One of Luanne Rice's best novels. I still remember the character's vividly and read this book over 12 years ago. m

Weeks before her daughter was born, Dianne and her husband, Tim McIntosh, received the news every parent fears. Tim can't deal with the thought of having a child that is anything less than perfect. He abandons his wife and flees to a life at sea as a lobsterman. Tim's brother, Alan, the town pediatrician, stands by Dianne and her special needs daughter. Throughout years he is their rock of emotional support. Alan hides his love for Dianne. Dianne closes her heart to love. She devotes all her tim...

I have seen this movie, and like all movies it seems the book is much more indepth. Tears of beauty and tears of sadnees melted into my pillow. I couldn't put the book down until I finished.

Luanne Rice tells a story of a single mother with a disabled child. Her husband left soon after he discovered his daughter is anything but perfect. Throughout her journey she reflects on she and her husband Tim McIntosh met until finally realising she might have picked the sibling to marry. Will she choose the wrong brother or will she choose the supposed sibling?I like how the author tells the story straightforwardly without me being able to put it down.

I really enjoyed this book because it was a quick and easy read. The story is about a woman named Diane who's husband left her after finding out their child would be handicap. It goes through her life as she deals with being a single mom taking care of her child with the help of her mother. She also gets help from her brother-in-law, Alan who is the girls doctor and is in love with Diane. He finds a friend for his niece named Amy, who doesn't have a pleasant childhood because she has a drug add

Idk, it's very hard to rate this one. This is not a bad book, but it's just... argh, I can't put it in to the words. I know that I was supposed to be touched, but I didn't feel that way. And I didn't feel for the characters. Finished it quickly and I'm sure I will forget it soon.

My mom read this while on vacation a few months ago and since then has been IMPLORING me to read it. I finally did and wow, do we have different taste in books. This was torture to read - the whole thing was cheesy. The writing was bad, the love scenes were hokey, it was at least 100 pages longer than necessary. The best thing I can say about it is: I'M FINALLY DONE WITH IT! Can't wait to return it to my mom tomorrow. Ugh. Never again.

Oh man, so unbelievably corny. And I have a high corny threshold.

This book is really amazing....Julia, her mother and Alan'll make a really good family...And I love you Luanne for writing this book...

This is not my favorite Luanne Rice book, but it's lovely and made me cry (as usual) because of the characters' strong love for each other. It revolves around an unusual family where one brother married the girl, got her pregnant, but took off when the baby was born defective. Dianne then continues her life caring for a badly deformed daughter, but with the loving support of her mother and her husband's brother. They all develop a strong bond, then expand to include a lost and neglected girl abo...

I returned this to the library unfinished. I found I didn't have the patience to listen to this woman's problems and what was keeping her back from finding love.

Let me be honest. I gave a less than 5 star review because Diane ends up in a relationship with her former brother in law, Alan. I did find this enjoyable. Diane was neighbors with Tim and Alan. She falls for and marries Tim. Weeks before their child is born, they receive devestating news. The child will have defects. Tim reacts badly and leaves Diane before the baby comes. Years go by with no contact or interaction between Tim and Diane. Tim's brother Alan is the town pediatrician. He cares for...

It's a hard book to write and review, actually. Long before reading this book, I remember seeing this film on the Hallmark movie network years. Reading the book, I kept saying in my head "this is exactly what the stereotypical Hallmark movie is like." Just like the typical TV film, it is cheesy, with hokey lines, and love scenes that will make your eyes roll more than touch your soul. It's not a terrible book, it's just not a very memorable one.

Taken from www.barnesandnoble.com: "Being a good mother is never simple: each day brings new choices and challenges. For Dianne Robbins, being a devoted single mother has resulted in her greatest joy and her darkest hours. Weeks before her daughter was born, she and her husband, Tim McIntosh, received the news every parent fears. Tim had not reckoned on their child being anything less than perfect, and abruptly fled to a solitary existence on the sea, leaving Dianne with a newborn—almost alone.I...

This is a nice book about nice people. They also turned it into a decent Hallmark movie.A woman, with a disabled child, is abandoned by her husband, but is making it alone (with the help of the husband's brother who of course becomes the love interest). There is a girl, on the wrong side of town, who is more or less abandoned by her mother (family). The two get together and form a wonderful bond centered around the disabled girl. Really sweet book.

I really liked this book and found it a compelling read; but, at the same time, the writing was flawed in spots. There was a lot of repetition as if the reader couldn't get it the first time, some of the scenes were cloyingly sweet, and every character at one time or another had tears in their eyes or were always crying or choked up. The book opens with two of the main characters going to New York to see The Nutcracker Ballet. There is a horrible accident, and the rest of the book is a flashback...

Dianne was in NY with 12 yr. old Amy. It was snowing and they were attempting to hail a cab when a taxi spun out of control and hit them. Amy broke her collar bone and Dianne was in serious condition when they were both taken to the hospital. Her wallet was stolen but a card with the name of her husband's boat was in her purse and they called him, Tim McIntosh.Dianne met Tim's brother, Alan first. They had one date after he moved into town to become the local pediatrician. She then met Tim when

This is a very, very good book. I am so impressed with the author's ability to bring the relationship of a mother and her invalid daughter to light. I had heard of Rett's syndrome, but wasn't aware of the details of it. I loved how much the mother loved her daughter, and even more, how her friend loved her and did not judge her, but loved her not in spite of her disabilities, but just loved and accepted her. There is so much misunderstanding about invalids, mental illness, physical disabilities,...

An 11-year old girl with Rett syndrome; her mother, abandoned by her father even before she was born; her father’s brother, who stood by and cared for them through all those years; a neglected 12-year old girl, in need of love and yet has so much love to give herself. What I like about Luanne Rice’s stories is their redeeming quality – through all of life’s trials, there’s always hope to overcome; though there are mean people, the good are the ones rewarded with happiness at the end. Life is goo...

Slightly better than average romance. Women with handicapped child learns to take love again. Book club selection.