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| Coming Back to Me : A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Caroline Leavitt
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  74 reviews
Sales Rank: 1715611
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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.5 x 0.8
ASIN: B000GG4IMY
Publication Date: September 1, 2003
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It can take a long time to build up a life, and only moments to destroy it. Gary and Molly met in the way couples do: after a long haul of being single, quickly becoming soulmates and rejoicing in that fact. Beautiful, red-haired Molly ignites a fire in Gary and he eases the pain she feels about her past. Starting a family is something they both want badly to do, and with great joy, Molly finds herself pregnant.
It is when she leaves for the hospital that things start to go wrong. Only a few weeks later, alone with a newborn and a mountain of medical bills he has no means to pay for, Gary must call on Molly's long estranged sister Suzanne to help. From Sue Miller to Elizabeth Berg, bestelling authors have tackled the challenges of love and marriage. Caroline Leavitt claims the turf in her own exciting way, twisting and turning a medical nightmare into an opportunity for redemption and hope.
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 The author's signature style November 28, 2008
As I read more of Ms. Leavitt's books (this is the third), I notice recurring elements: constellations of freckles, unruly & irresistable hair, vocational school boys, teachers, floundering parents, and the longing generated by secrets and mis-communications, to name a few. In spite of the sense of deja vu inspired by these similarities, I enjoy the author's methods of storytelling, and her confessional manner of letting the reader know all there is to know about the folks who people her novels.
 A Must-Read! June 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you haven't read any of Caroline Leavitt's books before, this is a great place to start. If you have read other books and are looking for the next great one, look no further! The story of a young family enduring one of the hardest battles anyone could face, this is a novel that could have become melodramatic in the hands of a lesser writer. Luckily, Leavitt is a master -- so, instead, we have this beautiful book comprised of characters you'll love like your own family by the end of book (in Suzanne's case, flaws and all). Not the least bit predictable, it'll make you cry for reasons you don't expect. Definitely put it on your to-read list if you're looking for a raw, yet touching and lovely, family story by a skilled writer.
A treat March 27, 2007
This was an intriguing story of family. The challenges we face. The baggage we carry. The grace we must have to survive. I was drawn in from page one.
fantastic book club read August 18, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My book group chose this for a recent read and we couldnt' stop talking about the characterizations and the clear, brilliant writing. I just went and ordered Leavitt's other book. What I loved was there was the ebb and flow of story, like life, rather than ends being neatly tied up. Can't wait to read her next novel.
 Not as intelligent as books by Jane Hamilton or Sue Miller July 18, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was drawn to this book partly because of the blurb by Katharine Weber that appears on the cover of this book stating that "Readers who wait impatiently for the next Jane Hamilton or Sue Miller will find another favorite in Caroline Leavitt." I do not agree. While this was a fast-moving book, there were some flaws in this book that keeps Caroline Leavitt from being in the same playing field as Hamilton and Miller. As another reviewer noted, she introduces characters and situations and then fails to follow up with them. It's as if she had a ton of ideas but the process of following through with all of them just became too tedious for her. Then there are errors that I'm surprised an editor didn't pick up on such as Gary blowing up blue balloons on page 76 ("gulping, blowing long deep puffs") and tying them to the porch railings ("Soft washed blue, they floated and bobbed"). On page 85, after Molly goes into her "coma," Gary returns home to these same balloons and "jerked them free. He opened his hands and let them sweep across the sky." How? They weren't filled with helium? The other bothersome thing was that at times the baby seemed to be 6 months old and then a few pages later was suddenly a newborn again. The reader never really knows how much time has gone by in the story.
My recommendation is to skip this book.
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