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Book Reviews of Dear Emily

Dear Emily
Dear Emily
Author: Fern Michaels
ISBN-13: 9780821776704
ISBN-10: 0821776703
Publication Date: 4/1/2002
Pages: 448
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 17 ratings
Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
Book Type: Paperback
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10 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

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Helpful Score: 1
So many women cna relate to this story about Emily. A divorced wife who put her life on hold for her partner, only to have him leave with a note that says "Dear Emily". She gained weight, was out of shape and her life was out of control. She loses weight,starts her own fitness centers then has to choose between 2 exciting men! Will she find what she's looking for?
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Helpful Score: 1
great novel about a woman who lets a man become so much the center of her universe that it takes his leaving her for her to really understand the insanity of her blindness. I know this story too well from personal experience, and if you have let a jerk run you into the ground and then desert you because you're not worshipping his highness like you used to, you will love Emily Thorn and how she takes control of her life.

I will agree with the lowest rating reviewer here that she becomes too self-important for a while and acts like a whiny baby, but that was why she went to the retreat. This story is good because it's all about a woman who stops seeing herself as nothing but a victim and, though she is never perfect, isn't afraid to turn it all around for very long. I like that, and I think you will too, even if some of the story gets too unbelievable with the female bonding. Eight women are NEVER that close, much less three, so I found that a bit hard to swallow. Other than that, this is an uplifting and entertaining story of romance and self-discovery. Flaws aside, I think it is very well-written and inspiring.
justbren avatar reviewed Dear Emily on + 17 more book reviews
This is a really good book that proves to all of us women that we can do whatever we set our minds to do.
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you will think you are right there instead of reading about this
reviewed Dear Emily on + 16 more book reviews
GOOD BOOK
IT TOOK 4 DAYS TO READ
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Fern Michaels has written a really great story on this one! This could be such a real life story. Just a great story!!!
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Chin up, Emily Thorn faces the pain and heartache of love lost and years wasted. At forty, all she has to show for twenty years of marriage is a Federal Express letter from her doctor husband that begins "Dear Emily"--and ends their life together. She had put her own life on hold to pay Ian's way through medical school. She believed him when he told her that one day she'd have everything she ever wanted--children, an education, a career of her own. What she got was overweight, out of shape--and dumped.

Emily needs to reclaim her life. Slimming down and starting up a chain of fitness centers, she is soon skyrocketing towards entrepreneurial success...and into relationships with two exciting new men. One is kind and compassionate, the other unpredictable and alarmingly sensual. Now, to keep her hard-won independence and balance it with a truly fulfilling love, all she has to do is choose the right one...
cinderellal8 avatar reviewed Dear Emily on + 80 more book reviews
emily thorn faces the pain and heartache of lost love andyears wasted. she put her live on hold to put her husband thru medical school for what if after twenty yrs. of marriege he dump her.now she got to pull herself together and start a live for herself.could she do it?
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A good story!!