Love the One You're With
 | By Emily Giffin St. Martin's Press, 2008, Hardcover Customer Rating: 152 reviews Recommend |
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How do you know if you’ve found the one? Can you really love the one you’re with when you can’t forget the one who got away?
Emily Giffin, author of the New York Times bestselling novels Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and Baby Proof, poses these questions — and many more — with her highly anticipated, thought-provoking new novel Love the One You’re With.
Ellen and Andy’s first year of marriage doesn’t just seem perfect, it is perfect. There is no question how deep their devotion is, and how naturally they bring out the best in each other. But one fateful afternoon, Ellen runs into Leo for the first time in eight years. Leo, the one who brought out the worst in her. Leo, the one who left her heartbroken with no explanation. Leo, the one she could never quite forget. When his reappearance ignites long-dormant emotions, Ellen begins to question whether the life she’s living is the one she’s meant to live. At once heartbreaking and funny, Love the One You’re With is a tale of lost loves and found fortunes — and will resonate with anyone who has ever wondered what if.
Title: Love the One You're With
Sales Rank: 42 in Books
Author: Emily Giffin
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 1 edition, 2008-05-13, Hardcover, 352 pages, ISBN: 0312348673
Package Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches, 1.3 pounds
- At the very least, I learned something.
- 'Show, don't tell.'
This is a primary Writer's Credo. And this novel is a monument to disregarding it. In fact, it celebrates 'telling', as opposed to the more inclusive (and collaborative) 'showing'. As a burgeoning writer, I found it a fascinating experience, reading this book...in the same way that as a screenwriter, I learn more from bad films than from good ones.
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- Lots of fun!
- First Emily Giffin book I have ever read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I read it in three sittings and really loved Ellen's story, especially how she came to her final decision. I love how Leo is all intangible attraction and his mysterious pull on Ellen's heart. Don't we all have those people in our lives who we're inexplicably drawn to?… More reviews
- LOVED this book
- As a busy mom, i have little time to read... but i finished this book very quickly bc i could not put it down. I want to be friends with emily giffin (the author) bc she thinks the way i do.... this book was soooo good!… More reviews
- Flat
- I loved Emily Giffin's first two books, thought her second was okay but was disappointed with this one. I was excited awaiting this one to be released and purchased it in hardcover. I am glad I picked it up at Chapter's and got it on sale as it is not worth the suggested cover price.
Perhaps I am tired of the same characters that grace all Emily Giffin's books… More reviews
- Will She or Won't She?
- Eileen has been married to Andy for one hundred days when she bumps into Leo in Union Square, the love of any earlier life, the one who she let go. She tells Leo she's married now and he says he just wants to be friends. She agrees, but decides not to tell Andy.
Eileen's mother died when… More reviews