Without a Backward Glance Audiobook (Unabridged)

" I would think this might be a difficult read for children of divorce or who have been abandoned by a parent. I found it interesting the way the grown children reconnected with a mother who had left them "Without a Backward Glance". "

" The book follows the fall out after a mother just leaves without a word to her husband and four children. The family is fascinating, each child so different. I really enjoyed this Christmas book. "

" I really enjoyed this book. The plot was compelling, the writing enjoyable and it definitely provided food for thought. "

" Good quick read...interesting premise of a woman who leaves her family and the kids life without her, and after they rediscover her. "

" What a complete waste of time. The potential for s great story was just dropped at the end. Will not be passing this one on. "

" I like this book okay, but I guess I just have different feelings about how everything played out. I don't know if I would be so accepting to everything that happened. I imagined it being a better read. "

" This author was all over the place. It was like she couldn't decide on a concrete idea - she just kept adding and adding and adding. "

" Loved and hated this book. Took me to the raw center of being a mother...that need to do what is right and the want to run away. Painful in parts, joyful in others. "

" I picked this book up randomly at Costco and thought it was great. It is a story about things that families experience on a daily basis-joys and tears. "

" A sad commentary that ends up okay in the end. This book did a good job of explaining what a huge impacts Mother's have on their children. Even when those children are now grown. "

" Really good read. The family dynamics in it were really interesting-the author did a good job. "

" I really enjoyed this book. "

" My heart felt for the children as well as their mom, Rose. "

" Coming soon to Lifetime Movie Network. "

" This was okay - it was easy to read and the story line was good, but the end was just kind of....anti-climatic. I'd probably give it 2.5 stars if I could. I probably wouldn't recommend it mainly because I have so many other books to recommend that are much better. "

" I loved this book. The story is about the different relationships that go on between siblings and parents. It tells how your childhood can effect how you deal or don't deal with things as an adult. "

" Good holiday reading and every chapter getting more interesting. Lots of forgiveness lessons in a story about a woman who abandons her four children . . . "

" I liked the intricate characters in this Aussie chickish lit. It was heartbreaking and very real and I was so in love with James. Very good read with a satisfying ending. I was a little taken aback by the very sexual sex scenes, but not upset about them! "

" I felt it jumped around too much from character to character. Could not keep each person straight. "

" A story of unusual family loss, the way it affects each child as they move into adulthood and their decisions on how to deal with being faced with the person who caused all the heartache in the beginning. I found it compelling. "

" I learned that in Australia, chickens are "chooks" and being "pissed" means being drunk, not angry. I also learned about the connections between brothers and sisters and how they bind and fray with love and distress. A wonderful novel about what makes a family tick. "

" I liked how the novel unfolded and I felt satisfied at the end. Characters were alive and breathing. This is a good read for the summer. "

" My heart felt for the children as well as their mom, Rose. "

" I'm not really sure what my opinion is of this book. It wasn't boring but I didn't fly through it either. The characters were interesting but some of them I wasn't very sympathetic for at all. I also didn't really care for the ending. "

" Kate Veitch is a fine writer and Without a Backward Glance has an irresistible plot. One Christmas Eve in Australia, the mother of 4 announces that she is going out to buy tree ornaments. She never returns. Twelve years later ... "

" I really enjoyed this book. "