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The Breakdown Lane
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780739453650
ISBN: 0060587245
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: April 01, 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: April 05, 2005
Studio: HarperCollins
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Editorial Review:Every family has its catastrophes . . .
Julieanne Gillis's family collects them. An advice columnist for a local newspaper, Julie dispenses wisdom to her readers, but somehow missed the signs that something was wrong in her own home. Devoted to being a good mother and keeping her twenty-year marriage fresh and exciting, she is shocked by her husband's surprise announcement that he needs a "sabbatical" from their life together -- and devastated when he disappears, leaving Julie with no funds to raise two teenagers and a small daughter alone. But it is the discovery that Julieanne suffers from a serious illness that truly crumbles her family's foundation -- setting her children on a dangerous, quixotic journey to locate their missing father . . . before it's too late.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Not my favorite of hers, but still worth the read
While Breakdown Lane was not as good as I was anticipating, especially after really enjoying books like Cage of Stars, The Most Wanted and Deep End of the Ocean, it was still a good read.
This book was a little slow at the beginning for me, I didn't immediately feel drawn to the characters like I normally do in a good book. But, it picked up a little ways in and the storyline kept me reading and wanting to know what was going to happen. At the same time I began to appreciate the characters ... Read More
Rating:  - Wonderful Women's Fiction
I actually picked up this book on the recommendation of--don't laugh!--Stephen King. As one of the ten books he recommended for late summer reads in an issue of Entertainment Weekly Magazine, the premise hooked me.
The book centers around a woman who not only loses her husband to a wacky desire to live a simpler and more-fulfilling life, but has to single-handedly raise two teenagers and a young daughter by herself, all while dealing with her diagnosis of MS.
THE BREAKDOWN LANE ... Read More
Rating: - entertaining
I wasn't thrilled with the end but it was an entertaining book. It was a little like being a fly on the wall while someone's life was falling apart. One of those irresistable, slow down and look at the wreck, kind of things. I loved the irony of the job of the main character as a Dear Abby type columnist, giving advice to the world while hers disintigrated.
Rating: - Great Weekend Read
This turned out to be one heck of a deal. I got it for less than four bucks off of Amazon and it was worth every penny and more! The plot was pretty juicy, with a lot of melodrama, perfect for that week when you want to eat a lot of pizza and chocolate-ladies you know what I'm talking about. What's more is the characters are very real, you will easily find yourself relating and asking, "could that ever be me?" Needless to say, it's fiction and Mitchard provides what I like- the fairy tale happy ending. Well ... Read More
Rating: - Wonderful insight at living with a chronic illness...
Just as Julieanne Gillis and her three children are beginning to adjust to her husband's sudden departure, things get even worse...Julie's been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Julie's health quickly deteriorates, and there are days on end when she can't muster the strength to get out of bed, let alone attend to her children, home or newspaper job. Fifteen-year-old Gabe quickly takes on the role of surrogate father, taking care of two-year-old Aury and actually writing Julie's advice column responses ... Read More
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