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Everything She Thought She Wanted
Everything She Thought She Wanted
Author: Elizabeth Buchan
No one has captured the complexities of marriage at middle age better than Elizabeth Buchan. Now she is back with another irresistibly entertaining and thoughtful tale of two women at the crossroads—of love, of freedom—who wonder, Where does happiness lie? It is the summer of 1959 when forty-two-year-old Barbara Beeching, a married ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781565119468
ISBN-10: 1565119460
Publication Date: 3/17/2005
Pages: 660
Edition: Unabridged
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3 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Book Type: Audio CD
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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laxmatmom avatar reviewed Everything She Thought She Wanted on + 22 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I really enjoyed this book. I think you need to be a certain age (over 40) to really appreciate this book. A definite read.
reviewed Everything She Thought She Wanted on + 57 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Another realistic contemporary novel about marriage by author, Elizabeth Buchan. 2 parallel stories: 1)42 yearold married mother of 2 adult children, and 2) 35 year old married woman with no children and this is her second marriage. Excellent writing--very comtemporary. Clean language.
reviewed Everything She Thought She Wanted on + 102 more book reviews
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Barbara Beeching and Siena Grant and the life altering choices they are facing are familiar and real to us, although there are 40 years between them. The characters are well drawn and believable; we'd like to have coffee with these women. This is another of Elizabeth Buchan's winning, intelligent novels.
SanJoseCa avatar reviewed Everything She Thought She Wanted on + 328 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
The title "EVERYTHING SHE THOUGHT SHE WANTED" refers to two women and the never ending quest to define "everything." Husbands, Love, Career, Passion, Excitement,--a constant reminder that the "grass isn't always greener on the other side, or is it?
This novel is an excellent choice for a Book club, with a reading guide and interview with the author at the end of the book.
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5thsister avatar reviewed Everything She Thought She Wanted on + 23 more book reviews
A real surprise ending. You end up really having empathy for the characters. Great listen
reviewed Everything She Thought She Wanted on
I enjoyed this book. At first I liked the modern day character more but as the book went on I got so I wanted to hear more about the character from the 50's. I listed to a lot of books on tape in the car. This one was easy to follow and pick up where I left off.


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