| Descript |
358 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"A wry, tender novel about an ordinary family facing extraordinary choices. Julia Alden has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. American obstetrician James is everything she didn't know she wanted--if only her teenage daughter, Gwen, didn't hate him so much. Uniting two households is never easy, but when Gwen turns for comfort to James's seventeen-year-old son, Nathan, the consequences will test her mother's loyalty and threaten all their fragile new happiness. This is a moving and powerful novel about the modern family: about starting over; about love, guilt, and generosity; about building something beautiful amid the mess and complexity of what came before. It is a story about standing by the ones we love, even while they make mistakes. We would give anything to make our children happy. But how much should they ask?"--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Stepfamilies -- Fiction.
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Teenagers -- Family relationships -- Fiction.
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Remarriage -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Bildungsromans.
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| ISBN/ISSN |
0399576452 |
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9780399576454 |
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