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Love the One You're With
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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.
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Love the One You're With
- Hardcover: 352 pages (2008-05-13)
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press; 2008-05-13
- Label: St. Martin's Press
- Studio: St. Martin's Press
- ISBN: 0312348673
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 172 reviews
- Sales Rank in Books: #70
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Summary: great beach read!!! 2008-07-23
Comment: loved this book! emily griffin is a great writer.....i loved soomething borrowed and something blue, so when i saw this one out, i had to buy it. the ending is a total surprise and i loved it. it made me believe in true love again! great writing!
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Summary: Way More than Chick Lit 2008-07-22
Comment: Ellen Dempsey is firmly entrenched in her perfect life with her perfect husband and perfect job and perfect best friend in the most perfect city of all when a chance encounter puts her face-to-face with "the one that got away." Suddenly, her life doesn't seem so perfect anymore, and she must decide whether what she has is worth saying no to what she once lost.
Though you could classify this book as "chick lit," I found Giffin's writing to be far more smooth and her characters far deeper than most chick lit. While it's still light reading, the emotions portrayed are raw and honest, and Ellen's character so true that the book should be seen as a great read, in or out of the chick lit genre.
The one thing that bothered me was the passing reference to Ellen's OCD... if it is mentioned in the first few pages of the book as a defining characteristic, I think it should be referred to more than it was (the old adage about if there's a gun on the set in Act I, it better be used by Act III). All the same, that's a minor gripe and one I'm willing to overlook.
Great read.
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Summary: Impressed, as always. 2008-07-21
Comment: I finished this book nearly a month ago. I found the book to be sort of slow in the begining, but it began to pick up a fourth of the way into it. I've always enjoyed reading Emily Giffin's books.Her characters really well developed to where you are able to be at a sympathetic level with them. She writes about practical issues women can faced be with in their lifetimes. And sometimes one may have to sacrifice or tweak a few major things in one's life in order to overcome such obstacles.
In this book, a major theme is the saying "What if...?" Ellen, the main character is faced with that question when she runs into her ex-boyfriend Leo. Would things had been different, if she had stayed with Leo, instead of being with her husband Andy. Curiousity, gets the best of Ellen and she on journey to discover that maybe the life she has now, is the one she is meant have and live.
Lastly, the most significant reason, I am giving this book a FIVE STAR, is I was very lucky enough to meet Emily Giffin herself, on June 11th, 2008 @ Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena,Ca. Everyone who was there was able to get real in depth insight on her inspiration for this book. That made the book really more enjoyable as well.
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Summary: I'll admit it, I cried like a baby 2008-07-21
Comment: from about chapter 31 until the end of the book, i just bawled while reading this book. reading about ellen having to make the most difficult decision of her life, and the reasons she made the final choice she did was very moving. it's easy to not like her up until then, since she seems so self-centered, but that's what love will do to you i guess. however, it is still fascinating to watch her go back and forth and the ending is so heartwarming and sad at the same time. loved it!
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Summary: Sadly disappointed! 2008-07-21
Comment: I was really looking forward to this book as I like Emily Giffin's previous works a lot.
As another reviewer said, this book is about a woman who spends a lot of time wondering about what she should or should not do about her sweet husband and sexy, brooding ex. Fact is, we already KNOW what she's going to do because the book is called "Love the One You're With". Having absolutely zero suspense stops this book from being a page turner; to me it was just a long ramble to an inevitable conclusion with some decent characterization thrown in for good measure. I wanted to get to the end just to see how Emily cemented Ellen's decision but found myself speed reading a good 40% of the book in order to do so. Next time Emily, please keep us guessing - this book would have been far more enjoyable if I had been truly wondering what Ellen was going to do in a wonderfully sticky situation.
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