Promises to Keep - Hardcover

Green, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670021792 ISBN 13: 9780670021796

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2010

Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author-a momentous new novel about a family suddenly thrown together

Callie Perry is a successful family photographer living in upstate New York. She adores her two daughters, has great friends, and actually doesn't mind that her workaholic husband gets home at 9 p.m. every night-that is, when he's not traveling six months out of the year.

Callie's younger sister, Steff, on the other hand, has never grown up. She's a free spirit, living in downtown Manhattan and bouncing between jobs and boyfriends. Lately, she's been working as a vegan chef, even though she can't cook.

Lila Grossman is Callie's best friend and has finally met the man of her dreams. Eddie has two wonderful children, but also a drama queen ex-wife who hates Lila. And then there are Callie and Steff's parents, Walter Cutler and Honor Pitman. Divorced for thirty years, they rarely speak to each other.

The lives of these colorful characters intersect when they each receive a shocking note that summons them together for one extraordinary summer in Maine and changes their lives forever. This novel is about the hard choices we have to face, about having to be your parents' child long after you've grown up, and about the enduring nature of love.

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Review:

A poignantly written novel that powerfully celebrates the power of love and friendship richly rewarding. Chicago Tribune
Tug[s] at your emotions in all the right places. The Miami Herald
"Green's story definitely has the emotional heart and resonance to hook readers of women's fiction." Booklist
More Praise for the Novels of Jane Green
Gripping and powerful. Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author
The perfect summer read. Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author
A warm bath of a novel that draws you in Green s sympathetic portrayals resonate. USA Today
Warm, witty, sharp and insightful. Jane Green writes with such honesty and zing. Sophie Kinsella, New York Times bestselling author
Her compelling tale reflects an understanding of contemporary women that s acute and compassionate, served up with style. People
The kind of novel you ll gobble up at a single sitting. Cosmopolitan
A smart, complex, character-driven read. The Washington Post
Green s novels consistently deliver believable, accessible, heartfelt, often heartwarming stories about real people, problems, and feelings. Redbook"

"A poignantly written novel that powerfully celebrates the power of love and friendship--richly rewarding."--Chicago Tribune

"Tug[s] at your emotions in all the right places."--The Miami Herald

"Green's story definitely has the emotional heart and resonance to hook readers of women's fiction."--Booklist

More Praise for the Novels of Jane Green

"Gripping and powerful."--Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"The perfect summer read."―Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"A warm bath of a novel that draws you in--Green's sympathetic portrayals--resonate."--USA Today

"Warm, witty, sharp and insightful. Jane Green writes with such honesty and zing."―Sophie Kinsella, New York Times bestselling author

"Her compelling tale reflects an understanding of contemporary women that's acute and compassionate, served up with style."―People

"The kind of novel you'll gobble up at a single sitting."--Cosmopolitan

"A smart, complex, character-driven read."--The Washington Post

"Green's novels consistently deliver believable, accessible, heartfelt, often heartwarming stories about real people, problems, and feelings."--Redbook

From the Back Cover:

Love means being there - through everything.

'Everyone in Callie's family is busy; her sister is a free-spirited Manhattan chef, her best friend Lila is coping with the vitriol of her new man's ex-wife, and her parents, Walter and Honor, have rich though separate lives. But when Callie discovers the breast cancer she thought she'd beaten has returned, they all find that their lives shift to focus on caring for Callie. A beautifully written and intensely sad lesson in what it really means to love someone you know you're going to lose' Daily Telegraph

'Stylish, wickedly insightful . . . family, friends and love is truly, heartwrenchingly tested' Mirror

'A tear-jerking read' Marie Claire

'A moving account of a family faced with a heartbreaking situation. I defy anyone to get through to the end without crying' Sunday Express

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0670021792
• ISBN 13: 9780670021796
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 343