Sam's Letters to Jennifer
by James Patterson
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The story of a grown woman who feels she has lost everything in her life. her best friend; her grandmother just fell into a coma while the love of her life died a couple years back, partly because it was her fault. She spends restless days within the shadow of blame and regret towards herself while the anouncment of her grandmothers condition is discovered. The grandmother, sam, has left her letters in order to let her understand things in her life that no one else has. She begins to understand ...more
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Read in August, 2007
First book I've read by James Patterson. It's the story of a young woman, Jennifer, who was recovering from the death of her husband only to find that her beloved grandmother Sam had fallen into a coma. Jennifer returned to the summer home to be close to her grandmother, and in the midst of confusion and grief, found a stack of letters addressed to her from Sam that told the story of her life. As Jennifer went through these letters, her own life also takes a dramatic turn that taught her how ...more
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Read in May, 2008
This was a nice story, with the premise of a grandmother telling her story to her granddaughter in a series of letters. The granddaughter (Jennifer) finds the letters on her bed when she goes to see her grandmother who is in a coma in the hospital.
The letters are pretty intimate details of Sam's life, and she starts out with a shocker to Jennifer.
I liked the book, but didn't love it. Jennifer is supposedly a work-a-holic, but she didn't struggle with trying to keep up her job while visit...more
The letters are pretty intimate details of Sam's life, and she starts out with a shocker to Jennifer.
I liked the book, but didn't love it. Jennifer is supposedly a work-a-holic, but she didn't struggle with trying to keep up her job while visit...more
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Read in April, 2007
recommends it for:
people who liked The Notebook
Jennifer is a columnist for the Tribune in Chicago and heads home to Lake Geneva when she gets a call that her grandmother - her only living close relative - is in a coma. Jen is about 35, recently widowed, and not so sure she wants to love again. Until she meets Brendan, who is on a mysterious break from his job as a radiologist. They knew each other as kids and rekindle their friendship by reliving their childhood. While her gradmother (Sam) recovers, Jen reads the letters Sam wrote her about ...more
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Read in July, 2005
This is the second non-mystery James Patterson book that I had the pleasure of reading. Given the title, I was expecting a story centered around romantic love letters written by a man named Sam to a woman named Jennifer. Instead, the book's letters deal with a different kind of relationship, one between a grandmother and her granddaughter.
This book made me think about the fact that there is often so much more to the lives of people such as our parents and grandparents, that they exist not o...more
This book made me think about the fact that there is often so much more to the lives of people such as our parents and grandparents, that they exist not o...more
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Read in May, 2008
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This book started off a little confusing to me, not knowing who "Sam" was, but it caught my attention quickly and was a very easy read. The type is big, and I think I read it in about 3-4 hours.
It was very light on swearing, and although it did touch on some adultery, it didn't go into any racy details.
It's kindof fun to see James Patterson try his hand at another genre; I think he does it much better than Grisham did (Skipping Christmas) and even Baldacci (Christmas Train).
It was very light on swearing, and although it did touch on some adultery, it didn't go into any racy details.
It's kindof fun to see James Patterson try his hand at another genre; I think he does it much better than Grisham did (Skipping Christmas) and even Baldacci (Christmas Train).
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Read in March, 2008
I remember hearing about this book a while back. While browsing the Used/Sale Annex at B&N, I found it randomly for a super $3! I started reading it at work and now, I can't wait to read more everyday. No, I did not put my used book in the microwave to kill germs as my coworker instructed me to do.
Update: I'm done! I really enjoyed this a lot. I wish the end was a little different or he could've made the end be a little longer. I'd let someone totally borrow it!
Update: I'm done! I really enjoyed this a lot. I wish the end was a little different or he could've made the end be a little longer. I'd let someone totally borrow it!
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Read in September, 2007
I read all of Patterson's books. This was something totally different. I liked the book but I loved the premise of it. Jennifer's grandmother, Sam, wrote a series of letters about her life and life secrets to her granddaughter. The story unfolds for Jennifer and she sees parallels in her own life as she reads these letters while her grandmother lays in a coma in the hospital.
It felt like such a rare gift of love to share such personal moments....
It felt like such a rare gift of love to share such personal moments....
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Read in July, 2007
Like unto The Bridges of Madison County had me crying through the entire thing. Granted I am a sap but the jacket had me thinking romance where the reality was more like a country music song....I was asking myself "could anything more shitty happen to this poor woman?" Still had me gripped and I read it start to finish in one afternoon. Of course I needed a nap to get rid of the sobbing sinus headache afterwards. Sappy Sweet would be my overall take on this one.
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I read this after reading Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas, and while I liked Suzanne's Diary (it was a sweet story), all I could think of while reading this book was that James Patterson had such success with Suzanne's Diary that he decided to write the same book again, only this time using a grandmother/daughter scenario. It was like he was using the same formula - love, lose love, have some life lesson about priorities, etc. Hated it.
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Read in December, 2007
recommends it for:
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This book was a touching story but not very well written. A little cheesy at points and difficult phrasing at others. The plot was great and really makes a person think about living life from the moment you wake up in the morning until you just can't stay awake at night. Easy reading and short chapters are perfect for those times when a deep book wouldn't be possible to tackle.
272pp
Started 12-21-07
Finished 12-26-07
272pp
Started 12-21-07
Finished 12-26-07
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This is by far the worst book I've ever read in my entire life... technically I listened to it with my best friend which was the only saving grace because we could make fun of it together. The writing was awful and the characters were so pathetic they were comical. I would give it less than one star if I could.
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Read in July, 2005
Sweet, this was a good book to read on a plane. It was about letters from a grandmother to her granddaughter, things that would be nice to know about her life. Although Patterson is a good commercial (in terms of selling books) writer, he’s not a great writer. It reminded me of all the Danielle Steele books: happy endings, very predictable and no great turns of phrases that cry out to be underlined.
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Read in February, 2008
Was given this book to read while working on the musical: I love you. You're perfect. Now change.
I was physically and emotionally moved by the description of one person's discovery that he is adopted. He hops a train in Chicago to go to Milwaukee and find his father at the Murray Tap... a bar on the east side of Milwaukee where I happened to live as a child. It was eerie to read about it...
I was physically and emotionally moved by the description of one person's discovery that he is adopted. He hops a train in Chicago to go to Milwaukee and find his father at the Murray Tap... a bar on the east side of Milwaukee where I happened to live as a child. It was eerie to read about it...
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I liked this story.. it was so nice and also so sad in the end. Jennifer's grandmother wrote letters to her and later on died. I think it was Ben, I don't really remember his name I read this book when I was in 5th grade, but yea. He was diagnosed with brain tumor and had to get surgery. Luckily he lived and that was ok.. laugh out loud. I don't know what else to write... so yea...
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Read in October, 2006
recommends it for:
anyone looking for a sappy quick read
I stumbled upon this book while traveling. I was in a bookstore in an airport and found it on the shelf, the only one there. It ended up being a very quick read and very enjoyable. I actually found myself walking around the house reading the last few chapters and crying ... a lot. haha.
Overall ... a very romantic ... very sappy ... very quick read. I enjoyed it. :)
Overall ... a very romantic ... very sappy ... very quick read. I enjoyed it. :)
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Read in December, 2007
I actually listened to this book during my last road trip. It was enjoyable to listen to. The women who read it really brought it to life. I did have a problem with some of the morals in the story, though. If it hadn't been for that I would have given it 4 stars, but it is hard for me to recommend a book that praises adultery and accepts it as an everyday occurrence.
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Read in February, 2008
I almost stopped reading it after the first few pages because the writing was horrible. I think Patterson was trying to write a Nicholas Sparks book, but kinda missed. The story idea was good, but he didn't write nearly as well as Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas. The story still made me cry, so it eventually sucked me in, but nowhere near Patterson's best effort.
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