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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage of Opposites and The Dovekeepers comes a soul-searching story about a young woman struggling to redefine herself and the power of love, family, and fate. Growing up on Long Island, Shelby Richmond is an ordinary girl until one night an extraordinary tragedy changes her fate. Her best friend's future is destroyed in an accident, while Shelby walks away with the burden of guilt. What happens when a life is turned inside out? When love is something so distant it may as well be a star in the sky? Faithful is the story of a survivor, filled with emotion--from dark suffering to true happiness--a moving portrait of a young woman finding her way in the modern world. A fan of Chinese food, dogs, bookstores, and men she should stay away from, Shelby has to fight her way back to her own future. In New York City she finds a circle of lost and found souls--including an angel who's been watching over her ever since that fateful icy night. Here is a character you will fall in love with, so believable and real and endearing, that she captures both the ache of loneliness and the joy of finding yourself at last. For anyone who's ever been a hurt teenager, for every mother of a daughter who has lost her way, Faithful is a roadmap. Alice Hoffman's "trademark alchemy" (USA TODAY) and her ability to write about the "delicate balance between the everyday world and the extraordinary" (WBUR) make this an unforgettable story. With beautifully crafted prose, Alice Hoffman spins hope from heartbreak in this profoundly moving novel.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Hoffman, Alice
- ISBN: 9781476799223
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 7.90 x 0.60
- Number Of Pages: 288
- Publication Year: 2017
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Surviving a horrible tragedy through faith, family, and friends
Sandra H. - 1 year 11 months agoAll of Alice Hoffman's books have a magical feel about them. This title also has a terrible tragedy that affects many people's lives. Shelby Richmond survives a horrible car accident but has to live with the guilt of losing her best friend...who survives but is in a coma. Through life's wonderful serendipity events, she is able to move forward with her life. A novel full of hope even in the worst situations.
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To Love or Not to Love... That is the Question
Kristen B. - 2 years 6 months agoShelbys life is forever changed when she is the driver in a terrible car accident that left her best friend in a coma. After the car accident, Shelby is so distraught over the fact that she could have done something to put her best friend in a coma. She doesnt know how to go on living the life she always knew. Eventually, she and her drug dealer turned boyfriend, Ben, move to New York City. As Shelby matures and grows up in NYC, she is forced to face the reality of what her life has become. One of the best ways to describe the heartache that goes on through this book is, in fact, a line from the book itself the responsibility of loving someone is too much to take Will Shelby realize that a life filled with love and that responsibility is worth it or will she continue living life secluded and alone? You should definitely read and find out.
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