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You I Never Knew
You I Never Knew
Author: Susan Wiggs, Susan Wiggs
For Every Woman Who Has Ever Loved...And Never Forgotten. At last, Michelle Turner is going back to the Montana town where she grew up too fast, fell in love too hard and wound up pregnant and alone. The now-successful ad executive has just learned that only she can save the father she barely knew, an aging Hollywood star. What Michelle cannot ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781417713431
ISBN-10: 1417713437
Publication Date: 1/2001
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3 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush
Book Type: Unknown Binding
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
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Kittymama avatar reviewed You I Never Knew on + 107 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
When teenager Michelle Turner becomes pregnant, she finds herself abandoned by both her angry father and her ranch-hand lover, Sam McPhee, who vanishes before she can give him the news. When her father is at risk of dying from kidney failure 17 years later, Michelle, a successful single mom with a beloved but difficult son in tow, returns to tiny Crystal City, Mont., to donate the kidney that can save her father's life. Michelle is prepared to deal with the trauma of surgery, an estranged father and a rebellious child, but she is completely unprepared when she encounters Sam McPhee. Now a prosperous rancher and doctor, Sam quickly recognizes Cody as his, and with that revelation, a damaged family begins to heal itself. Overabundant flashbacks give the novel's first half a frustrating stop-and-start rhythm, and the character of Michelle never quite comes into focus. In contrast, Cody is beautifully and believably wrought as a teenager who hides a good heart under a bad attitude. Fragmented families are a romance staple, and Wiggs's sensitive portrayal of parents and lovers trying to bond despite a less-than-perfect past exemplifies the richness and realism this theme can lend a love story.
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Helpful Score: 1
Good book but fairly predictible. Started slow and in some places it dragged but keep with it; it gets better. Not one of Wiggs best but still a good read.
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I relly enjoyed this book. If you like romance you will find it in this story.I could not put it down when I started to read it. I have found Susan Wiggs a real story teller. I would recomend this book to any one who like a great story.
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This one was okay. It was a fast, easy read but I had a hard time forming an emotional connection to Michelle. Instead of spending so many pages telling me repeatedly how cold & reserve she has become, I would have liked to read a bit more about how she became that way. Wiggs glanced over it but that was it. I actually felt more in tuned with Sam's or Cody's reactions and emotions.

Not Wigg's best work but passable.
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Susan Wiggs began her writing career by authoring historical novels. This 2001 publication was her first venture into modern romance stories, and she did an admirable job. The story takes place in Montana and has all the trappings of a Western with the complications of a modern relationship. A very good read.
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This book flows so freely into the storyline and is very captivating!!! Easy to relate to. A must read!
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Very good story!
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this is one of my 2 favorites of her books. page one- hook, line, and sinker-i had to read it all in 1 night . wonderful!
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Faulous book about horses, a medical underplot and great plot about families lost and found again.


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