In her luminous new novel, Barbara Delinsky explores every woman’s desire to abandon the endless obligations of work and marriage—and the idea that the most passionate romance can be found with the person you know best. Emily Aulenbach is thirty, a lawyer married to a lawyer, working in Manhattan. An idealist, she had once dreamed of representing victims of corporate abuse, but she spends her days in a cubicle talking on the phone with victims of tainted bottled water—and she is on the bottler’s side. And it isn’t only work. It’s her sister, her friends, even her husband, Tim, with whom she doesn’t connect the way she used to. She doesn’t connect to much in her life, period, with the exception of three things—her computer, her BlackBerry, and her watch. Acting on impulse, Emily leaves work early one day, goes home, packs her bag, and takes off. Groping toward the future, uncharacteristically following her gut rather than her mind, she heads north toward a New Hampshire town tucked between mountains. She knows this town. During her college years, she spent a watershed summer here. Painful as it is to return, she knows that if she is to right her life, she has to start here.
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"Emily Aulenbach is a lawyer married to a lawyer working in New York One day she decides she has had enough of the corporate life style.She is tired of her busy tech-dominated existence and decides to escape it all.Yes it is possible. " — Peggy (4 out of 5 stars)
"Emily Aulenbach is a lawyer married to a lawyer working in New York One day she decides she has had enough of the corporate life style.She is tired of her busy tech-dominated existence and decides to escape it all.Yes it is possible. "
" Not up to Barbara Delinsky's usual standard. "
" This was a great read! So many of us would like to be able to do what this woman did--escape her life and technology. I would love to be able to do this even for one day. Delinsky just keeps getting better with every book she writes. "
" I persevered through the end, but it was a struggle. Good concept, but just felt it dragged. Not the usual Delinsky quality. "
" Didn't think very much of the effort or the character. "
" Don't bother. This book was disappointing --slow and didn't live up to previous works. Coyotes sort of silly to me. "
" Tried it for a light read on a flight. Awful. I want my $$ back! "
" Nice book. Not the ending I wanted (felt rushed) but it wasn't a let down. "
" When you start reading the book if feel thrilled and the first few pages are very exciting. You feel that you want to finish the book in a day since its very thrilling. But in the end you dont find anything. Plain and simple rubbish. Disheartening. "
" This was book was okay, not the best, not the worst. It was interesting enough that I kept reading! "
" Entertaining, but full to the brim with subplots. "
" Good story but predictable - not the best and not the worst that Barbara Delinsky has written. "
" Interesting and a fast read. Had problems with the basic premise of taking off because work is overwhelming, but since I'm not in the fast lane with those pressures... "
" Easy and quick read. Was not like her usual books. Story was ok. I liked the fact that the lead character didn't have all the answers. Would be a good cottage/vacation book. "
" Interesting subject but got a little tiredsome after about half way through. "
" Enjoy books by this author. Liked the information about the animal rescue organization. Characters and setting were interesting. "
" I totally identify with Emily and feel I am on a similar journey. Absolutely loved it!!! "
" By far one of her best books! "
" i liked the story and i think every person can put themselves into this story. "
" i didn't finish it...blah! kinda boring "
" One of my favourite writers, Delinsky, doesn't come through for me on this book. Characters are too shallow, story is too simplistic. I was really disappointed. "
" The main character has a midlife crisis and questions her life choices. LOL. I did not read this book for entertainment, but for instruction. Still I did enjoy this easy read. It was a pleasant change from my usual read of vampires, wizards and other fantasy. "
" This book was okay, but not one of my favorite reads. It was a bit too predicatable for me. "
" Loved this book. I think we all think about escaping once in a while. "
Barbara Delinsky, author of Escape, Not My Daughter, While My Sister Sleeps, The Secret Between Us, and Family Tree, has written more than twenty bestselling novels with over thirty million copies in print. After being diagnosed with breast cancer, she also wrote a nonfiction book, Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors, which is currently in its fifth printing. All of the proceeds from the book go to charity, which funds an ongoing research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. A lifelong New Englander, Delinsky earned a BA in psychology from Tufts University and an MA in sociology from Boston College.
Cassandra Campbell has won multiple Audie Awards, Earphones Awards, and the prestigious Odyssey Award for narration. She was been named a “Best Voice” by AudioFile magazine and in 2018 was inducted in Audible’s inaugural Narrator Hall of Fame.
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