<![CDATA[The Things We Do for Love: A Novel]]>

false <![CDATA[The Things We Do for Love: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173489035m/297134.jpg 297134 15 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah “touches the deepest, most tender corner of our hearts” (Tami Hoag). Her last novel, Between Sisters, was chosen by CBS’s The Early Show as one of the best books of the summer. Now she returns with The Things We Do for Love—a poignant, evocative story that celebrates the magic of motherhood, the joys of coming home, and the price we so willingly pay for love. The youngest of three daughters, Angela DeSaria Malone was always “the princess” of the family, a girl who thought she knew how her life would unfold. High School. College. Marriage. Motherhood. That was how it had gone for her sisters, her cousins, her friends. But it didn’t work out that way for Angie. She and her husband tried desperately to have a child; year after year, their perfectly decorated nursery remained empty. Finally, their marriage collapsed under the weight of lost dreams. After the divorce, Angie moved back to her hometown and rejoined her loud, loving, slightly crazy family. In West End, a place where life rises and falls in time with the tides, she will find the man who once again will open her heart to love . . . and meet the girl who will change Angie’s life. Lauren Ribido lives in a rundown apartment in a bad part of town with a mother who cares more about her next drink than about her daughter. At seventeen, Lauren knows that her aspirations in life may never come to pass. From the moment they meet, Angie sees something special in Lauren. They form a quick connection, this woman who is desperate for a daughter and the girl who has never known a mother’s love. When Lauren is abandoned by her mother, Angie doesn’t hesitate to offer the girl a place to stay. But nothing could have prepared Angie for the far-reaching repercussions of this act of kindness. In a dramatic turn of events, she and Lauren will be tested in a way that mothers and daughters seldom are. Together they will embark on an intensely moving, deeply emotional journey to the very heart of what it means to be a family. From the Hardcover edition. 2958245 2004 The Things We Do for Love: A Novel total:446|5:126|4:185|3:113|2:17|1:5| 446 1748 726 57 1 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Dec 26 12:20:55 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 12:22:29 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:21:55 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:39:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 06:21:30 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 20:04:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 14 13:46:24 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:54:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 19:26:13 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 11:46:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 18:34:42 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 18:38:12 -0700 2009
My few problems with it would be:
1. some of the characters were completely unrealistic
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