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Holistic Guidance - Love the One You're With
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List Price: $24.95
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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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Editorial Reviews:
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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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Summary: Awesome!
Comment: I loved reading about Ellen, Andy and Leo! This was a great love story about a woman's past and present colliding together and what she does about it. I also loved Suzanne and even Margot, though I hate her friend Ginny. What a b...
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Summary: good ending
Comment: This is not her strongest book, it took a while to build up, dragged on a little but the ending was great. Its a fun summer read, if you have the time and the patience.
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Summary: i liked it
Comment: i thought this book was really good!
i think some folks are being kind of harsh on ellen. i wasn't really down on her that much. i don't think there's anything wrong with wanting the best possible life for yourself, or to look for your own happiness, especially since ellen's own family life had been so sad (her mother dying, her family falling apart, etc.). i actually would have been mad at her if she didn't go after the things she wanted. however, i don't think she should have lied to andy about it though. that was bad. but i can understand why she wouldn't want to give up something in her past until she was sure she was doing the right thing, not only for herself but for those she cares about too. life is messy and she redeems herself in the end i think.
also, i agree with the previous reviewer who said that andy was kind of milquetoast. that is a perfect description for him. i wouldn't want to be with him, but i do think ellen really did love him. did she love him more than leo? that's up for debate. but that's what makes this book work, imo.
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Summary: Old-Fashioned?
Comment: Perhaps I am labouring under an over-developed sense of justice and what is right, but I HATED the main character in this book. She is shallow, self-indulgent, and has the sort of overwhelming sense of self-entitlement that I thought went out with the Reagan Era and "American Psycho." I felt no empathy for her immature, selfish choices whatsoever, and disliked her strongly enough that I eventually found myself rooting against her, hoping she'd end up alone.
While I like Giffin's work, this novel, while attempting to address the issue of "life's other paths", is executed clumsily with a "heroine" one can neither identify with nor pity.
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Summary: I was a HUGE Giffin fan but this book is terrible - SPOILER ALERT
Comment: I've read all of Giffin's books (my favorite is Something Borrowed) and enjoy the way she captures the angst and emotion of relationships. Generally, her characters seem like real people, and the heroine is someone to whom I can relate. This book, however, as a huge disappointment. As we meet the protagonist and her hubby, I immediately thought he sounded like a milquetoast guy who didn't really "get" who she was, and that she had obviously settled. So, I anxiously waited -- through hundreds of pages -- for her to get back together with her ex, whom she had truly loved, and who seemed to have changed and grown. Then, in the end, Giffin baits and switches, lamely telling us that the ex hadn't changed, and the protagonist stayed with her boring loser hubby, as much because she liked being a part of his family, as because she loved him. I felt betrayed. Don't think I'll be buying another Giffin novel...
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