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Whistle Stopper - Love the One You're With
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Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780312348670
ISBN: 0312348673
Label: St. Martin's Press
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2008-05-13
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: 2008-05-13
Studio: St. Martin's Press
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Summary: Excellant
Comment: The item arrived very quick and I was pleased and would highly recommend to buy this way to anyone looking for a great price , fast shipping and most of all excellant item .
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Summary: Heartwarming and Entertaining
Comment: I literally could not put this book down after starting it. I started at 9PM and it is now 3AM. I laughed and I cried the whole time and I was cheering for Ellen more than once. Even though I was frustrated with Ellen's indecision throughout the story, the author presented real issues that anyone would be facing in Ellen's situation. I also understood the need for closure from an ex boyfriend, but I disagreed with Ellen's healing tactics. She had no problem standing up to neighborly snobs in Georgia, but she couldn't tell the ex to take a hike. Overall, the book is very down to earth with believable characters and a great story. Even the conversations make the reader feel whatever emotions are being carried out. Not many books can grab a reader in such a way, but Giffin expertly accomplishes this. I was reminded of the story The Notebook more than once while reading this and the end does not disappoint.
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Summary: At the very least, I learned something.
Comment: 'Show, don't tell.'
This is a primary Writer's Credo. And this novel is a monument to disregarding it. In fact, it celebrates 'telling', as opposed to the more inclusive (and collaborative) 'showing'. As a burgeoning writer, I found it a fascinating experience, reading this book...in the same way that as a screenwriter, I learn more from bad films than from good ones.
Don't get me wrong; I enjoyed this book. It had its moments. (I'm currently reading a slew of 'chick-lit' novels as research; I have one on the go in this genre) Putting aside the facile nature of the exposition (it gets a little tedious declaring character by way of possessions, no matter how much supporting, corroborative narrative is provided), and the pedestrian plotline, 'Love the One You're With' is capably written...if perhaps owning too low a set of aspirations. There's little that will 'surprise' here, little that will transform, or otherwise make reading the novel some kind of special experience. It is, in a very real sense, a Hallmark/Women's Channel film-as-book. (If nothing else, Ms Griffin writes confidently.)
But I'd have been curious to read how much different this story might have been in the third-person omniscient...without so much 'telling' going on.
We'll never know.
P. S. What did I learn? That a novel can be flawed, yet engaging. That there is a place for all artists...it's just a question of getting the product to market, and finding your audience.
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Summary: Lots of fun!
Comment: First Emily Giffin book I have ever read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I read it in three sittings and really loved Ellen's story, especially how she came to her final decision. I love how Leo is all intangible attraction and his mysterious pull on Ellen's heart. Don't we all have those people in our lives who we're inexplicably drawn to? So which is love then? The ones we choose for ourselves or the ones we can't help but want to be with? This book answers that question beautifully.
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Summary: LOVED this book
Comment: As a busy mom, i have little time to read... but i finished this book very quickly bc i could not put it down. I want to be friends with emily giffin (the author) bc she thinks the way i do.... this book was soooo good!
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How do you know if you’ve found the one? Can you really love the one you’re with when you can’t forget the one who got away?
Emily Giffin, author of the New York Times bestselling novels Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and Baby Proof, poses these questions—and many more—with her highly anticipated, thought-provoking new novel Love the One You’re With.
Ellen and Andy’s first year of marriage doesn’t just seem perfect, it is perfect. There is no question how deep their devotion is, and how naturally they bring out the best in each other. But one fateful afternoon, Ellen runs into Leo for the first time in eight years. Leo, the one who brought out the worst in her. Leo, the one who left her heartbroken with no explanation. Leo, the one she could never quite forget. When his reappearance ignites long-dormant emotions, Ellen begins to question whether the life she’s living is the one she’s meant to live. At once heartbreaking and funny, Love the One You’re With is a tale of lost loves and found fortunes—and will resonate with anyone who has ever wondered what if.
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