present people are "taken over" by their previous selves and try to act
out the final violent hours of their past life. There was something
about a closet/confessional where she hid or was attacked. The author's
name may be something like Marston and I'm sure the title has the word
"green" in it. I checked it out from the Williamsburg Regional Library
in Virginia in 1996 or 1997, in case any WRL folks are here :)

Thanks,
Jesse Lewis
Palm Beach County Library System

FROM: "Jesse Lewis" <[removed]@pbclibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/24/05, 2:12 PM

It's Green Darkness by Anya Seton. The male main character's name is Richard Marsdon, not the author (there I go, playing patron). Here's the blurb from Amazon, in case anyone's interested:

"This unforgettable story of undying love combines mysticism, suspense, mystery, and romance into a web of good and evil that stretches from 16th-century England to the present day. Richard Marsdon marries a young American woman named Celia, brings her to live at his English estate, and all seems to be going well. But now Richard has become withdrawn, and Celia is constantly haunted by a vague dread. When she suffers a breakdown and wavers between life and death, a wise doctor realizes that only by forcing Celia to relive her past can he enable her to escape her illness. Celia travels back 400 years in time to her past life as a beautiful but doomed servant. Through her eyes, we see the England of the Tudors, torn by religious strife, and experience all the pageantry, lustiness, and cruelty of the age. As in other historical romance titles by this author, the past comes alive in this flamboyant classic novel."

Thanks for the help to those who responded!

Jesse Lewis
Palm Beach County Library System

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