Name: The Things we do for Love
SKU: 1724881
Price: 217.00 ZAR
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Author: Hannah Kristin

Type

Physical Book

Author

Hannah Kristin

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Year

2005

Language

English

Pages

433

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

17.3x10.7x2.8 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN

0345467515

ISBN13

9780345467515

Synopsis "The Things we do for Love "

New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah "touches the deepest, most tender corner of our hearts" (Tami Hoag). Her last novel, Between Sisters, was chosen by CBS's The Early Show as one of the best books of the summer. Now she returns with The Things We Do for Love--a poignant, evocative story that celebrates the magic of motherhood, the joys of coming home, and the price we so willingly pay for love. The youngest of three daughters, Angela DeSaria Malone was always "the princess" of the family, a girl who thought she knew how her life would unfold. High School. College. Marriage. Motherhood. That was how it had gone for her sisters, her cousins, her friends. But it didn't work out that way for Angie. She and her husband tried desperately to have a child; year after year, their perfectly decorated nursery remained empty. Finally, their marriage collapsed under the weight of lost dreams. After the divorce, Angie moved back to her hometown and rejoined her loud, loving, slightly crazy family. In West End, a place where life rises and falls in time with the tides, she will find the man who once again will open her heart to love . . . and meet the girl who will change Angie's life. Lauren Ribido lives in a rundown apartment in a bad part of town with a mother who cares more about her next drink than about her daughter. At seventeen, Lauren knows that her aspirations in life may never come to pass. From the moment they meet, Angie sees something special in Lauren. They form a quick connection, this woman who is desperate for a daughter and the girl who has never known a mother's love. When Lauren is abandoned by her mother, Angie doesn't hesitate to offer the girl a place to stay. But nothing could have prepared Angie for the far-reaching repercussions of this act of kindness. In a dramatic turn of events, she and Lauren will be tested in a way that mothers and daughters seldom are. Together they will embark on an intensely moving, deeply emotional journey to the very heart of what it means to be a family. Praise for The Things We Do for Love "[Kristin] Hannah is superb at delving into her main characters' psyches and delineating nuances of feeling." --The Washington Post Book World "Wonderful . . . enormously touching . . . The warmth and complexities of these characters grab hold of the heartstrings."--RT Book Reviews "Wrenching, convincing . . . bittersweet."--Publishers Weekly

Hannah Kristin

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She is the author of more than twenty highly successful novels, for which she has received numerous awards and of which more than twenty million copies have been sold worldwide. The best sellers The Nightingale and The Great Alone were chosen as Best Historical Novel by Goodreads in 2015 and 2018. The Nightingale, which is being adapted into a film, won the coveted People's Choice Award for best novel. Firefly Lane has become a successful Netflix series. Kristin studied Law before becoming a professional writer and is a mother of one son. She lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, near Seattle.

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