Another Piece of My Heart - Softcover

Green, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312604165 ISBN 13: 9780312604165

Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL, 2013

Synopsis

An unforgettable novel that illuminates the nuances and truths about love, family, and motherhood from the New York Times bestselling author of Jemima J and The Beach House

JANE GREEN

Another Piece of My Heart

"A moving story peopled with nuance, sympathetic characters." --Booklist

Andi has spent much of her adult life looking for the perfect man, and at thirty-seven, she's finally found him. Ethan--divorced with two daughters, Emily and Sophia--is a devoted father and even better husband. Always hoping one day she would be a mother, Andi embraces the girls like they were her own. But in Emily's eyes, Andi is an obstacle to her father's love, and Emily will do whatever it takes to break her down. When the dynamics between the two escalate, they threaten everything Andi believes about love, family, and motherhood--leaving both women standing at a crossroad in their lives ... and in their hearts.

"You will laugh and cry as you read...It's that good."--Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia and the Valentine Series

About this title

Review:

"A clear-eyed look at our idealized notions of love, family, and motherhood...Green is at her finest with this compelling novel. Deeper, more complicated, and more ambitious than her previous books, it will keep readers on edge as they wait to see how these tense family dynamics play out." --Library Journal (starred review)

"Told with her trademark sensitivity and insight, Green's latest offers everything readers expect from her: a moving story peopled with nuanced, sympathetic characters." --Booklist

"Green ramps up the emotional stakes." --Kirkus Reviews

"Fans of Green's female-centric bestsellers will relish this latest family melodrama...Green paints a clear-eyed portrait of the challenges of step-parenting while offering hope that in even the most damaged relationships, dreams can come true." --People

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

"Could be the biggest novel of the bestselling writer's career." --The Connecticut Post

"Green finds honesty in [Andi and Emily's] alternating voices." --Publishers Weekly

"Green creates emotionally nuanced characters, first setting the scene from Andi's view, then shifting to Emily's first-person perspective. Green creates sympathy for Emily, by giving her hurt and insecurity an authentic teenage voice. While the character details of Green's family drama are unique, the emotions ring true and universal." --The New Jersey Star-Ledger

"Jane Green surpasses herself in her latest novel, a powerful and moving story of a family on the edge of emotional wreckage, and how love truly can--when combined with strength, patience and a little bit of grace--conquer all. I flew through it, unable to sleep until I knew how it turned out. That's how much she made me care." --Dani Shapiro, bestselling author of Devotion

"Jane Green writes of true love, instant families and the heartache of happily ever after with skill, grace and wisdom. You will laugh and cry as you read Andi's story, and you'll be inspired to pick up the phone and call your best friend to read a scene aloud. It's that good. It's that riveting. It's essential reading for the modern woman looking for connection and escape." --Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia and the Valentine Series

"Another Piece of My Heart is an ambitious, at times devastating, and always wise novel that conveys the endless ways in which family both destroys us and saves us, very often at the same time." --Jonathan Tropper, bestselling author of This Is Where I Leave You

About the Author:

Jane Green is the bestselling author of Family Pictures--available in trade paperback from St. Martin's Griffin--as well as a dozen other novels, dealing with real women, real life, and all the things in between, with her trademark wisdom, wit, and warmth. She contributes to various publications, both online and in print, including the Huffington Post, the Sunday Times, and assorted anthologies. Passionate about both food and the home, she spends most weekends cooking up a storm in her home in Westport, Connecticut, where she lives by the beach with her husband and their many children.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0312604165
• ISBN 13: 9780312604165
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Enderlin Jennifer