As Jessie Patrick Reed's attorney, I'm writing to you on behalf of your father, Jessie Patrick Reed. I regret to inform you that Mr. Reed is dy... read full description
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Jan 07, 2012
Tammy
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Sep 27, 2011
The Year Everything Changed is an immensely readable, albeit predictable, story about family and love. Four women are thrown together at the behest of their biological father. Two never knew him; two were seemingly abandoned by him at young ages. All must adjust their expectations and opinions of him in order to seek closure, if closure is what they seek. No matter what their relationship to their biological father, all must adjust to the fact that they each have three "new" sisters.
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Dec 21, 2011
Gaby
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I very much enjoyed The Year Everything Changed. It's a story about sisters who didn't know their father or that they even had sisters. The four sisters have very little in common. Their mothers, upbringing, and opportunities were vastly different. Each is sympathetic in their own way. Although I was particularly fond of Ginger - the beautiful girl who didn't know that she'd been adopted. The anger, resentment, hopefulness and friendship that develops among the sisters makes the story an abs
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Jan 18, 2012
April
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A story of four women, four complete strangers, and the link that ties them all together: an estranged father. A father, in some cases, that wasn't known to exist until the presence of a mysterious letter sent by an attorney in Sacramento. The letter claimed the man to be their father, claimed he wanted to see them before he passed, claimed he was dying.
Jessie Reed admitted he made mistakes and wanted to do all he could to correct them before it was too late.
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Jessie Reed admitted he made mistakes and wanted to do all he could to correct them before it was too late.
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Oct 04, 2011
Toni
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Read Michelle's review- it says everything I am thinking and says it better .
The book is predictable and I never seem to connect with the characters. They never become real for me.At times, they seem too contrived, as if they were created just to make the plot work and therefore did not evolve as some characters do. I like to feel that the characters are "living" the story as I share it with them. Saying all that, I had to finish it. That being said 24 hours after finishing More...
The book is predictable and I never seem to connect with the characters. They never become real for me.At times, they seem too contrived, as if they were created just to make the plot work and therefore did not evolve as some characters do. I like to feel that the characters are "living" the story as I share it with them. Saying all that, I had to finish it. That being said 24 hours after finishing More...
Feb 06, 2012
Marcelle
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Easy read. Father about to die looks up 4 daughters. Each one didn't even know she had any sisters. Sounds trite but I liked how the sisters at first resisted the idea of having sisters and then learned how wonderful it can be. I also enjoyed how each daughter had feelings for her father that were changed by what they learned. Chick book.
Nov 24, 2011
Becky
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Enjoyed this book, predictable at times. A good book for the beach. I did like to see that all the sisters really did have a lot in common. It also makes you look at the fact there when only one parent is involved in the rearing of their child....there is really only one story about their lives to the child.
Jan 29, 2012
Allison
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Very predictable story of a troubled man fathering 4 daughters and then explaining his absence from their lives via tape after his death. They bond, bla bla bla. Not awful, but derivative.
Nov 15, 2011
Pat
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A dying man's wish is to reconnect with his four adult daughters and introduce the four sisters to each other. Amazing, rich characters
Feb 10, 2012
Laura
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Good beach or airplane book! The story moves along very quickly. Pretty predictable, but still a good story and very enjoyable.
Feb 08, 2012
Meredith
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Easy to read, predictable but also engaging. A good vacation book - you don't have to work too hard when reading it.
Dec 23, 2011
Linda
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Others have rated it four stars. It was just formulaic, lame chick lit. I thought it would be a different book.
Jan 20, 2012
Lisa
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Eeh.. Beach read. Totally predictable. But then I was spoiled by 3 great reads in a row. . . .
Oct 27, 2011
Mar
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I enjoyed the way this story was told. The characters developed well and held my interest throughout the book. It was a light read which was perfect for the situation I was in when I read it...8 hours on a train.
Jan 27, 2012
From the review I read of this book, I thought it was going to be something different, maybe less genre. So I'm going to tuck it away for a plane ride, beach visit, long airport wait.
Nov 04, 2011
Mary
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I really couldn't get into this book, as much as I had hoped I would. I loved The Beach House but in this story, I found that I didn't really care for any of the characters except for Lucy.
Jan 08, 2012
Julie
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I really enjoyed this book--the characters were great and I like the "story within a story" aspect via the dad.
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