5-Star Amazon Review

I love to reread books that linger with me and I picked up Nancy Farkas novel, "This Nearly was Mine" again after four years. What struck me this time around more than ever was my admiration for the author's talent and ability to evoke her characters from her heart and her unconscious--they are people who hop off the page, sit down next to you and show their soul. We know Annie in all her spontaneity and struggles---they echo ours in their sincerity. And through her (and the author's) generosity of spirit we know all the other people who impact her life. There's not a note that is off.
This access to a character's heart and soul is a gift to the reader and a gift to any writer who is trying to write a character who is true, vulnerable and struggling. Not to mention creating a character with a heart as big as the moon--no easy task without making her sentimental. Brava Nancy Farcus! Thank you for writing a book that does what great books are supposed to do--expand your emotional landscape.



Cynthia Magriel Wetzler
5.0 out of 5 stars I had just taken a trip with a fictional best friend to the coast of Spain and back
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2015 When I finished reading Nancy Farcas' novel, "This Nearly Was Mine" a few months ago I turned the last page, shut the book and sighed. I had just taken a trip with a fictional best friend to the coast of Spain and back. She had shared her deepest feelings with me with a wide-open generosity, a delightful innocence and a hard-won wisdom. Plus she made me laugh. I knew this fictional girl and later woman. I was compelled to have my own conversations with her character, Annie. "I know, I know, Annie," I wanted to say. "I've felt exactly the same way." What I didn't expect was for the story to linger with me, long after I had tucked it away in my bookcase. Nancy Farcas has a captivating narrative voice. Enjoy it!