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The Goodbye Cousins
The Goodbye Cousins
Author: Maggie Leffler
A tender, funny, effervescent novel about reconnecting cousins, family secrets, and a season of change — ?Your family will find you.? It was the last thing Diotima Linzer?s mother, Roxanne, ever told her. But this was the same mother who kidnapped Di when she was eleven and fled to Europe where her broken-hearted father?and the FBI?would n...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780385340472
ISBN-10: 0385340478
Publication Date: 6/30/2009
Pages: 384
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
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When Diotima "Di" Linzer's was eleven years old, her mom kidnapped her and took her to England making it almost impossible for her father to find her. Now a single mom with a two-year-old child, Di returns to the United States hoping to obtain some normality; something she feels she never had in England. In Pittsburgh, her engaged cousin Alecia and her fiancé Ben take in Di and her son into their apartment.

Di obtains a position as a nanny to Gusty, a diabetic troubled teen whose wealthy father Augustus Catalano is divorcing his mother Mazie. On the estate, she meets the gardener, Dave after driving on his manicured lawn. To her fickle chagrin, she is attracted to her employer and her fellow employee; at the same time Alecia's relationship seems on the verge of collapse.

The sequel to THE DIAGNOSIS OF LOVE (Ben's sister Holly's tale) is a terrific straightforward relationship drama. The two cousins have problems with commitments as each struggle in their own way with the men in their lives. With a nod to Neil Simon (and Herbert Ross), fans will enjoy the aptly titled THE GOODBYE COUSINS.
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