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Apart from Love (Still Life with Memories Bundle Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Uvi Poznansky (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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From USA Today Bestselling Author, Uvi Poznansky, comes a poignant family saga:

Apart from Love is not your typical love story. It is all-consuming, heart-wrenching, and dark.

My Own Voice (“As told by Anita”):

Falling in love with Lenny should have been the end to all of Anita's troubles. But then, family secrets start unraveling. His ex-wife, Natasha, is succumbing to a mysterious disease. How can Anita compete with her shadow? How can she find a voice of her own?

And when his estranged son, Ben, comes back and lives in the same small apartment, can she keep the balance between the two men, whose desire for her is marred by guilt and blame?

The White Piano (“As told by Ben”):

Coming back to his childhood home after years of absence, Ben is unprepared for the secret, which is now revealed to him: his mother, Natasha, who used to be a brilliant pianist, is losing herself to mysterious disease, which turns the way her mind works into a riddle. His father’s new wife, Anita, looks remarkably similar to her—only much younger.

“In our family, forgiveness is something you pray for, something you yearn to receive—but so seldom do you give it to others.” What emerges in this family is a struggle, a desperate, daring struggle to find a path out of conflicts, out of isolation, from guilt to forgiveness.

★★★★★ “There is an air of mystery about the book that runs from the beginning to the final pages, but that also draws the reader in and makes the book difficult to put down.”

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Story Falling in love with Lenny should have been the end to all of Anita's troubles. For her, it's only the beginning, when family secrets start unravelling. His ex-wife, Natasha, is succumbing to a mysterious disease. Can Anita compete with her shadow? Coming back to his childhood home, Ben is unprepared for the secret: his mother, Natasha, who used to be a brilliant pianist, is losing herself to mysterious disease. His father’s new wife, Anita, reminds him of the way she used to look. Lenny goes as far back as the moment he met Natasha during WWII, when he was a wounded warrior and she—a star, brilliant yet illusive. Natasha was a riddle to him then, and to this day, with all the changes she has gone through, she still is. Fooling German espionage may cost Lenny the trust of the girl who captured his heart. Will Natasha discover his secret D-Day reports, disguised as love letters to another woman? After D-Day, her photograph appears on the most-wanted German propaganda posters. Who is the girl with the red beret? Why does she step into his life when he is led by SS soldiers to the gallows? What makes her propose marriage to a condemned man?

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  • "So much more could be said about the manner in which the author brings understanding to the hierarchies of relationships, but that would be robbing the reader of the joy of discoveries that Poznanasky accomplishes in this profound novel." - Grady Harp, Hall of Fame Reviewer
  • "There is an air of mystery about the book that runs from the beginning to the final pages, but that also draws the reader in and makes the book difficult to put down." - Kathy Parsons, Top 1000 Reviewer
  • "This eloquently written tale provides a look into the long-term emotional scars a broken home leaves on everyone involved. The author's skill shows in her depiction of the three alternating voices of Lenny, Ben and Anita. They are all very different voices, yet each conveys the complex love that both binds them and tears them apart. Highly recommended!"- J.A. Schneider, author
  • "Apart From Love is a fascinating insight into the human condition and all the tortured webs we, who are all too human, weave." - John Holland, Author
  • "The author paints a spellbinding story about an innately dysfunctional family; Ben, Lenny (Ben's father) and Lenny's new wife Anita. The characters are drawn with great credibility and conviction."- Piaras, Vine Voice
  • " The author's skill shows in her depiction of the three alternating voices of Lenny, Ben and Anita. They are all very different voices, yet each conveys the complex love that both binds them and tears them apart. Highly recommended!" - J.A. Schneider, Author
  • "Interwoven into the main character's discourses are the normal family emotions: greed, sex, hatred, control, loneliness, procreation, legacy." - Roy Murry, Author, Vine Voice
  • "A beautiful narrative that highlights Poznansky's adept handling of plot & language and takes you into the mind of a dysfunctional family grappling with universal issues of love, betrayal and forgiveness. Discover 'Apart From Love' and connect with a great artist of our times, an artist that transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary and turns everything that she writes to gold with her Midas like touch." - Jaspreet Mann, Author
  • "Apart From Love is a truly unique story. It's written as a narrative and I found The characters to be very interesting and well developed. As a result of this effective style of writing, I found myself thinking about Anita, Ben and Lenny for hours after reading each chapter." - Brian V. Menard, Author
  • "I was truly captured within the quietly expressed strength in which Author Uvi Poznansky's amazing insight to each and every detail was played out."- De Ann Townes Jr., Author
  • "Uvi Poznansky's writing penetrates the subconscious, where dreams are ignited and poets find words." - Marcia Quinn Noren, Author
  • "Uvi's descriptions were perfect. The way that the story unfolded and how the ending was presented and explained afterward absolutely amazed me." - Christian Ashley, Author
  • "When you read the book, I encourage you to savor each chapter, much like reading an important letter from a friend or family member. As you read each chapter you'll see a cohesive structure emerge. By the end you'll find a story where the whole truly is greater than the sum of its parts." - Richard Weatherly, Author
  • "Uvi Poznansky has penned a literary symphony, complete with a cast of likeable yet bruised characters." - Ashley Fontaine, Author

From the Author

The series Still Love with memories Bundle includes the following volumes:
  • I: Apart from Love
  • II: Apart from War

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006WPITP0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Uviart (December 25, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 25, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5705 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 215 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Uvi Poznansky

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Uvi Poznansky is a USA TODAY bestselling, award-winning author, poet and artist. “I paint with my pen,” she says, “and write with my paintbrush.” Her romantic suspense box set, Love Under Fire, made the USA TODAY bestselling list, as did her medical thriller box set, Do No Harm; and her romance box set, A Touch of Passion, was the 2016 WINNER of The Romance Reviews Readers' Choice Awards.

Education and work:

Uvi earned her B. A. in Architecture and Town Planning from the Technion in Haifa, Israel and practiced with an innovative Architectural firm, taking a major part in the large-scale project, called Home for the Soldier.

Having moved to Troy, N.Y. with her husband and two children, Uvi received a Fellowship grant and a Teaching Assistantship from the Architecture department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. There, she guided teams in a variety of design projects and earned her M.A. in Architecture. Then, taking a sharp turn in her education, she earned her M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.

She worked first as an architect, and later as a software engineer, software team leader, software manager and a software consultant (with an emphasis on user interface for medical instruments devices.) All the while, she wrote and painted constantly, and exhibited in Israel and California. In addition, she taught art appreciation classes. Her versatile body of work includes bronze and ceramic sculptures, oil and watercolor paintings, charcoal, pen and pencil drawings, and mixed media.

Books and Genres:

Ash Suspense Thrillers with a Dash of Romance is a suspense series. It includes Coma Confidential, Virtually Lace, and Overdose.

Still Life with Memories is a family saga series with touches of romance. The series includes My Own Voice, The White Piano, The Music of Us, Dancing with Air, and Marriage before Death.

Still Life with Memories Bundle series includes volume I, Apart from Love (My Own Voice+The White Piano); and volume II: Apart from War (The Music of Us+Dancing with Air+Marriage before Death.)

The David Chronicles is a historical fiction series with a modern twist. It includes three novels--Rise to Power, A Peek at Bathsheba, and The Edge of Revolt--and six art through the ages collections, describing each moment of the story.

Her poetry book, Home, is in tribute to her father. Her collection of dark tales, Twisted, and her Historical Fiction book, A Favorite Son, are both new age, biblically inspired books. In addition, Uvi wrote and illustrated two children books, Jess and Wiggle and Now I Am Paper. For each one of these books, she created an animation video (find them on YouTube and on her Goodreads page.)

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A Critical Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Artistry
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2017
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This book is truly a work of art. I first discovered Uvi Poznansky when I happened upon The White Piano and was intrigued. After reading it, I knew I had to read the entire series.

The White Piano is woven into this book, which contains both Ben’s and Anita’s perspectives. If I could give Ben’s side seven stars, I would. Anita’s point of view fills in the missing pieces from The White Piano to present a more complete picture of what went on, but I must admit, I couldn’t wait to get through her chapters so I could return to Ben.

There are various issues I have with Anita’s narrative. One is explained at the end of the book, and so I must inform any reader who struggles with the mixture of poetic prose with bad grammar, you must be patient because there is a reason for it. Obviously, we know throughout the book she has bad grammar because she’s not educated. But if she’s not educated, she then wouldn’t tell her story in a poetic or stylistic manner either. However, as I stated, there is a reason for it. Just read until the end.

I also was not aware this book apparently takes place around 1980 until I started reading Book 3. I’d thought this was present day, making the overuse of the word “awful” in dialog confusing. The way it’s used sounds more like the 1950s or 1960s to me, but at least I now know this is not supposed to be present day.

The Anita narration was just a personal pet peeve, but overall this book is amazing. The plot- wow! It is so dramatic and emotional and contains levels of depth. There is some odd behavior, but this is life, and people can be off. In this family, everyone has their demons, and that is part of what makes the book so touching and so powerful.

The books leaves you with lots to think about, and if you try to skim through it quickly, you'll miss out. Enjoy the paint strokes, both large and small. This is an absolutely beautiful work or art.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2017
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You people should just read this book yourselves and write your own review on this novel yourself.I really enjoyed reading this book very much so.Shelley MA
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Eve Gaal
4.0 out of 5 stars Emotional Family Portrait
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2021
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With poetic tone and descriptions, this author delves into the heart of Lenny, Anita and Ben, portraying their perspectives about an elephant in the room, which happens to be dementia, caused by Alzheimer’s. Each character--in their own unique voice--describes why this isn’t your typical love story--thus the title—Apart from Love. Romance shouldn’t just be graphic portraits of physical lust—as in the, “sharp thrill of danger.” No—romance should be the how, the why, the sounds that transpire, the music, the memories and so much more. There is so much emotion here, so much color, tenderness and pain, all painted through a collection of voices; one family’s kaleidoscope of tears, transcribed from a tape-recorder, becoming a book to be shared, a lesson learned, a gift of love. Truly, a wonderful story reminding us of our own evanescence.
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Annie Athens
1.0 out of 5 stars Why Didn't I Like This Book?
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2012
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Due to our present economic problems I have downloaded books I wanted to read and many free books by new authors. Over the past yearI have read at least 60 books. Like most readers I do look for books that have high ratings and usually I agree with most of them. In this case, I honestly didn't like this book at all. I couldn't relate to any of the characters and even stretching my imagination I couldn't picture how either Lenny or Ben could have felt attracted to Anita, and I found them all irritating. Half way through I checked on the reviews as many times I have found (like other readers) that friends give a book a high rating, which I find particularly foolish. Normally now I check a few 5 stars and if I find they haven't reviewed another book, then you realise that they are a scam. However, in this case, all the high ratings seem very genuine. Now I couldn't finish this book, the first this year, even though some were pretty poor (others were excellent) I simply gave up. The books that I have read are varied, crime, romance, history etc.. Well written, I would recommend Tollesbury Time Forever as pure English literature at it's best, Empty Chairs, not for the weak hearted, extremely disturbing story of child abuse but excellently written, Learn Me Gooder for comedy, A Night of Horrors an excellent historical novel, Ishmael Toffee, again a strong plot to the book, Standby Chicago, one of the best novels I have read for characterisation, so I do give 5 stars and an equal amount four. Do many readers only issue reviews for new books which they consider warrant 4 or 5 stars so as not to offend a new author. Am I the only reader that honestly did not enjoy this book at all and even after seeing these high rating reviews, read another chapter and then gave up.
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GinnyReader
2.0 out of 5 stars Unusual
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2013
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Lately I have been searching for free books to keep from spending so much money. This was one of those books. When I read the other reviews, and a description of the book, I thought it would appeal to me. Unfortunately, it did not appeal to me at all. It was just odd. There were three main characters - Lenny, his son Ben, and his newly acquired young wife, Anita. The story is told in parts marked for the person who's doing the telling - either Ben or Anita. There are some other characters woven in and out (Lenny's wife and the three aunts) but mostly those. There are some scenes where the tape recorder plays a huge role, then other parts where Ben and Anita are at the forefront. There didn't seem to be a good ending, or wrapping up, of the story. I couldn't feel a climax in the story, either. Then I read the prologue at the end and wondered if that's what actually happened. Even that part was strange.
All that said - you might like this book but it wasn't for me. It took me days to finish because I could not bring myself to pick it up at times.
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Paul Douglas Lovell
5.0 out of 5 stars rhythmic delivery
Reviewed in Germany on September 14, 2014
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Although ‘Apart from Love’ is a tale about love it is no romance-novel. More a chronicle of desire. An introspective read that covers, from the view-point of multiple characters some of life’s issues.

Now I won’t go into plot details - They are in the book-blurb. I’m also not going to attempt to bosh out a review in a wordy intellectual way either. I don’t consider myself ‘well-read’ enough. Besides I prefer to speak from an emotional viewpoint. So here goes.

I first read samples of Uvi Poznansky’s work in way of her self-promoted advertisements posted on social media. Initially I was attracted by the richness of her book-cover artwork and then drawn in by the caress of her verse. I found her words possessed a special kind of tenderness. Something I felt my own writing lacked.

I decided I could use a lesson in regard to her rhythmic delivery of contemplative prose. The way she captures subtle nuances in glimpses and reflections. Or teases out emotions with a pause in her dialogue. She fashions both fleshly desire and clean naughtiness so adeptly.

It wasn’t long before I was reading and liking every post.

I particularly like this line from the book...

The waves roll in, threatening to swallow us whole. With a roar in their widening mouth, they are leaping ahead, then lapping the sand angrily, foam on their lip.

‘Apart from Love’ is a leisurely read that allows you to enjoy the moment of actually reading. This is what I get from Uvi Poznansky, what I admire mostly in her work.

When women are romantically depicted, enjoying a piece of chocolate whilst engrossed in a novel. This is exactly the type of stuff they are reading.

Paul Douglas Lovell.
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Goldy Malhotra
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in India on December 12, 2017
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ShonUK
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2012
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`Apart from Love' is quite unlike any story I've ever read, and I enjoyed every moment of it. The writing is full of lyricism and imagery, melancholy and hope, whilst the story seldom wanders very far from one cramped apartment in Santa Monica.
It is not a book that will take you on a journey through a place or an era, but rather through the minds of three people.
Anita, Ben and Lenny are undoubtedly connected through kin and marriage, yet are so sadly disconnected by their individual histories, secrets, guilt and remorse. They find an obscure way with which to communicate and reach out to each other, recording their voices and thoughts on an old tape recorder. The fact that they share this tiny living space, yet are so far from understanding each other is beautifully delivered through Poznansky's prose and style.
Anita is Lenny's second wife, articulate and eloquent with her desires and despairs despite her dreadful English, brash ways and lack of education. Ben, only a year older than Anita, is Lenny's son. He is recently returned after years estranged from his broken family. Natasha, Ben's mother and Lenny's first wife, is the white elephant in the room, her absence enormous and tangible.
`Apart from Love' is a clever, in-depth, unadulterated exploration of the thoughts of these individuals as they flow unheeded through their minds, allowing the reader to float, swim, wade, and splutter along with these oft times drowning characters.
The story wraps up in a wonderful way, pulling the threads together to make sense of the way the book has been structured.

I noticed that Poznansky is also the painter of the stunning cover design, her gift with word images spilling into visual art, proving herself a very talented artist.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nice
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2013
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I was gifted this book by the author in exchange for my honest review.

At first I found the start hard going. It certainly isn't one of those books you can pick up and immediantly get into.
That doesn't mean it didn't take my interest, it did. That is why I carried on with it.

As the story unfolded there was a lovely love affair going well on.

I think the one thing I take from this book is that dreaded disease Alzheimer's. My husbands Father is afflicted with this and I could relate to lots in this book on so many levels.

The blurb doesn't do the book justice, its a superbly written piece of art.

Would I recommend it? Oh yes.

The cover needs replacing though as it doesn't do the story justice in MHO
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Delaney Landon
2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre at best
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2012
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I downloaded this when it was available for free, having seen some of it's promising reviews. However, I couldn't get past the first two chapters. I found that it was mediocre at best and a little cliched in parts. It could have used a lot more editing and I fear that some of the prose suffers from quite a bit of poetic pretentiousness.
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