About this title: Thriller writer Patterson shifts genre in this sentimental page turner, returning to the same territory as a previous work, the bestselling SUZANNE'S DIARY FOR NICHOLAS. Jennifer rushes to Wisconsin to be at her dying grandmother Samantha's side. Once there, she discovers that Sam has left her a series of letters, detailing both her unhappy marriage and her secret love affair with a man she refers to as "Doc." As Jennifer becomes acquainted with this hitherto unknown part of her grandmother's life, she herself begins to recover from the death of her husband through her romance with childhood ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780316710572ISBN:0316710571
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Is x-lib, missing dj, tape on front and back covers, book is in great shape. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: May be book club.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780316710572ISBN:0316710571
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has very minor shelf wear, binding is tight and square, pages are clean and unmarked. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780316710572ISBN:0316710571
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. GOOD with minimal wear to cover and pages. Binding fully intact. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
ISBN-13:9780316710572ISBN:0316710571
Description: Fine. 0316710571 Excellent Condition Hard cover book with paper dust jacket cover! Book club edition, Clean pages, Dust jacket has no tears, mild shelf rubs, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780316710572ISBN:0316710571
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Pages are in nearly like new condition. DJ shows some slight edgewear. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"A friend lent me this book, so you really can't complain about a free book... but I will anyways :-)
In the prologue, it's established that the main character, Jennifer, had lost her young husband, Danny, in a swimming accident 18 months before. She laments that she mostly went through this grieving on her own, with the exception of support from two friends. One of those two friends was named ... Danny. Okay, four characters have been introduced and two have the same name? Not a Danny and a Daniel, but both Danny. I had to reread a few pages to make sure I had it all straight. This is fiction - pick unique names! Why couldn't the friend be called Bob? David? Charles? the good news is that the friend Danny was only mentioned in the prologue and never again.
The book covers Jennifer's ability to love again and her mixed up emotions when she finds her self falling for a childhood friend that ... is dying. Oh, and her grandmother is in a coma, likely dying. Fortunately for Jennifer, her grandmother has left her a series of letters detailing her life, so it would all be written down. Of course, Jennifer learns secrets so shocking she isn't sure what to do with them, but eventually learns to accept her grandmother for the imperfect woman she was.
The book was a bit sappy for my taste, but due to the way it was mostly presented in "letters" it was a very fast read."
"This was a truly touching story of Jennifer who lost her husband in a tragic accident and then miscarried their child. She felt responsible for the accident because she wasn't there. Danny was Jennifer's true love and she thought she could never love another as she has loved him. Then, Jennifer's grandmother and best friend, Sam, collapses and is in a coma in the hospital. Jennifer rushes to Lake Geneva where she has spent countless hours with Sam to be at Sam's bedside. She discovers that Sam has written a stack of letters about her life and Jennifer begins reading them 2 or 3 at a time. She discovers all of Sam's secrets, including Sam's true love. At the same time, she discovers Brendan. It happens so suddenly that she can't stop the feelings and emotions rushing in, but then again, she doesn't want to stop them either. Then, she learns the real reason why Brendan is here in Lake Geneva and why he has quit his job as a doctor. He is dying of cancer. She fights to be by his side during a surgery that has very little chance of curing him and then a miracle happens...he lives and Sam awakens. This story is about love lost, love found when no one is looking and then love lost again and the triumphs and lessons learned during the process."
"THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ FOR ALL JAMES PATTERSON FANS. ONCE I STARTED TO READ I COULD NOT PUT THE BOOK DOWN. THE TOPIC IS SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO BUT IT IS SUCH A TOUCHING STORY ON HOW TWO PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE."
"In the very beginning you learn that Sam and Jennifer are best friends--as is sort of implied by the title. But then you discovery that Sam isn't a lover or a girl's usual best friend but Sam is Jennifer's grandmother. Almost immediately the book explains that Jennifer's husband has passed away a year ago and she still blames herself for his death. Then Jennifer receives word that Sam has fallen and is hositalized and in a coma. Jennifer rushes to her grandmother's side to visit and care for Sam and do whatever needs to be done. When Jennifer goes to her grandmother's home that evening she finds a stack of letters in her bedroom with a note explaining that the letters tell her grandmother's story. Her grandmother's life wasn't what Jennifer thought it had always been; Jennifer learns that love and life aren't always what they seem. And along the way Jennifer learns to love again. This is a very heartwarming story and is a very quick read. Although not extremely sad, it does have it moments where it can make you cry."
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