Search - The Breakdown Lane

I loved this book. The struggles of this books main character is one that is so touching, that I almost didn't list this book because I might want to read it again. I decided if I do, I will order it again on this site. Mitchard is a great author and this is one of her finer works in my opinion.

Great read, a little confusing in the beginning but when it finally came together it was excellent!

Serious stuff here. Hard to put down. An absorbing read.

Not a light read, but a really good book. A bit depressing at times, but a realistic look at what happens when life spirals out of control.

Reading this novel is like finding out what really happened at your neighbor's house when everything fell apart. The pages literally turned themselves. Mitchard has the ability to depict this family with candor, empathy and wit. When Julieanne's husband of 20 years decides to take a sabbatical from their marriage and 3 children, it soon becomes apparent that he's not coming back. Her sense of betrayal is complicated by her diagnosis of MS. While she is incapacitated, the children must fend for themselves with some help from her best friend. Julieanne is an accomplished Advice Columnist...but now it is her own family problems she somehow has to find the strength to solve.

this book is 382 pages and I am not a speed reader BUT I read it in 2 days
meanwhile doing many other things.

The characters are well defined and I did like Gabe & his description
of the Bellagio & Cirque de Soleil.

Try it -you'll like it