'You are bending over the dryer, pulling out the still-warm sheets, and the knowledge walks up your backbone. You stare at the man you love and you are staring at nothing; he is gone before he is gone.' When Samantha Morrow's husband leaves her and her eleven-year-old son she is faced with the terrifying prospect of having to recreate her whole life. After a few faltering steps she starts to put the pieces into place. She opens her house to a series of lodgers who each in their eccentric way help her to see herself. She fends off her mother, whose idea of getting over a failed marriage is to get a pedicure and get out there dating. And she makes a friend, King, an MIT graduate turned handyman, who shows her that she has the ability to make her own future and her own happiness.

Reserved for dutch-flybaby (trade for Glory in Death)

RELEASE NOTES:

Enjoy :)

This book arrived safe and sound at my house today. Thanks for the trade Kislany! I'll mail the Nora Roberts book as soon as I've read it (I have some bookrings at the moment).

Nice read, one of the few Oprah's book club books that I actually (kinda) liked!
Let's see where this book will travel next :-)

11-2012: tried to find a reader for this book, but found no active bookcrossers or bookcrosser I had not already traded with this year who had this book on their wishlist. I'm releasing the book.

I left this book in the cupboard of OBCZ-Kaketoe yesterday around 13.00 hrs. Happy travels!

This book has been sighted at OBCZ-Kaketoe.

20-3-2013: taken from the OBCZ to make room for other books.
14-4-2013: on the table at the meeting today.

Taken from the book table at the enjoyable meeting in Ede this afternoon. I loved Elizabeth Berg's 'The Pull of the Moon', so I'll put it on Mount TBR.

This is the second Elizabeth Berg book I've read, and I would be quite happy to read some more. They're lighthearted, heartwarming and perfect light reading. It appears they are also instantly forgettable as I read this several months ago when I was having a reading spree and didn't get round to reviewing it. Looking at the summary on Wikipedia, my recollection is extremely vague indeed, although I do seem to remember the depressed student lodger. More I cannot say.

Taking to the Dutch New Year's meeting.

This book has been released as part of the following BookCrossing challenges:
- The Ultimate Challenge - read and release books, with extra points for a monthly theme
- Reduce Mount TBR (To Be Read) - read and release books on the TBR list since before the end of 2013. My reading goal is 36 books.
- Pages Read Challenge - read a self-set target number of pages in 2013. My goal is 15,000.
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Challenge. 2014 goal: 24.

Picked it up from the new years meetup. Looks like something I might enjoy.

On the booktable

I read something of Elizabeth Berg before and I liked it, so I took this book with me from the big, big table in Castricum.

Dit boek gaat van het TBR-gebergte naar de available-heuvels.

Dit boek gaat morgen via de BOOKCROSS-MEETING 2016 in Castricum de wijde wereld in!


Hallo daar, vinder! Als je dit leest, heb je een boek gevonden. Gefeliciteerd! Hopelijk is het iets dat je leuk vindt; zo niet, dan heeft het je toch tenminste hier gebracht en dat is ook wat waard. Je mag het boek gerust doorgeven aan iemand anders, of zomaar ergens achterlaten. Ondertussen was je toch maar mooi nieuwsgierig genoeg om op deze site te komen kijken. Kijk gerust wat rond. Veel plezier! Als je het boek ook wilt volgen dan kun je je het beste aanmelden als nieuwe bookcrosser (Engelse pagina). Ik zou het erg leuk vinden als je mijn naam (janna2) wilt invullen als Referring Member, dan kan ik zien dat je ook een geregistreerde bookcrosser bent geworden.Oh ja, er is ook een Nederlandse website voor als je nog meer wilt weten over bookcrossing: www.bookcrossing.nl.

Dankjewel voor het meenemen naar de meeting.