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Together Alone
Together Alone
Author: Barbara Delinsky
Emily, Kay and Celeste have been best friends forever. Their daughters are close, too, but all the girls are off to college now, and the mothers must redefine themselves as women. — Emily, once half of the perfect marriage, hardly knows her workaholic husband Doug anymore. What she wants so badly from him is being offered by her new neighbor, a w...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780061092817
ISBN-10: 0061092819
Publication Date: 2/1/1996
Pages: 512
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 108 ratings
Publisher: HarperTorch
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Susanaque avatar reviewed Together Alone on + 422 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book all about how three women redefine themselves as women after their three daughter leave home for college.
Emily hardly knows her workaholic husband. She is getting to know her tenant in the apartment over the garage. Then she finds out what her husband is doing with his time...!
Kay loves teaching. He husband is making demands on her time. She isn't use to having to spend alot of time with him. It happens that things change.
Celeste is searching for the "perfect man".......is there such a person?
As the most precious parts they've hidden for years suddenly demand to be heard, these three women need to learn to love themselves.
A beautiful tapestry of life love and acceptance.
jdyinva avatar reviewed Together Alone on + 408 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Such a romantic, involving story. Women, in the middle of their lives, begin to discover who they really are and where they want to go. Starting at much the same place, the story fascinates as they each take such different paths. I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.
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While I always hate the thought of a marriage dissolving, Delinsky handles that situation very well in this book. You can't help but sympathize with Julia. She made one major mistake and it resulted in the loss of her son, whom she loved dearly. It also cost her the marriage, though she struggled for years to keep it together. When she meets a needy widower you want to shout "Go for it!" - but all through the book you wonder, "What did happen to her little boy?" Delinsky keeps you in suspense to the very end. I can't say more without giving away the plot - - but this is definitely a book you don't want to miss reading!
janicehouck avatar reviewed Together Alone on + 9 more book reviews
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characters and story lines were complex, well-developed, engaging and believable. This was a great story of female friendship, where three women have met weekly over the years and share each others' triumphs and heartaches. The novel begins showing these women at a turning point in their lives--daughters going off to college. I love that each of the women is in a different situation regarding marital status. The main character goes through a realization that her marriage--and her life--is unfulfilling. As a stay-at-home mom myself, I love that this character was a stay-at-home mom and never regretted her choice. The second character is a woman with a marriage where she and her husband have grown apart. The third character is a divorcee who is ready to focus on herself and on starting a romantic relationship after dedicating her life to raising a daughter alone. The male character--a widower with a small child--is endearing and really captures some of the challenges of being a parent of a walking--but not yet talking--child. Each of the characters is well-thought-out and the story lines have a bit of mystery and intrique thrown in. The conclusions of a few of the intertwined stories are heart-wrenching, but each character is shown learning and growing from their experiences. A must-read for fans of Barbara Delinsky.
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A quick read. I really enjoyed learning about the three women's lives.
budsmama avatar reviewed Together Alone on + 11 more book reviews
very good book about empty nests


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