The Breakdown Lane Audiobook

" Gave it a 3.5. I enjoyed hearing the story from two perspectives. As Leo leaves his 20-year marriage, Julie learns she has MS. "

" This one took of slowly but once it got going it kept tumbling around until I had to read it. I found it to be very real, which I love and hate. "

" this was a great read. I came away thinking that it is difficult to 'pick' who would be the support if anything like this should happen to me.A very insightful and sometimes hurtful read. "

" This book was a stressful book to listen too, you love some characters and hate others. "

" I have to give this one 3 & 1/2. A slow start for me, but I stuck with it and really grew to love the characters. Also enjoyed the way the ending was written. Different! "

" Envolvente, desconcertante, uma escrita de qualidade! "

" The book was okay. Wasn't one of my favorites. "

" Interesting mix of sad and hilarious. Spoiler: I liked that the happy ending wasn't too happy and unbelievable "

" i like relationship books, so interesting to me when you read about others who just dont communicate with each other, fasinating! "

" Mitchard is an amazing writer "

" I love her books on audio they really keep my attention which is saying alot. "

" I can't tell you how much I hated the husband in this book for ditching his wife and kids. I was even angrier when his daughter went to live with him. "

" I found this to be an engrossing story. The characters were well developed and challenges they faced seemed real rather than contrived. "

" Just when you think you have it all together . , . "

" I really enjoyed this story. "

" I really liked this book. Probably most wouldn't give it four stars three and a half?)...but probably was my mood when I read it. Enjoyable read overall. "

" Wasn't sure if I would like this book at first, but about 1/3 of the way through, started to enjoy it. Great shocker halfway through, but kind of a pedictable ending. Entertaining. "

" My current audio book. It's a very good story about a family's struggle through a breakup and a terrible disease. The story is told from the perspective of Julie, the mother, and Gabe, her teenage son. "

" It took me a long time to get interested in this story. It's about love, marriage and parenting through difficult times. Julie's husband leaves her and then she finds out that she had MS. The story is about how the family gets through these changes. "

" Left alone with 3 children and no money when her husband decides he needs a "sabbatical", newspaper advice columnist is diagnosed with MS-it is her story and her children's story as they try to find their dad. Excellent story. "

" MS and divorce from a man going through a so-called midlife crisis makes for an interesting story. "

" At times upsetting, at other times more heartwarming, this one pretty much kept my interest the whole way through. I didn't really know what to expect. "

" It was worth reading - nothing bad about it at all but nothing fantastic. "

" I do love a Jacquelyn Mitchard and this one is especially poignant given the main character Julie has... none other than that nasty monster... MS "

" I would have loved this book but the ending was a little too rosy for me these days. I read it in a couple of days because I couldn't put it down. Excellent character development. "

" A mother of three develops multiple sclerosis, and her husband develops a mid-life crisis and runs off to a commune to become a hippie. This is an emotional story of how a woman and her children deal with the hardships described above. "

" MS and divorce from a man going through a so-called midlife crisis makes for an interesting story. "

" This was a great book. "

" I'll finish this book any day now. This is an extremely well-written story about a family in crisis. All characters are believable and well-drawn. Fantastic writing. "

" The husband's new life is kind of bizarre, but the book will hold your interest. "

" Too much strife and angst to all end so well! "

" Envolvente, desconcertante, uma escrita de qualidade! "

" I thought the writing in this book was horrible. It was choppy and disconnected. I also thought it was lacking in character development - I didn't have feelings for anyone. I also thought the author wrapped up the story with a quick "happy" ending that proved unbelievable. IMHO. "

" This book is about Julieanne who loses her husband to another life and discovers she has MS. The story tells how her children and her deal with these tragedies. "

" It took me a long time to get interested in this story. It's about love, marriage and parenting through difficult times. Julie's husband leaves her and then she finds out that she had MS. The story is about how the family gets through these changes. "

" Life isn't always what you think it is. "

" Liked this book, although it was a sad topic. I can imagine that any victim of MS might actually react and then act exactly like the character in the story. Very "real life" like to me. Makes me thankful for my own good health "

" As a fan of Jacquelyn Mitchard, I was really disappointed with this novel. The characters were stereotypical, and some of the writing seemed quite awkward. "