false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174425912m/397904.jpg 397904 10 <p><center><i>Every family has its catastrophes . . .</i></center></p> <p>Julieanne Gillis's family collects them. An advice columnist for a local newspaper, Julie dispenses wisdom to her readers, but somehow missed the signs that something was wrong in her own home. Devoted to being a good mother and keeping her twenty-year marriage fresh and exciting, she is shocked by her husband's surprise announcement that he needs a "sabbatical" from their life together -- and devastated when he disappears, leaving Julie with no funds to raise two teenagers and a small daughter alone. But it is the discovery that Julieanne suffers from a serious illness that truly crumbles her family's foundation -- setting her children on a dangerous, quixotic journey to locate their missing father . . . before it's too late.</p> 143199 2005 The Breakdown Lane total:521|5:60|4:214|3:191|2:44|1:12| 521 1829 763 100 3 1 false false Wed Aug 01 09:53:27 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 07:10:13 -0700 2007
Since I am listening to this book, I won't be able to critique the writing style...but I will be forced to pay attention t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 17:21:38 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 17:58:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 18:40:46 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 18:51:25 -0700 2009
It's a story about Julieanne, a woman who writes an advice column for her local Wisconsin paper, but her life seems...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 11:59:40 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 12:06:15 -0700 2009
The Breakdown Lane, in my opinion, is a story of a 15-year old boy wh...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 15:02:13 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 18:13:35 -0800 2009
I don't like to do blow by blow reviews, but I enjoyed this book a lot.

It basically involves a woman who writes an advice column part time. Her husband goes through a midlife crisis i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 09:22:28 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 16:01:58 -0800 2009 I found Leo to be a total selfish moron. I just couldn't understand how someone could leave their wife and 3 children to go start ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 06:28:59 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 06:34:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 18:37:08 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 17:20:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 13 09:47:49 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 09:47:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 22:42:16 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 22:50:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 16:46:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 16:51:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 18:19:19 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 18:23:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 02 20:27:39 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 20:27:44 -0800 2007
However, she h...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Apr 09 11:02:35 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 11:04:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 09:58:49 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 10:19:09 -0700 2008 after Henry was born. Maybe it was the hormones, but the boo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 04 16:54:27 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 16:57:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 03 20:58:12 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 20:58:33 -0700 2008
The book centers around a woman who not only loses her husband to a wacky...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 17:11:10 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 17:14:28 -0700 2009 The only criticism is the overly happy, fairy tale ending..although,the main characters deserve it after the emo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 11:35:45 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 11:37:35 -0800 2009
Jacquelyn Mitchard's The Breakdown Lane takes us through a family's heartbreak when parents divorce. The devastation, heartache and consequences brings out the weakness and the strengths of the entire family. Through all the bleakness a ray of hope emerges where you least...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Sep 12 13:54:18 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 13:59:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=397904