

The Things We Do for Love
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Kristin Hannah
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “[Kristin] Hannah is superb at delving into her main characters’ psyches and delineating nuances of feeling.”—The Washington Post Book WorldFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women comes a poignant, evocative story that celebrates the magic of motherhood, the joys of coming home, and the price we so willingly pay for love.Years of trying unsuccessfully to conceive a child have broken more than Angie DeSaria’s heart. Following a painful divorce, she moves back to her small Pacific Northwest hometown and takes over management of her family’s restaurant. In West End, where life rises and falls like the tides, Angie’s fortunes will drastically change yet again when she meets and befriends a troubled young woman.Angie hires Lauren Ribido because she sees something special in the seventeen-year-old. They quickly form a deep bond, and when Lauren is abandoned by her mother, Angie offers the girl a place to stay. But nothing could have prepared Angie for the far-reaching repercussions of this act of kindness. Together, these two women—one who longs for a child and the other who longs for a mother’s love—will be tested in ways that neither could have imagined.“Enormously entertaining . . . Hannah has a nice ear for dialogue and a knack for getting the reader inside the characters’ heads.”—The Seattle Times
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More Details:
Author
Kristin Hannah
Pages
432
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published Date
2010-02-16
ISBN
0345520807 9780345520807
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"Heartwarming, tear jerker, all the emotions! Very good book. Kristin Hannah really drives home what it feels like to be loved by a family."
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Courtney W
"This was an emotional read and such a real life situation. I enjoyed it and thought it was well written. It truly shows how family isnt always by blood "
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Alyssa Bull
"413 pages… I would give this 3.5 stars. The stories were sweet but idk how I felt about the second half of the book, or the ending."
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Emma
"Impossible to describe the feeling of the character Lauren living my dream: to love and be loved by a mother. It’s almost even more impossible to me that Kristin Hannah was able to grasp the concepts of such deep rooted fear of abandonment and the heartbreak of a narcissistic, unreliable mother figure. She captured it perfectly in words I could never have formed. In short: I wept. "
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Addie Dillard
"This book was a book about real life drama. You find yourself feeling the heartbreak of both main character’s Angie and Lauren. We need more Angies in the world. The selfless love that she gives to Lauren..is incredible. Loved it!"
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Jeanine
"I absolutely loved loved loved it, except for the ending. The ending was OK, but not the one that I hoped for as I read the book. I actually cried my eyes out during the entire book, except for the ending. Almost change my rating to 4 1/2 stars because of the last chapter."
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Sheri Tegeler Crandall
"I almost docked a star for the heteronormativity, but decided to give Kristin grace considering she wrote this in 2003. Overall, I'd recommend this book!"
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Audrey Pickens
"This wasn't my favorite book of hers that I've read so far but it was decent. "
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Samantha Broughton
"Such a great story about family, traditional and non traditional. Could not put it down. "
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Christine van Egmond