About this title: From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" and "Baby Proof" comes an emotionally-charged novel about a chance encounter that forces one woman to question her decisions, her marriage, and herself.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2008-05-13
ISBN-13:9780312348670ISBN:0312348673
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. VG/VG. Very Good Hardcover book with Very Good Dust Jacket. Binding tight and straight. Pages clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2008-05-13
ISBN-13:9780312348670ISBN:0312348673
Description: Good. FIRST EDITION AND FIRST PRINTING. Moderate edge wear and faint creases to dust jacket. Clean and Crisp Pages. Fast Ship! 100% Guaranteed Purchase! read more
Edition: First edition. Stated & 1st printing on # line
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780312348670ISBN:0312348673
Description: Very good in fine dust jacket. 1st Edition Book, DJ in like new condition, Pages have a few corners folded otherwise book would be rated fine; Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 342 p. Audience: General/trade. ( $24.95 org. price printed inside DJ flap ) No remainder marks or any othe markings*********** 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 printed on # line-----Please, No PRIORITY ORDERS as book has some weight *********** read more
Description: Very good. 2009 St. Martin's/Griffin Press Softcover(Trade PB) Edition. Slight wear to cover, text clean with strong binding. Ships Fast! read more
Description: Very good. 2009 St. Martins/Griffin Press Softcover(Trade PB) Edition. Slight wear to cover, text clean with strong binding. Ships Fast! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780312348663ISBN:0312348665
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 353 p. Audience: General/trade. Book is in excellent condition. Cover and pages are clean, binding is tight. We ship daily, Satisfaction Guaranteed. read more
"I really enjoyed this book. The subject matter really hit home for me. Having been in a simialr situation as Ellen I could relate to her plight and understand how confused and in turmoil she was. That first love who you love with such passion and then who breaks your heart is tough to forget. And like Ellen, I never really got closure so there was always the what if questions. But as you get older and more experienced in ways of the heart, you realize you change as a person in love and how you felt then may not be how it would be now. I am glad she stayed with Andy, her real true love. While Leo was exciting and passionate and Ellen seemed to like how she was with him, her life with Andy was who she was now and that life was good."
"Emily Giffin could very well be put in the category of genius women writers. When I was growing up, my mother would devour romance novels by Danielle Steel and Barbara Delinsky. When I asked her why she read so many of them, she told me that each of the books had a resonating undertone of the married life and the feelings that all married women feel at one point or another.
So, now, after I have devoured all of Emily Giffin's books, I feel the same way about her depiction of 25-30ish something independent women and the married life that they lead. Each one of the books had a character who I could easily identify with and for me, this book was the one that hit home.
A newlywed who runs into an ex-boyfriend...THE ex that things were never settled with and with whom she received no closure. I know that all married women experience this at some point and just reading a fictional novel about Ellen and reading Ellen's honest questions to herself...it made me feel like I was Ellen.
You always wonder if you have made the right choice, even if you are madly in love with your significant other. But every time there is a fork in the road and you choose the other path, your brain will always go back to the path not chosen and wonder what might have been. And I felt like it is okay to wonder that, not to dwell, but to question every once in a while.
Favorite quote: "...love is a sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together.""
"This was a nice chick-lit book. Ellen, the main character is happily married to her best friend's brother and he's close to perfect. Suddenly, she runs into her old boyfriend. The one that she had a passionate, all consuming relationship with that ended with a broken heart. They start talking and things lead to...well, read the book to find out.
While I didn't always approve of some of Ellen's actions, I appreciated her dilemma. What would you do if the one who got away came back? I've sometimes pondered that thought. There are some that I hope to high heaven never darken my doorstop again but there are a few that I think I would be OK seeing again. Actually, I would consider dating again. OK, maybe only one."
"If she hadn't picked Andy, I would have cut a bitch. Seriously.
Ellen infuriated me. 90% of the time, I wanted to hit her so bad for messing with poor Andy. I'm not saying he was faultless, but he didn't deserve anything she put him through. Her constant turmoil of Leo versus Andy was ridiculous. And Leo - sure, he sounds irresistable, and I know love isn't easy, these sorts of situations aren't easy, but just like Suzanne said, whether you love your husband or not is very, very simple. But I suppose sometimes you need a jolt of nearly losing what you love to knock you out of a stupor and finally realise what it is you want.
But apart from that? I did love this book. Haha. If a book can create this much emotion, of feeling as though you know the characters so much that you are standing beside them (and want to knock some sense into them), then that is wonderful writing. And Emily Giffin is a wonderful writer. She brings up some wonderful philosophical concepts in regards to love, loyalty, friendship, life... I just love her quality of thinking and ability to make you think."
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