false 4701057 2 In the tradition of Marisa de los Santos and Anne Tyler comes a moving debut about a young mother's year of heartbreak, loss, and forgiveness... and help that arrives from unexpected sources Four months after her husband's death, Janie LaMarche remains undone by grief and anger. Her mourning is disrupted, however, by the unexpected arrival of a builder with a contract to add a porch onto her house. Stunned, Janie realizes the porch was meant to be a surprise from her husband—now his last gift to her. As she reluctantly allows construction to begin, Janie clings to the familiar outposts of her sorrow—mothering her two small children with fierce protectiveness, avoiding friends and family, and stewing in a rage she can't release. Yet Janie's self-imposed isolation is breached by a cast of unlikely interventionists: her chattering, ipecac-toting aunt; her bossy, over-manicured neighbor; her muffin-bearing cousin; and even Tug, the contractor with a private grief all his own. As the porch takes shape, Janie discovers that the unknowable terrain of the future is best navigated with the help of others—even those we least expect to call on, much less learn to love. 4765371 2008 Shelter Me total:685|5:173|4:321|3:162|2:26|1:3| 685 2690 1316 231 4 3 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 19:16:15 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 11:57:16 -0700 2009
This is a new author to me and one that I will definitely be reading more of in the future. This book was truly a great read. I enjoyed how the author went between entries of Janie's journal and then back to the story. I loved Janie's characte...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 07:10:52 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 07:11:47 -0800 2009
Okay, now that I've gotten that off of...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Mar 02 15:41:20 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 15:50:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sun Apr 12 13:27:57 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 15:29:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jan 18 10:46:38 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 22 22:54:31 -0700 2009 This is a story about a young widow left to raise two young children after the tragic death of her husband. He leaves behind a request to have a porch built on their house, a porch that will provide shelter for his family. There have been some discussions about th...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 18:56:04 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 19:00:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 07:59:25 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 07:59:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 15:10:50 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 12:58:50 -0700 2009
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Her first year as a widowed mother of two young children was very emotional..she had outbursts that made people stay away and that even included family who she alienated, bu...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 17:20:56 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 17:36:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 16:54:46 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 17:10:46 -0700 2009
This is Juliette Fay's first book, and judging by the other reviews, she hit this one out of the park. Her strengths lie in creating a compelling story and plot. T...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 19:15:26 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 18:55:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 07:05:19 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 18:00:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 18:07:56 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 11:50:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 19:22:14 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 09:48:46 -0700 2009
The sto...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 17:05:09 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 17:21:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 21:56:06 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 10:14:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 16:15:04 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 21:10:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 22:23:47 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 22:24:23 -0700 2009 A widow with two small children learns about herself, her family and rediscovers love. At first I groaned another book that I picked up focused on a woman whose husband died, then as I got in to it I began to like the character. She is a Catholic woman who is really prickly, begins to fall i...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 05 12:01:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 21:09:45 -0800 2008 more...]]>