I just finished this wonderful book by Hannah. I know many others have discovered this author and really appreciate her family friendly stories. This book is scheduled to be a Book Club book in 2010 and I am quite confident that those reading it will thoroughly enjoy it. This is the story of Angie Malone and Lauren Riebadeau . Angie has just divorced her husband, Conlon after enduring the loss of a long desired child. Through much heartache and pain she heads back to her large and very loving Italian family to help out in the family business, and to heal from the pain of childless-ness. In the other part of town teen-ager Lauren Riebadeau lives with her alcoholic mothe. She has reminded Lauren her entire life that she was a mistake and that she will never really amount to anything. Lauren has spent her entire life trying to get her mother to love her just for herself and trying to be the perfect daughter, the perfect student, the perfect girlfriend. Her boyfriend David comes from a wealthy family and really has trouble relating to Lauren's poverty of love and self esteem. He only sees the smart image that she wants him to see. When he gets accepted to Standford and is prepared to head off to college without her, Lauren knows that life will never be the same...
You can probably guess at the rest of this story, it's exactly what you would think as you continue reading and Lauren ends up pregnant and her mother abandons her for yet another live in boyfriend. It held me to the end though. And it didn't end exactly the way I thought it would (hope that's not a spoiler) but it was most satisfying anyway.I think it's a lovely book and well worth the read. Pick it up at the library!
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