The Things We Do for Love Summary:
The youngest of three daughters, Angela DeSaria Malone was always "the princess" of the family, a girl who thought she knew how her life would unfold. High School. College. Marriage. Motherhood. That was how it had gone for her sisters, her cousins, her friends. But it didn't work out that way for Angie. She and her husband tried desperately to have a child; year after year, their perfectly decorated nursery remained empty. Finally, their marriage collapsed under the weight of lost dreams.
After the divorce, Angie moved back to her hometown and rejoined her loud, loving, slightly crazy family. In West End, a place where life rises and falls in time with the tides, she will find the man who once again will open her heart to love…and meet the girl who will change Angie's life.
Lauren Ribido lives in a rundown apartment in a bad part of town with a mother who cares more about her next drink than about her daughter. At seventeen, Lauren knows that her aspirations in life may never come to pass.
From the moment they meet, Angie sees something special in Lauren. They form a quick connection, this woman who is desperate for a daughter and the girl who has never known a mother's love. When Lauren is abandoned by her mother, Angie doesn't hesitate to offer the girl a place to stay.
But nothing could have prepared Angie for the far-reaching repercussions of this act of kindness. In a dramatic turn of events, she and Lauren will be tested in a way that mothers and daughters seldom are. Together they will embark on an intensely moving, deeply emotional journey to the very heart of what it means to be a family.
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Amy's Review:
This book was a page turner for me. It captured my curiosity from the beginning and kept me turning the pages. I was impressed by Lauren's strength and passion and how she strived to not become what her mother was. It was heartbreaking that her mother thought of her as just a duty and something that she could just throw away when it suited her. It opened my eyes that there are people out there like that and that this is a common occurence in today's world. Same thing with Angie. There are people out there that desperately want to have a child and for whatever reason they can't. They are not bad people they just can't. It pulls at your heart strings because you know that there are people out there having babies that probably shouldn't and doing bad things to them and then there are people like Angie that want a child so badly but can't have one of their own. This story was a very moving story and I had three endings in my head about how it was going to end and none of them happened. I'd have to say I was surprised at the end and did like the ending. It was a fitting ending. Another good book for me. This one is also in my top 5.
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