Another piece of my heart

Format:

Book (large print)

Title:

Another piece of my heart

Author:

Green, Jane, 1968-

ISBN:

9781594136016

Edition:

[Large print ed.].

Publication Information:

[Farmington Hills, MI] : Large Print Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2013.

Physical Description:

577 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

General Note:

"Published in 2013 by arrangement with St. Martin's Press, LLC"--Title page verso.

Summary:

"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."--Page 4 of cover.

Subject(s):

Large type books.

Stepmothers -- Fiction.

Stepdaughters -- Fiction.

Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.

Jealousy -- Fiction.

Childlessness -- Fiction.

Marital conflict -- Fiction.

San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.

California -- San Francisco.

Genre:

Large type books.

Domestic fiction.

Fiction.

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
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Author Notes

"Jane Green" is the pen name for author Jane Green Warburg. She was born in 1968 in London, England. While in her twenties, she worked as a journalist for various national newspapers and magazines in London. At the age of 27, she wrote her first novel Straight Talking, which became a New York Times bestseller. Her books helped launch the phenomenon known as "chick lit", and gave her the nickname of "the queen of chick lit". Her novels include The Patchwork Marriage, Another Piece of My Heart, Promises to Keep, Dune Roard, The Beach House, Family Pictures, Tempting Fate, Summer Secrets. and Jenima J.

Green's title, Falling, made the New York Times Bestseller list in 2016.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (4)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In New York Times bestseller Green's latest (after Promises to Keep), Andi faces the difficult decision of remaining in a marriage that is being ripped apart by husband Ethan's rebellious teen daughter, Emily. Though the wedding happened five years ago, Emily hasn't accepted her father's remarrying and repeatedly starts fights at home that have brought Andi to the breaking point. Emily's rage is further fueled by drinking, drugs, and reckless casual sex, so her pregnancy comes less as a surprise than as the final straw for this floundering family. Andi's love for Ethan and his younger daughter, Sophia, coupled with her desire for a big family and her identity as a mother, have kept Andi in the marriage, but each day Emily tears away another piece of Andi's heart. Andi can't break through her own upbringing and generational ties to understand what's behind Emily's backlashes and bad choices. Though Andi and Emily are both highly self-involved, making it difficult to like either of them, Green finds honesty in their alternating voices. 250,000 first printing. Agent: Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, WME. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Kirkus Review

really changed? Green (Promises to Keep, 2010, etc.) ramps up the emotional stakes by presenting both Andi and Emily's points of view, even as her prose is a bit on the dull and repetitive side. Topical family melodrama.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

An angry teen pushes her family to the breaking point in ever-popular Green's (Promises to Keep, 2010) new novel. Emily is enraged when her father, Ethan, decides to marry beautiful, sophisticated Andi. Even though Ethan has been divorced from her alcoholic mother, Janice, for years, Emily can't get over her anger, or her loathing of Andi. Andi makes every effort to befriend Emily, but the teen continues to find ways to blame Andi for her problems and come between Ethan and Andi. After five years with Ethan, Andi's patience is running thin, and she's beginning to wonder if sustaining the marriage is really best for her. When Emily's reckless actions come back to haunt her, Andi sees a chance to help her stepdaughter and give her marriage with Ethan a fresh start. When Ethan rejects her plan, however, Andi must make a choice: stay and feel resentful, or throw in the towel for good. Told with her trademark sensitivity and insight, Green's latest offers everything readers expect from her: a moving story peopled with nuanced, sympathetic characters. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: A 250,000 first print run, national tour, and major broadcast and online publicity will make this best-selling Green's most visible book yet.--Huntley, Kristine Copyright 2010 Booklist

Library Journal Review

In her latest, Green (Promises To Keep; Dune Road) takes a clear-eyed look at our idealized notions of love, family, and motherhood. Marriage-minded Andi, at the age of 37, finally meets the man of her dreams. Ethan is divorced with two daughters, but Andi is thrilled to become part of Emily and Sophia's lives. Through her own immaturities and insecurities, Emily works hard to drive a wedge between her stepmother and father, causing resentments within the family. Matters intensify when the teenaged Emily becomes pregnant, and Andi realizes that the chances of having her own child are dwindling as Ethan's desire wanes. How can Andi put her own wishes and dreams aside while enduring Emily's vitriol? VERDICT 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. [250,000-copy first printing; library marketing; see Prepub Alert, 9/23/11.]-Anne M. Miskewitch, Chicago P.L. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.