Two Pieces of a Heart



In Another Piece of My Heart by Jane Green takes us into the blended family.  How would the relationships in the family affect the people involved?

Synopsis:

Andi could not be happier to finally find the man of her dreams Ethan.  There is one small catch to this relationship.  He has two daughters Sophia and Emily.  His ex-wife is an alcoholic can barely take of herself much less her daughters.  So Andi has them the most of the time.  While Andi gets along great with Sophia; her patience is tested with the other daughter Emily.  What can she do to win her favor?  Emily on the other hand wants Andi gone and out of her life.  Will she succeed?  Will Andi be able to have everything she wanted?

My Thoughts: 

I absolutely loved this novel!  I did not think I would say this because of the subject matter of the blended family and divorce.  I didn’t think that I would find it relatable since I am single with no children of my own. I did have opinions of what I thought the characters should do because of my background as a Special Education Paraprofessional.   I found myself fighting for Andi with her take on the events occurring with Emily.  I wanted Ethan to open his eyes and see what is truly going on with his daughter.   I also found myself fighting for Emily and wanting to see her succeed, and get a second chance.

This story is told from two different points of view Andi’s and Emily’s.  You hear also from the other characters that help to pace the story.   This created an interesting dynamic with the characters because you brought both sides of the story. 
The story is set just outside of San Francisco in the Mill Valley area.  This setting is opposite from most of her novels because they are set on the east coast or in England. 
I look forward to more novels by Jane Green and hope you all will too!

Rating:

5/5

Visit Jane on her Facebook Page, Twitter, and her Website.

Casting Couch:

Andi:  Jennifer Aniston

Ethan:  Michael Vartan

Sophia:  Abigail Breslin

Emily: Chloe Bennet

Drew:  Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Toffa:   John Cryor

Michael Flanagan:  Aaron Taylor Johnson

Janis:  Virgina Madsen

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular Posts

Part 2 of the Follower’s Love Giveaway

Image
Have you ever wondered how Writer’s Corner came to be?                                        A blogger friend recently asked why did you start your blog?   I once said that I would never blog or write.   I was in a job search at the time and it was not going anywhere.   So I decided that I would work on my writing.   I found a nonpaying writing position with chicklitclub.com .   I started Writer’s Corner initially to practice what I wrote for that site.      The next part of the journey was meeting some great ladies that some of you know well Samantha Janning at Chick Lit Plus , Melissa Amster and Amy Bromberg from ChickLit Central , Laura Kay from A Novel Review , Pia from So Many Books So LittleTime , and last but not least Liz and Lisa fro...
Read more

Welcome to this year’s Author In Bloom Giveaway!

Image
I am glad to be back sharing three wonderful new books and a recipe.   This is a blog hop which will run from April 18 th through April 27 th . There is also a grand prize is an ereader of their choice (up to $200 value) with second prize a $25 gift card to the ebook retailer of your choice.   You must visit each site in the hop giveaway to qualify for the grand prize, and leave a comment with email to be counted.   Grand prize winners will be announced on Bloomin Thyme’s websites. The recipe is once again from Pinterest.   This time I decided to take the Impossible Cheese Burger Pie recipe and convert into the Impossible Chicken Cheese Pie.   I loved it!   Who says you can’t tweak a recipe to your own tastes? J   I have one copy of Susan Meissner’s As Bright As Heaven .   The second book is The Lemonade year by Amy Willoughby-Burle and has just released.   The third book is the paperback release of One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline. (T...
Read more

The Importance of Complex Characters By Jacqueline Friedland

Image
Photo by Rebecca Weiss A couple of years ago, there was a debate in the literary world about “likeable” characters.   The question, essentially, boiled down to this: must a character be unpleasant, whether angry or aggressive, selfish, or all gloom-and-doom in order to be taken seriously as a literary character?   When the debate arose, the focus was primarily on female characters— if a female protagonist has too many redeemable qualities as a person, does this detract from her substance as a character in a story?   This query nagged at me and took on a new shape during my writing Trouble the Water , as I watched my two main protagonists undergo journeys of personal growth that left them both decidedly more pleasant than the people they were when the story began.   The question I needed to answer was whether depth and meaning are negated by personal recoveries? My own take, as a reader, is that if I am going to spend hours reading a novel, hanging out with cha...
Read more