false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255575985m/5587088.jpg 5587088 4 What would life be like with the one who got away?<b> </b>From the author of <b>My Husband’s Sweethearts</b>—hailed as “a laugh-and-cry novel”* that’s “whip-smart, tender…an undiluted joy to read”**—comes this bighearted, funny, fiercely perceptive tale about a happily married woman and the little white lie that changed everything.… <br><br>For Gwen Merchant, love has always been doled out in little packets—from her father, a marine biologist who buried himself in work after her mother’s death; and from her husband, Peter, who’s always been respectable and safe. But when an old college boyfriend, the irrepressible Elliot Hull, invites himself back into Gwen’s life, she starts to remember a time when love was an ocean. <br><br>What does Elliot want? In fact, he has a rather surprising proposition: he wants Gwen to become his wife. His pretend wife. Just for a few days. To accompany him to his family’s lake house for the weekend so that he can fulfill his dying mother’s last wish. Reluctantly Gwen agrees to play along—with her husband Peter’s full support. It’s just one weekend—what harm could come of it?<br><br>But as Gwen is drawn into Elliot’s quirky, wonderful family—his astonishingly wise and open mother, his warm and welcoming sister, and his adorable, precocious niece—she starts questioning everything she’s ever expected from love. And as she begins to uncover a few secrets about her own family, it suddenly looks like a pretend relationship just might turn out to be the most real thing she’s ever known. 5758429 23 6 2009 The Pretend Wife total:155|5:15|4:44|3:73|2:18|1:5| 155 511 432 52 5 1 false false Wed May 13 11:36:19 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 11:36:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Oct 05 17:52:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 17:52:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 21:13:36 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 21:20:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 16:50:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 15:25:53 -0800 2009
Don't most people have their own Elliot Hull out there? This book looks at one possibility (somewhat contrived to start with) of what might happe...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 14:14:39 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 14:18:29 -0700 2009
I finally discovered much further into this book, that it wasn't as cut and dry as it first appeared. The cha...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 15:56:20 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 15:59:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 26 13:44:31 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 14:47:49 -0800 2009
Gwen Merchant has been thrust into this exact situation. She runs into Elliot Hull at an ice cream shop and learns that he has lied to his dying moth...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 21:51:51 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 19:13:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 05 10:53:17 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 10:56:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 10:04:49 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 10:07:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 27 22:44:36 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 22:46:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 08:28:51 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 08:32:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 05:51:01 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 16:50:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 01 12:31:41 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 12:34:04 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 15:30:06 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 19:06:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 10:27:53 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 09:28:53 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 10:09:09 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 09:42:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 14 15:29:02 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 15:30:18 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:43:34 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 09:24:25 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jul 28 20:52:16 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 20:53:35 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5587088