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Love the One You're with

by Emily Giffin

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ISBN13: 9780312348670
ISBN10: 0312348673
Condition: Standard
Dustjacket: Standard
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How do you know if you’ve found the one? Can you really love the one you’re with when you can’t forget the one who got away?

Emily Giffin, author of the New York Times bestselling novels Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and Baby Proof, poses these questions—and many more—with her highly anticipated, thought-provoking new novel Love the One You’re With.

Ellen and Andy’s first year of marriage doesn’t just seem perfect, it is perfect. There is no question how deep their devotion is, and how naturally they bring out the best in each other. But one fateful afternoon, Ellen runs into Leo for the first time in eight years. Leo, the one who brought out the worst in her. Leo, the one who left her heartbroken with no explanation. Leo, the one she could never quite forget. When his reappearance ignites long-dormant emotions, Ellen begins to question whether the life she’s living is the one she’s meant to live. At once heartbreaking and funny, Love the One You’re With is a tale of lost loves and found fortunes—and will resonate with anyone who has ever wondered what if.

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"A chance encounter with an old flame in Giffin's bittersweet, sometimes mawkish fourth novel causes Ellen Dempsey to consider anew what could have been. Shortly after marrying Andy, Ellen runs into Leo, her 'intense' first love. Leo, a moody writer, has secretly preoccupied Ellen ever since he broke her heart, so after seeing him again, Ellen wonders if her perfect life is truly what she wants or simply what she was expected to want. This scenario is complicated by Ellen's past: the early death of her mother and subsequent disintegration of her family have left Ellen insecure and saddled with unresolved feelings of guilt. These feelings intensify when Andy's career takes the newlyweds from Ellen's beloved New York City to suburban Atlanta. As Ellen's feelings of inadequacy and resentment grow, her marriage begins to crumble. The novel is sometimes bogged down by characters so rooted in type that they, and the story line, can only move in the most obvious trajectory. However, Giffin's self-aware narrator and focus on troubled relationships will satisfy those looking for a light women's lit fix." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

About the Author

Emily Giffin is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of Virginia School of Law.  After practicing litigation at a New York firm for several years, she moved to London to write full time. The author of the New York Times bestselling novels Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and Baby Proof, she now lives in Atlanta with her husband and three young children.

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Katie Doughty, April 25, 2009 (view all comments by Katie Doughty)
This is a book that all women can relate to. Ellen's story is so true for many of us. This story was so well told, I couldn't put it down!! Very well written.
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titianlibrarian, August 8, 2008 (view all comments by titianlibrarian)
Giffin has such a lovely voice and a light touch, I really enjoy anything she writes. This one in particular was less chick-lit-y and more "real." A happy bride of ten months has her world turned upside-down when she passes her ex (the one everyone has--the one you can't forget, the love-of-your-life and the one who utterly tore apart your world) on the street one day. Two minutes after their eyes meet while crossing the street, he texts her and asks her to meet up with him. And thus it begins...
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312348670
Author:
Giffin, Emily
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Subject:
General
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Married women
Subject:
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Subject:
Love stories
Edition Description:
First
Publication Date:
May 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
342
Dimensions:
9.52x6.41x1.23 in. 1.29 lbs.

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