Bridget S. (bridget7060) reviewed on 1/17/2007 + 28 more book reviews

Alexis Donleavy has it all: wealth, a successful husband, and a top notch career in new york city. yet some days she dreams of escaping her empty, psssionless marriage. some days she grieves for the happiness that eludes her. and every day she desperatly longs for her mother, maggie... growning up dirt-poor in west texas, maggie royal aimed for greatness- and as a hollywood actress, she achieved it. now, decades later, she has agreed to a rare, revealing interview. from her home in paris. slowly, painfully, the memories pour forth.. until she must finally relive the moment she abandonmed her eight-year-old daughter. in halfway home, mary sheldon has created a brilliantly insightful story of regret and reconciliaion, and of two people whose lives are forever, fatefully entwined.

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