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The Last Summer of Her Other Life
From Jean Reynolds Page—the critically acclaimed author of The Space Between Before and After and one of the most compelling voices in contemporary women's fiction—comes a dazzling novel of loss and redemption, of relationships that damage and those that heal.
Thirty-nine and pregnant by a man she's decided to leave behind in California, Jules' life is changing. Always the protected daughter, she must now relinquish that role and prepare to be a mother herself. But her efforts are upstaged by shocking allegations from a local teen in her North Carolina hometown. The boy has accused her of what the police are calling “inappropriate sexual contact.” Three men rally in her defense: Lincoln, her brother, who flies in from New York to help her; Sam, her high school boyfriend, who after so many years still offers unconditional support; and Walt, the uncle of the teen, who charms Jules with his intelligence and unanticipated kindness.
Her search for the truth about the troubled teenager becomes, for Jules, a first step toward discovering the woman she wishes to be. But with so many wrong choices behind her, how can she trust herself with the future of her unborn child?
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The Space Between Before and After
Holli Templeton is afraid that something terrible will happen in her family. From her home outside Manhattan, she watches news accounts of the Space Shuttle Columbia as it breaks apart over her native Texas, and she worries that some devastating event in her own life will follow. Twice before, moments of suffering in her family have run strangely parallel with the large moments of men in space. Her young mother died on the day Neil Armstrong first stepped onto the moon. An unborn child was lost to her on the day the shuttle Challenger exploded.
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 A Blessed Event
"Page's debut treats readers to a juicy read with a spiritual side, set in smalltown Texas. Childhood best friends Joanne Timbro and Darla Stevens have found an unusual solution to Darla's fertility." --Booklist
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 Accidental Happiness
"Three months after losing her young husband, Ben, Gina, who lost her younger sister at age 12, is only going through the motions. But then Ben's ex-wife, Reese, shows up with her seven-year-old daughter, Angel. Reese isn't sure if Ben is Angel's father, and the child unnerves Gina, whose only argument with Ben was over children." --Booklist
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On The Space Between Before
and After:
Chosen as a Summer Must-Read by Woman's Day Magazine, July 2008
"In this complex, multilayered book, Page revisits familiar themes in the story of one family coming to terms with loss and past events . . . . [Page] seamlessly navigates the book's intertwining narratives and presents believable characters, at once imperfect and utterly sympathetic. Both the story's emotional pull and intricate plot twists are sure to seduce new readers."
--Publishers Weekly
On A Blessed Event:
"As beginnings go, this one's a stunner."
--Seattle Times
"A narrative that grows more and more compelling as Page unearths secrets, reveals character, and lays -- and layers -- the groundwork for an ending that is moving, believable, and earned.
--The Boston Globe
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On Accidental Happiness:
"A touching novel about loss and the courage necessary to move beyond the past, Page's tale is filled with genuine and sympathetic characters." --Booklist
"Page steps easily into the shoes of her appealingly flawed characters as she weaves a convincing web of unconventional family relationships."
--Publishers Weekly
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