The Things We Do for Love, Kristin Hannah
The Things We Do for Love, Kristin Hannah
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The Things We Do for Love

Author: Kristin Hannah

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Unabridged: 12 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/15/2021

Categories: Fiction, Romance

Synopsis

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.

About Kristin Hannah

Kristin Hannah was born in September 1960 in Southern California. At eight years old, her family moved to Western Washington. Kristin decided to become a lawyer and attended law school in Washington. While in her third-and final-year of law school, Kristin’s mom was in the hospital, facing the end of her long battle with cancer. Always knowing that her daughter was meant to be a writer, Kristin and her mother collaborated on a novel. After her mom's death, she packed up all those bits and pieces of paper and research they'd collected and put them in a box in the back of her closet. Kristin got married and continued practicing law.

Then, Kristin found out she was pregnant and was on bed rest for five months. It was during that time that her husband reminded her of the book she'd started with her mom. Kristin pulled out the boxes of research material, dusted them off and began writing. By the time their son was born, she'd finished a first draft and found an obsession.

After many rejections, Kristin finally got "the call," and in that moment, she went from a young mother with a cooler-than-average hobby to a professional writer, and has never looked back. In all the years between then and now, she has never lost her love of, or her enthusiasm for, telling stories. Kristin feels truly blessed to be a wife, a mother, and a writer. Her novel, Firefly Lane, became a runaway bestseller in 2009, a touchstone novel that brought women together.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Suz on August 28, 2023

Baby we were born to run. Bruce Springsteen, 1975 I was pleasantly surprised with another 4 star read. A very smooth and satisfying familial drama centred around childless couple Angie and Conlan who cross paths with young Lauren. Lauren is young and really down on her luck. Her mother is a dud, s......more

Goodreads review by Dale on October 09, 2023

Not reading the Kindle version but a paperback large print with this cover. Angie De Saria grew up as her fathers princess, always given far more allowances than her older sisters, who were all involved with the Italian family restaurant. She went off to college and then the plan was marriage and mot......more

Goodreads review by Jess☺️ on April 10, 2020

The Things We Do For Love by Kristin Hannah is a lovely ,sad, heartbreaking story. It's Kristin Hannah at her best (not that I've read a bad book yet 🤞) It's old love becoming new love again, lost pregnancies, new friends becoming family and with a good old fashioned interfering family (in a good way......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on June 22, 2010

I had no expectations for this book. I simply picked it up at the grocery store, becuase I had nothing else to read and it sort of looked promising. I've tried to read Kristin Hannah before, so that should have been my clue not to try. The synopsis on the back sounded good, but it's pretty much the......more

Goodreads review by Dimitar on July 01, 2020

This book was pretty good - kept me interested the entire time - a bit predictable, but with just a little different outcome than I expected I guess. It was like watching one of those 90 minutes Hallmark or Lifetime movies, emotional story about love and friendship. To be honest I didn't read the sh......more

Quotes

“[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

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