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One Moment, One Morning

by Sarah Rayner (Goodreads Author)

3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 · rating details · 1,806 ratings · 426 reviews

The Brighton to London line. The 7:44 am train. Cars packed with commuters. One woman occupies her time observing the people around her. Opposite, a girl puts on her make-up. Across the aisle, a husband strokes his wife’s hand. Further along, another woman flicks through a glossy magazine. Then, abruptly, everything changes: a man collapses, the train is stopped, and an am...more

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Published December 20th 2011 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published March 3rd 2010)

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Feb 25, 2012 Joyce rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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The fact that at one moment lives can be shattered and turned around is something that we all experience at one point in our lives. Karen, Anna and Lou, the main characters of this book are brought together by this one incident. How this incident affects their lives and their friendship is the focus of the book. The characters are likeable and real and you want to get to know them. Although the story takes place in London, it is something that can happen anywhere. The author keeps you interested...more

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Oct 30, 2012 Brie rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I won this book in a Goodreads First Reads contest and am rather glad I did.

I would not have normally picked up a book like this to read and by winning it, I was able to read a book that was quite good. I would have normally passed it by.

It starts with a train trip that has a life changing happening unfold during it. It affects 3 women greatly. One the wife of the person that passes away, the other her friend who was in another train car on the same train, and the third the woman sitting across...more

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Jul 30, 2011 Juliana Graham rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was instantly gripped by this book even though looking back not a huge amount happened after the initial dramatic event. It is more a chronicle of the aftermath of a tragedy and how all the people affected by it pull together and move on. Some scenes were particularly moving and nearly brought a tear to my eye but I think that overall the book was a positive one and showed that there is light at the end of every dark tunnel, no matter how bad things seem at the start.

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Jun 10, 2012 Molly rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I thought that this was a decent, easy read in between reading some of the classics such as Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre (which I am currently working through). I thought that the shift between perspectives helped give this book a meaning and pad it out moreso - it would have been tedious to read such a book if it were to have only been in, say, Karen's point of view, as much of her role was focused around feeling useless and helpless around the time of her husband's death. Obviously this is...more I thought that this was a decent, easy read in between reading some of the classics such as Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre (which I am currently working through). I thought that the shift between perspectives helped give this book a meaning and pad it out moreso - it would have been tedious to read such a book if it were to have only been in, say, Karen's point of view, as much of her role was focused around feeling useless and helpless around the time of her husband's death. Obviously this is sad and would break anybody's heart, but much of the chapters given to Karen were descriptive and appeared somewhat mundane towards the end. However, I noticed a lot of similarities between the characters in this book and people I know in real life, which helped me shape out a past and present life for them (along with the injections of related flashbacks that gave an insightful view on who and what happened to them in their lives before this event.)

Despite this, I feel that some characters were not given justice in the book and I would have liked the book to include more of Lou's perspective on things, as she was my favourite character and had an interesting view upon things. I felt the ending of the book did not tie together enough of the loose ends that I had surveyed and, upon finishing the book in just under two days, was left wondering, unsatisfied with the lack of information I was given at the end.

I also felt that the author's writing style, however interesting it came across first of all, became tedious to read (often including copious amounts of colons and semi colons). However, I think this book did a grieving woman justice and conveyed the feelings as if it were happening to the reader themselves. I certainly felt for Karen and Anna and there were a few twists and turns in the plot that I didn't see coming.

All in all, this book is a good read for a chilled out evening. It doesn't require much brainpower and follows a fairly simple plot once you have gotten your head around the shifts in perspectives.

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May 21, 2012 treacleandink rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I bought this book because of the location it's set in, and I think that's become my main problem with it.

First of all, I found the writing rather clunky and this was only emphasised by the way she described Brighton.

Being from the town myself, I was irritated by conversations such as "Which hospital are you at?" "The Royal Sussex County Hospital" "What, in Kemptown??" which would just never, ever be said, ever, if you were from here. It is the largest hospital around and by just saying "The Roy...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Danderma rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

What first pulled me towards this book is the book cover. So serene, sweet, and romantic. Actually I liked it so much I bought it more than once -I have two brand new copies in my bookcase!-. I wish I knew how to take pictures like that! I wanted my Dathra book cover to be something as beautiful too!

Why I didn’t read it though is because the back covers says that one day five passengers were commuting in a train from Brighton to London when something happens that brings them together and changes...more

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Mar 04, 2012 Lynn rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chick-lit

Disclaimer: this was a Goodreads first look giveaway.

At the start of One Moment, One Morning, a man dies on a morning commuter train to London. The story is about three women affected by this, his wife Karen, his wife's best friend Anna, and Lou who was sitting across from the couple on the train. As a light rail transit commuter myself, I thought Sarah Rayner's description of the chaos surrounding his death and the impact on the fellow passengers was spot on. The beginning of the book was very...more

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Feb 16, 2012 KLMG rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This was a Goodreads giveaway book, and I was so excited to get it. That excitement lasted all the way through the first fourteen pages. Well, actually, that’s a bit optimistic.

I loved the book’s description on the website, but when my copy arrived and I scanned the back cover, my heart sank. There they were – the words “this is the story of three women whose lives become inextricably linked after a life-changing event . . . .” It sounded like the voice-over for a made-for-women’s-TV movie, a ge...more This was a Goodreads giveaway book, and I was so excited to get it. That excitement lasted all the way through the first fourteen pages. Well, actually, that’s a bit optimistic.

I loved the book’s description on the website, but when my copy arrived and I scanned the back cover, my heart sank. There they were – the words “this is the story of three women whose lives become inextricably linked after a life-changing event . . . .” It sounded like the voice-over for a made-for-women’s-TV movie, a genre of entertainment that I avoid like the plague.

Now, I do want to say that one of the great things about modern publishing is that there are so many kinds of books out there. Even among younger boys, long the hardest- to-please group of readers on the planet, none that I know is completely unable to find a good book or three. And I also admire Goodreads for helping people to find all sorts of new and interesting things to read. Heaven knows they’ve suggested books to me that I otherwise wouldn’t have known about, and a lot of women wrote reviews about loving this one, so I decided to give it an honest try.

The novel is about the events that occur to three women after the husband of one of them dies on a crowded commuter train one morning. Here’s what I liked. The novel’s opening was compelling: Rayner captured the sense of shock anyone would feel in the moments surrounding an unexpected and unhappily public death. She was also wonderfully sympathetic toward Karen, and her treatment of a woman reeling from the loss of her husband, especially during the moments when Karen slips into reveries of her life with Simon, was frequently touching.

The more I read, though, the more I realized that what I thought was shock – the stunned distancing of emotion, the sense of watching life instead of living through it – was less the after-effect of sudden death or paralyzing grief and more the result of the writing itself.

Most novels are written in the third person, past tense for a good reason: we have been trained to read fiction this way. From the moment we first have a story read to us, our ears are conditioned to regard the use of the past tense as the most reliable narrative voice. Sure, it’s a convention, and maybe things would be different if Goodnight Moon were written in the present perfect tense, but rightly or wrongly, that’s how English literature has developed over the centuries. To play with convention is to make a conscious choice to up the artistic ante – all well and good, but there needs to be a good reason to do so.

To write in the present tense works with non-fiction because there is no need to make the reader suspend any disbelief: you’re writing the news or history or a description of a place you visited or a book review. . . something of that sort, and you’re trying to bring that alive for your reader. Sure, the things we call news and history are never really objective because our memories are faulty and we’re forced to rely upon interpretation of data. But the fact remains that nonfiction writing is not created from the imagination alone, and it usually doesn’t pretend otherwise without signaling its intentions (unless you’re one of those naughty writers who has their Pulitzer taken away or gets into trouble with Oprah).

When the present tense is applied to an entire work of fiction, its effect is not to make something more immediate but to distance the reader from the characters and the emotional impact of events. As you read a novel like this, you’re constantly being made aware of the narrator as interpreter, as an intermediary who observes a situation and relates it to you. You don’t feel what the characters feel or live the events that happen to them. You only get to hear about what’s happened to them from someone else.

A fiction writer can certainly make use of the present tense in the short term to highlight a passage or event or something about a particular character, but to write a whole novel in the present tense is to call attention to the artifice deliberately. It’s like writing a book review on Goodreads in screaming all-caps: you’d notice the stratagem more than you’d notice what was said. Yes, there have been a few writers who have managed to write an entire novel in the first person, but they generally used the technique to convey something to the reader, often about the narrator, or to draw attention to their work as art and artifice.

Perhaps Ms. Rayner was attempting the same thing, but she never signals such an intention within the text itself. In fact, a novel about people going through some of the most wrenching emotional moments of their lives – the loss of a spouse, coming out as gay to a bigoted and controlling parent, ending an abusive relationship with an addict – should be the last sort of novel to use faddish tricks that ultimately thwart and undercut its emotional immediacy.

Fiction may very well be weird that way, but it is what it is.
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Jan 29, 2012 Lynn Dolven rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The last of my most recent stash of "airport" books - and that's a good thing! It was touted as "A masterfully written novel about the healing power of friendship, this is the story of three women whose lives become inextricably linked after a life-changing event during their morning commute into London." If only this had been an accurate description of the book! The author effectively explores the emotions surrounding the sudden and premature death of a husband and father. One of the subplots w...more

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Dec 19, 2011 Fran rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

One Moment One Morning
Author: Sarah Rayner
Reviewed by Fran Lewis

Observations can often be startling when what you see changes the course many lives. Starting her day in the usual manner, Lou enters one of the carriage cars of a train, sits down and begins taking note of those around her. One girl is trying to perfect her look using every makeup too she brought with her. Another couple sitting directly opposite from her and trying to be discreet in his actions, the husband using a slight gesture...more

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Sep 18, 2011 Patrick Neylan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

If you're looking for deep, thoughtful literature, look elsewhere. "One Moment, One Morning", for all its serious issues (bereavement, alcoholism, lesbianism) is a light, almost gentle book. The publisher's comparisons to Kate Atkinson are not unreasonable, but Rayner's writing has nothing like the same depth.

Nonetheless, her characters are likeable and her novel is very readable. I rattled through all 400 pages in just over two days, partly because the book is well structured, the prose is clea...more

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Aug 11, 2011 Jeanet rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, chic-lit

I picked up this book on a shopping spree at Amazon simply because I liked the cover, well okay, not entirely the truth. A quick read of the description and I was sold. I liked the idea of that one defining moment that changes the lives of the ones witnessing it. But apart from that quick glance at the description, I didn't really know what to expect.

But by the end of page two I was caught in the drama, that one defining moment. It all happened so fast that I felt my head spinning. I didn't see...more

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Dec 05, 2010 Tina rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I thought the book was wonderful. At first, I was put off by the present-tense form of storytelling. Then I got pulled into the story itself.
One death: Simon's--unexpected. And three women's lives will never be the same. Karen, Simon's wife, has to cope with losing the man of her heart, and explaining this terrible event to their two very young children.
Anna, in a difficult relationship with a troubled man, comes to face the unvarnished truth of that relationship...and help her dear friend at...more

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Oct 29, 2010 Juliet Loves Books rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Anyone who’s ever sat people-watching on the train will identify with the opening of this novel, which follows a week in the lives of three passengers aboard the 07:44 from Brighton to London, and therein lies much of its charm – it’s about something that could happen to any of us.

Three women, Lou, Anna and Karen, witness the death of one of their fellow commuters, and this deceptively simple tale follows their lives for a week following that incident. It’s not packed with murders or magic, ins...more

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Nov 05, 2012 Sara rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Nuova settimana, nuova recensione!
Ho scovato questo libro tra gli scaffali di una delle librerie della mia città e, a dirla tutta, non l'ho comprato subito: ho letto la trama, ammirato la copertina molto semplice e per questo d'effetto, ma è solo dopo averlo visto di nuovo, in un'altra libreria, che mi sono decisa a comprarlo. Forse perchè è lontanissimo dal mio solito genere letterario..ma qualche settimana fa non ho forse detto che volevo spaziare tra i vari generi? Bene, detto-fatto! Mi sono...more Nuova settimana, nuova recensione!
Ho scovato questo libro tra gli scaffali di una delle librerie della mia città e, a dirla tutta, non l'ho comprato subito: ho letto la trama, ammirato la copertina molto semplice e per questo d'effetto, ma è solo dopo averlo visto di nuovo, in un'altra libreria, che mi sono decisa a comprarlo. Forse perchè è lontanissimo dal mio solito genere letterario..ma qualche settimana fa non ho forse detto che volevo spaziare tra i vari generi? Bene, detto-fatto! Mi sono addentrata nella lettura di questo romanzo, con le migliori intenzioni, ed in un momento della mia vita fatto di cambiamenti e di nuovi obiettivi, alla ricerca forse anche di qualche risposta...e vi dirò, che non ne sono rimasta totalmente delusa.

Fin dalle prime pagine del romanzo, ci troviamo in un momento di quotidianità che, a pensarci, riguarda molto tutti coloro che magari studiano o lavorano lontano dalla residenza: un viaggio in treno, pieno di pendolari che, per un motivo o per l'altro rimangono seduti sui sedili, con lo sguardo fuori dal finestrino, o magari perso in un libro, aspettando di arrivare a destinazione. Un sacco di volte, in passato, mi è capitato di prendere il treno e guardarmi attorno, osservare le tante vite che si incrociano tra i vagoni, anche se solo nel tempo di un "scusi, è libero questo posto?" ..ci sono un sacco di piccole cose che possono fare la differenza, pensiamo ad un minuto di ritardo..quante cose possono succedere in un minuto? Infinite. Infinite si, ma mai Karen avrebbe pensato che quel giorno in treno tutta la sua intera vita sarebbe cambiata come il passaggio dal giorno alla notte. Non avrebbe mai immaginato di dover tornare a casa, e affrontare uno dei dolori più grandi della vita, mentre tutti i progetti si sgretolano come una foglia secca d'inverno. E Anna? Anche lei, deve fare i conti con la realtà, guardarsi dentro e prendere atto che tutto può andare in frantumi da un giorno all'altro. Per non parlare di Lou, che dovrà mettere un po' di ordine fuori e dentro di sè, e magari iniziare a scoprire qualche carta..
Tra le pagine di "un attimo, un mattino" conosciamo tre donne, totalmente diverse tra di loro, ma vicine nella vita, nella tragedia, nelle emozioni..in quegli "attimi di vita" che ci permettono di incrociare lo sguardo di mille persone e che, a volte, ci sorprendono.
Ogni capitolo è scandito dalla data, quasi come fosse un diario scritto a sei mani dalle protagoniste e cercando di far entrare ancora di più il lettore nelle loro vite, nei loro sprazzi di quotidianità..cercando, già. Purtroppo però io non mi sono sentita coinvolta più di tanto: queste tre vite vengono si raccontate, ma non "sentite" del tutto; ogni tanto qualche emozione si perde qua e là ed è difficile rimanere coinvolti fino in fondo. Vengono descritte mille emozioni, viste da tre angolazioni diverse, ma delle quali poi non rimane molto nella mente di chi legge..sono come emozioni "temporanee" nel senso che si percepiscono appena mentre si legge, ma poi, all'atto pratico non rimangono.
All'inizio della recensione vi ho scritto che il libro non mi ha delusa totalmente, ed è così, se non fosse per questo piccolo particolare di mancato coinvolgimento, avrei dato tranquillamente 4 stelle: l'intero romanzo è scritto molto bene, con gli stacchi giusti da una vita e l'altra, con i giusti intrecci e il giusto linguaggio che non lascia spazio a descrizioni troppo prolisse che allontanano dalle vicende. Sarah Rayner senza dubbio sa scrivere le emozioni, le sa descrivere, sa entrare nel profondo dei suoi protagonisti..peccato che, lo stesso non venga fatto con il lettore..che rimane comunque spettatore impassibile.(less)

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Jul 17, 2011 Sunflower rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I didn't like that one at first - it got a lot better in the end though

It's about Simon (Karen's husband) who suddenly dies on a train and this death all of a sudden changes everything for Karen, her best friend Anna and Lou. Lou was there when Simon died and shared a taxi with Anna after that, that's how the three of them get to know each other.
Karen has children to look after and then there's this massive loss... she'll never see her husband again and her children, aged 5 and 3, lost their fat...more

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Sep 01, 2010 Tania rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

One Moment One Morning explores the relationship between three women who witness a tragedy on the morning train from Brighton to London and how it affects their lives.

Karen is the wife of a man who suddenly goes from laughing with her to collapsing from a heart attack. Lou is the women who is sitting opposite on the train and witnesses the whole painful moment. Anna is Karen's best friend and god mother to her children and is in the train a few carriages away and shares a taxi with Lou before s...more

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Sep 05, 2012 K.B. Walker rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kimm-s-50-book-challenge, relationship

I "enjoyed" this book, as much as you can a story about bereavement. It held me tight throughout the journey of the three women and made me want to give my hubby extra cuddles. Moving and thought-provoking.

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Feb 23, 2011 Sangeeta Lander rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

An absolute little jewel of a book - I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and I would happily recommend to friends.

It's all about how a single moment can forever transform our lives - unexpectedly, dramatically. It's an intimate view of grief, which brings with it the power to break you or shape you into a stronger human being. And for those of us who've dealt with the unexpected death of a loved one, the superb writing catapults us back to that moment of imploding grief.

The main protagonists Ann...more

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Nov 19, 2012 Stefanie Price rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The cover really doesn't sell this one, does it. I was recommended it by a friend as a fluffy enough book to pass the time, so I didn't expect great things. I was surprised at just how engaging it was, as it follows 3 women and the death of a man on a train, their lives intermingling and becoming entwined following the tragedy. One woman is his wife, another a stranger who witnessed the event, and the last is a commuter who happens to be the wife's best friend.

Written with touching empathy and...more

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Jan 21, 2013 Susanne rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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The plot seems very interesting: three people are linked together by the death of a fourth, the casuality of it all highlighted by the death taking place on a train these people have probably taken together an infinite number of times without ever meeting. Unfortunately it doesn't work. The friendship between Anna and Karen feels artificial and is described without any depth of emotions; the sudden entrance of Lou in the other two women's life and their friendship feels unmotivated and unconvinc...more

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May 03, 2012 Nykki rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I did enjoy reading this book; the characters were all likeable and fairly realistic. The incident which starts off the whole story is also realistic and demonstrates how somebody suddenly dying (Simon) may not just affect loved ones but also complete strangers. The reactions of the mother (Karen) and her children especially pulled my heart strings as I am a mother myself.

However, I felt it a little 'convenient' that everything else happened around the same time; the friend's (Anna) boyfriend fi...more

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Dec 10, 2012 Lori rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: novel, series

I unknowingly read the sequel to this book prior. They both stand on their own well enough, and it does not matter in which order they are read.

I enjoyed reading all of the characters' backstories and how they all ended up being such close friends. There is nothing like a crisis to bring people together and to help people sort out what really matters in life. Simon's passing provides his wife with the gift of knowing that she is stronger than she thinks and that it's ok to seek help and comfort...more

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Feb 11, 2012 Jessica rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

One Moment, One Morning follows 3 women who are directly and indirectly affected by the sudden death of a man on the morning commuter train to London. Karen and Simon are on the train together to go sign the papers on their new house when he suddenly collapses of a massive heart attack. Lou just happens to be sitting beside them and tries to find help when Simon collapses. After the train is stopped and everyone gets off to be redirected Lou ends up sharing a cab with Anna who was also on the tr...more

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Apr 15, 2012 Rebecca rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a story of three women whose lives are intertwined following a tragic death on the commute train to London. The story is filled with immense sadness, but the grief is honest and real. Two small children are also portrayed in the book who are heartbreaking to read about as how do they make sense of the of father not returning.

The writing flowed well and the telling of the stories moved along with time was also good.

This book does not stray far from the book description, so you know exactl...more

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Aug 11, 2010 Shar rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I only picked up this book because it was on a BOGOF! There was only a small selection of choice and as I live close to Brighton so that sold it to me! Firstly, having just finished Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger - where I didn't give a damn about the characters - this was the complete reverse - I cared about each and everyone right from the start - be prepared that this book tugs at the heartstrings and I did feel quite low at points throughout the story - it left me with a touch of...more

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Feb 11, 2012 Sheri rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the story of three women and how the fatal heart attack of one of the wom
en's husbands changed their lives. The story begins in the morning commute of the Brighton-to-London line. I always enjoy reading about England, their different words for everything and the way we're all the same and different at the same time. The problems are pretty much universal.
Again, as is common in literature today, one of the characters is gay. That irritates me. One of the women has an alcoholic for a bo...more

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Feb 06, 2012 Meganm922 rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I won this book via Goodreads First Reads.

This was a great story. When I opened it and started reading, I couldn't put it down. After the action packed events at the beginning, however, the story was very slow going.

Despite being detailed, I couldn't connect with the characters. There was plenty of thought and background information provided for each character, but I still didn't connect. The book switches between the three main characters in third person present tense narrative.

I felt the dia...more

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May 02, 2012 Cecilia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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One of the better novels I have read in a while...this one makes you laugh, cry and long for your friends. Rayner, a Brit, weaves a compelling tale filled with sudden loss, friendship, gradual loss, sexual identity and all sorts of relationships. The main characters are the storytellers here...Karen who experiences sudden loss right at the beginning of the book, Anna, who is Karen's friend and is in the midst of a doomed relationship with a man with dependency problems, and Lou who enters Karen...more

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Apr 20, 2013 Marcie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The writing was generally easy to read, yet not remarkable, but I found the frequent flashbacks hard to follow. The main characters were likable and easy to relate to, although Lou's connection with the other women seemed a little forced, and her struggles seemed entirely separate from the main happenings in the book. While I liked her character a lot, she could have been removed from the story with little impact. The primary focus was on Karen's ability to deal with her husband's death and help...more

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“What Karen wants to do - needs to do - is cry, but she can't. Here, alone, when she could howl, beat the sofa cushions, scream; now, somehow, she is unable. It's for fear that if she gives in to it, she'll lose all sense of who she is. She is afraid that if she falls apart in private, then she'll fall apart completely. That if she crumbles, like a house in an earthquake, she will disappear down some deep, dark crevasse, and never be able to pull herself out and put herself back together again.” — 7 people liked it

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