Book Description
“It’s over. Now what?”
Suffering from a broken heart? Afraid you’ll never get over this feeling of emptiness and loss? You can, and with the help of this easy-to-follow program of action, you will.
Follow Howard Bronson and Mike Riley as they lead you through their thirty-day plan for recovering from your broken heart. They will guide you through a brief period of mourning for your loss, and then the process of rebuilding yourself and your life. You are encouraged to enjoy good memories of the relationship that’s just ended, while remembering the reasons for the breakup. You will learn to take responsibility for your own emotions, face your fears, and ultimately to seek new people and new experiences. Find out:
·How and why to cry ’til dry
·Good ways to beat loneliness
·Why it pays to forgive your ex
·How to "let go" of old memories and resentments
How to Heal a Broken Heart in 30 Days prescribes a wide array of tested and proven insights and exercises. After thirty days of active self-restoration, your heart will be healed and whole again–and you’ll be ready for anything. Of course, your feelings of grief, hurt, or shame may come and go. But in less than a month, you can be ready to deal with life's new challenges with a positive sense of emotional balance you may never have had before.
Download Description
"It's over. Now what?"
Suffering from a broken heart? Afraid you'll never get over this feeling of emptiness and loss? You can, and with the help of this easy-to-follow program of action, you will.
Follow Howard Bronson and Mike Riley as they lead you through their thirty-day plan for recovering from your broken heart. They will guide you through a brief period of mourning for your loss, and then the process of rebuilding yourself and your life. You are encouraged to enjoy good memories of the relationship that's just ended, while remembering the reasons for the breakup. You will learn to take responsibility for your own emotions, face your fears, and ultimately to seek new people and new experiences. Find out:
- How and why to cry 'til dry
- Good ways to beat loneliness
- Why it pays to forgive your ex
- How to "let go" of old memories and resentments
How to Heal a Broken Heart in 30 Days prescribes a wide array of tested and proven insights and exercises. After thirty days of active self-restoration, your heart will be healed and whole again-and you'll be ready for anything. Of course, your feelings of grief, hurt, or shame may come and go. But in less than a month, you can be ready to deal with life's new challenges with a positive sense of emotional balance you may never have had before.
Customer Reviews:
Never thought I'd do this..........2007-04-19
First I never thought I'd buy a book like this, and second, I never thought I'd write a review. I've read 2/3 of the book, but that is enough to tell me this book is a gift to my soul.
Every single page is full of love, compassion and realistic advice. Thank you for skipping the platitudes and triteness and for getting to the heart of the matter. (no pun intended) The end of a relationship hurts whether you end it, she ends it or you mutually agree to end it. It hurts whether you are at fault or she is at fault or you both are at fault. It just hurts and this book teaches first that you must give up your pride and admit that it hurts. The pain can vary, but for me I found out something I didn't even know was there.
The relationship I thought I was hurting over was not the one causing me the most pain. It was the one before. I was married for 17 years and ended up divorced. I remarried my college girlfriend who I thought was the love of my life. That marriage lasted (legally) 2 years and 9 months. After that I dated around some and then fell for a woman who I thought was the opposite of every woman I had ever fallen for - but that turned out not to be true... she was the same in many ways.
When I ended that relationship (I ended it, and I was mean when I did it, but there was no other way to make sure the door was shut tight.) I mourned her for weeks. Then I realized that I was in mourning and lonely for weeks before I actually ended the relationship. When I read this book and really looked at myself I realized that I was mourning this relationship AND my second marriage. A double whammy.
This book has helped me uncover some ugly truths about myself and the patterns I keep repeating. There comes a time when grief is over and you move on, but if you move on too fast you don't learn and grow. If you linger too long you get stuck. This book's prescription is just right. Treat yourself well, be kind to yourself, understand and let yourself feel and then let yourself heal.
I am learning to let go of what my heart keeps saying what was, and what might have been, but probably never really was or would have been, both with the second wife and the rebound girlfriend. Now I am beginning to see that it IS POSSIBLE that the next time can be better.
Thank you Howard and Mike.
A great companion through the healing process.......2006-07-31
I bought this book not that long after my ex and I broke up, and I have to say that it has helped my tremendously with the healing process. The day-by-day guide provided a lot of food-for-thought that would serve me well during my counselling sessions as my thearpist and I would talk about the different tips and insights from the book. I recommend it to anyone with a broken heart.
Like A Supportive Father.......2006-02-10
I gave this book four out of five stars, not because it isn't a very helpful book but because a book can only do just so much. You have to create the final star yourself. I did read this book over the 30 days prescribed and followed its advisements as carefully as anyone could. I do feel much much better now because the book helped me understand why he wasn't for me, how separation experiences of the past can come into play and,I learnt how I could make more sensible choices as I stood up and learnt who 'me' is. I also learnt about so many things I could do immediately to help myself feel better both in action and general understanding of myself. I still miss the comfort of him but I suppose that's only natural. This just happened six weeks ago and now with St. Valentine's Day peaking around the corner, one day after my birthday, I might add, it's very hard and I just wish the right one would come along. Thirty days ago, I didn't think anything would help me in the slightest. Now after reading this book, I have hope and some positive feelings about myself once again. I wonder if the authors have found love in their own lives or, if they wrote simply out of their own experiences. I say this because it feels like they had to have survived hard losses to have this kind of unique wisdom. The book has an honest quality without ramming advise down your throat, like a supportive father. I never knew my own dad but I think I've discovered two brilliant surrogates here.
A Book with Personal Support.......2006-02-04
I'm gonna blog a little bit so if anyone doesn't like it, too bad. It's the way it is. I found this book from their really impressive byebyelove.com website which directed me here. Out of pride, I waited two months to buy the book but when I did, I emailed them at the email address provided in the book, even before finishing the book. I never expected to hear from them and, I never expected any book to ease my very real pain. But they each replied to my situation with personal emails and different but complimentary perspectives. They are real people, Mike and Howard and they really care about their readers. So this is a 'ya also get' email. Not only is the book excellent, sympathetic and abundant with real recovery tips that work, ya also get Mikey and Howard. Just thought everyone should know that you get a lot more than just a book. My only regret is that I waited two months. Otherwise, I would've been two months farther along! If this book doesn't help you, you probably have six heads, are covered with deadly green fungus and, have a closed mind.
This works even for tough guys.......2006-01-21
I'm a pretty solid individual and very little affects me. But when my young bride left me during my honeymoon, that pretty much did me in. I was far too proud to ask for help but my sister sent me this book which at first, I thought was a topic exclusively for women. But this book allowed me to get back on track and, to do so privately. No therapists for me, thank you. In fact, after reading about half of it, I began to understand that much of my downfall was from the choices I made. What was I thinking? Actually, I don't think I was thinking. When a book changes your life for the better, you should tell people about it. I know there are men like me who feel they have no place to turn. This book is not just for woman. It has tools that help people and you know how we like tools. If this book could help me, I think it could pretty much help anyone in the same situation.
Book Description
Written by a psychologist who is a leader in the field of pet bereavement, this practical but sympathetic guide validates the survivor's often misunderstood feelings, explains the importance of the human-animal bond, and offers strategies for working through the grieving process. Some of the coping techniques include memorializing the pet, recognizing problematic thinking, and finding support. The book also covers dealing with guilt and explaining the pet's death to a child.
Customer Reviews:
I read this for an R.N. Continuing Education course.......2007-09-29
I found this book in a program that offers courses for R.N. continuing education. What a wonderful book! We have had many pets over the years. With three kids in the family, we've loved frogs, lizards, fish, cats, dogs and a horse. My horse is 25 yrs. old now and that's why this particular book caught my eye. I think it is very well thought out and written. I give thanks to Lorri Greene and Jacquelyn Landis for addressing the love that we have for our companions and how to help them-and us- to go on when their time comes. My daughter is in Vet school. I'm giving this to her. Good Book!
A Wonderful Book for Pet Bereavement.......2007-03-28
I got this book soon after I lost my 10-year-old Persian male soul mate, and it really helped me through a time of great sorrow. There are exercises to do that help you work through your grief and help you to understand your feelings. I highly recommend it for anyone dealing with the loss of a pet.
Perhaps Works as a Textbook, But Not for Those Grieving.......2007-01-13
I ordered this book and waited for it eagerly, based on "Search Inside" reading I did on Amazon. I hoped the chapter devoted to guilt experienced by "animal guardians," as the author considerately calls pet owners, when euthanasia or an accident precipitates a pet's death would speak to me. Therefore I was surprised to find the book more clinical than inspirational. I also found it emotionally distant from its subject...which perhaps is to be expected, considering that it was written by a psychologist. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone suffering from deep grief over a lost pet.
Too cold and unfeeling.......2007-01-11
Being in the mist of animal grief right now I just recently got this book. One of the things the author says is why one is grieving is to not look at the animal's toys or photos until later. Well the first thing I wnat to do is to have their photo out. She seems to contradict herself when she says there is no right or wrong way to heal then she says don't do this or that. I found the book trite, unfeeling ,and cold. I am sorry I bought it. I will return it and get "The Loss of A Pet" instead.
Good Resource.......2007-01-11
This is a good resource for parents unsure how to communicate with their children about grief and loss of a pet. I purchased it as a resource for my Good Grief Pet Support Group for children at my school. I found that it explained well what parents should do when a pet dies, give them activities they can do with their children to celebrate the pet's life, and resources to consider. A nice book to have in the delicate time of losing a favorite family member, your pet.
Average customer rating:
- Not an Accidental Read at all!
- Christian cotton candy
- Another one for Terri Blackstock
- An enjoyable read with a light tone throughout
- Sweet Sweet Sweet
|
Never Again Good-Bye (Second Chances Series #1)
Terri Blackstock
Manufacturer: Zondervan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
 General
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
| Classics
| Comic
| Contemporary
| Literary
Mothers & Children
| Women's Fiction
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
Missions & Missionary Work
| Evangelism
| Christianity
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
Romance
| Literature & Fiction
| Christianity
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
Romance
| Fiction
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Fiction
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
Blackstock, Terri
| ( B )
| Authors, A-Z
| Religion & Spirituality
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Romance
| Subjects
| Books
Regency
| Historical
| Romance
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Contemporary
| Romance
| Subjects
| Books
Look Inside Fiction Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Look Inside Religion & Spirituality Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Look Inside Romance Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Similar Items:
-
When Dreams Cross (Second Chances Series #2)
-
Blind Trust (Second Chances Series #3)
-
Broken Wings (Second Chances Series #4)
-
Presumption of Guilt (Suncoast Chronicles Series #4)
-
Ulterior Motives (Sun Coast Chronicles Series #3)
ASIN: 031020707X |
Book Description
The strength of love and family and the struggles and joys of Christian living weave together in this touching contemporary romance.
Customer Reviews:
Not an Accidental Read at all!.......2006-12-04
I had not read much from this author except her 4 book series with Beverly LaHaye, but when our library had this one in large print, I just picked it up "accidentally" and decided to read it. I had not gotten into many pages when I was grabbed by the plot.
I did not even know there WAS a second chance series and I rather wondered how a secular book could be re-written sucessfully as a Christian Fiction book, but this one was wonderful.
When Wes first met Laney, he suspected her of being a stalker and/or kidnapper of children, and he had her arrested. His fears seemed rational until he heard her story. The child of Wes and his deceased wife Patrice, was adopted right after birth, and Laney, the birth mother had finally found them through illegal means. The story then unfolds of two people who have absolutely nothing in common except their love for one little girl, Amy. Through it all the ghost of Wes' dead wife Patrice hangs heavily over both their heads as well as Amy's.
I felt Terri Blackstock drew upon some incredible experience as an author to format and carry through with this suspenseful, love-hate story and the twists and turns which led to a very, very strange and almost unbelievable bond between Wes and Laney.
I wish to thank the author for re-writing this book and for using her talent for her new "boss", God. I am now searching for other second chances books by this author.
Christian cotton candy.......2005-09-16
I like to support Christian authors, however reading this book was like eating cotton candy. It was easy to do, but left me feeling slightly sick to my stomach.
The character development was poor at best. The whole story was rather contrived and just not credible.
I spent an afternoon reading it, but somehow wish that I'd used the time more wisely.
Another one for Terri Blackstock.......2005-07-20
As the first book in her Second Chances series, Terri Blackstock set the stage for her Shreveport, LA characters. I was instantly drawn to Wes & Laney's determination of making a family work. Of how their love grew for each other, but determined to make it God's will.
An enjoyable read with a light tone throughout.......2003-08-27
Adoption, romance, trust, and truth interweave in this book about second chances from the "Second Chances" series by Terri Blackstock.
Laney Fields returns to the town of her youth in a journey to recover the child she gave up for adoption several years before. The child's adoptive mother died recently of cancer, and her father, Wes Grayson, is struggling to make his construction company cover the costs of the medical bills.
Wes meets Laney as she surreptitiously takes pictures of his daughter playing at a playground. Suspicious and worried about a possible kidnapping, he calls the police and arrests Laney. From the beginning, Wes finds it difficult to trust the woman who may be trying to steal his child from him. They both realize that they're attracted to each other, but Wes can't trust Laney and she doesn't share his faith in Christ.
Their budding relationship is threatened by their pasts and their links to one little girl who carries the key that could bring them together or tear them apart.
In addition to confronting issues of adoption, Blackstock also suggests the consequences of relationships between Christians and non-Christians. The fact that this occurs at all suggests that Blackstock is not afraid of controversy. That a Christian man would knowingly enter into this type of relationship, no matter what the end results are, shows disobedience to God.
Throughout this book, the character of Laney is far more sympathetic than that of Wes. Wes, as a Christian man, shows far more weakness, sin, and stubbornness than Laney. He thinks through his decisions and makes purposeful choices about anger and distrust. Laney admits to confusion about religion, yet makes far fewer mistakes than Wes. She has one honorable goal, to love and care for her daughter. Unlike Wes, Laney's errors are accidental. Perhaps the non-Christian showing greater Christian attributes than the professed Christian is closer to reality than many would like to admit.
Nevertheless, many readers will find "Never Again Good-Bye" to be an enjoyable read with a light tone throughout. It is a fast-read with a clean storyline and happy ending that make it a great summertime read.
--- reviewed by Terri Pilcher for Christian Bookshelf
Sweet Sweet Sweet.......2003-03-23
This book is a great, sweet story of overcoming grief and struggles and giving it all to God in love. I love this book and I would recommend it to anyone who want to read a the sweet story of Wes and Laney as they both go through trials and hard times for the love of their daughter Amy. Read this book!
Other sweet recommendations:
Robin Jones Gunn- The Glennbrooke Series
Book Description
"I know that the thousands all over the world who love Jerry and whose lives have been enhanced by his message are eagerly looking forward to this new book. They have a treat in store. In clear and beautiful prose Jerry tells us that peace is a conscious choice. Saying good-bye to guilt is a vital step in making that choice."--from the Foreword by John Denver.
Love is where there is no fear. Fear is where there is no love. In our age of anxieties, most of us live by complex expectations about what we should achieve, how we should act, and how others should treat us. As a result, we are victimized by guilt and fear--guilt because our standards haven't been met in the past, fear that they won't be met in the future. Inevitable, these negative emotions wreak havoc on our personal relationships, self -esteem, and peace of mind. But what if we let go of our fear and guilt? The transformation can be miraculous, says world famous psychiatrist and author Gerald G. Jampolsky. The secret lies in healthy perception of yourself. Dr. Jampolsky points the way through fourteen lessons that can change your life. These lessons show: How to quiet the ego-self that creates fear and guilt. How to accept genuine love and give it away. How to stop judging others, thereby to stop judging yourself. How to listen to your inner voice to receive support and guidance. How to forgive others so that loneliness and separation become illusions of the past. And much more. Here is a book for everyone who seeks the key to life's most satisfying reward. A book that tells you how to throw off the burdens of the past, and learn what it can mean to truly love.
Customer Reviews:
What Are we Identifying Ourselves With?.......2006-10-18
Most of us, if not all of us have an "identity" problem. We say we know who we are, but do we? Most of us tend to identify ourselves with our physicality. The way we look to the outside world. We identify ourselves by our personalities, our behaviors, our actions, our inactions. But all of these things are not who we really are.
So who are we, then?
We are Spirit. We are Love. We are the stuff of God. Our personalities and our behaviors are all manufactured B.S.
You can read that as Belief Systems.
Before you entered into this world of form you were a Perfect, Whole, and Complete Creation of God. You were not born out of original sin...if there is anything "original" about sin...but you were born out of Original Innocence and no matter what you may have thought, or felt, or said, or did, or didn't do NOTHING can mar the beauty that you were created in and out of.
Of course, the religionists don't want you to hear this. They want you to be so riddled with fear and so perforated with guilt so that you can keep coming back to their church so you can keep donating money. Save the money that you would normally tithe for the week and buy this book. Learn what true forgiveness really is.
Forgiving is for giving; it is for seeing yourself, and others, and the world as it really is; just an illusion. It exists, but it doesn't. I know that is very contradictory, but it is the Truth. True reality cannot be killed, or hurt, or destroyed. True Reality is who and what we truly are. When we Identify ourselves with the Living Spirit rather than with our "hallucinations" we release fear instantly. Like Jesus, we are in the world, but not of it.
This doesn't mean that some guy could stick a gun in my face and I won't drop a load in my pants, but what it does mean is that I might be able to quiet myself down enough to where I will be able to remember that Love is always more powerful than fear and if I can connect to the same Love that is in the man with the gun, then maybe the man will withdraw his weapon and if he doesn't and he shoots me, all he killed was an idea, he didn't kill me... all he killed was the flesh. You cannot kill Spirit...you cannot kill Love...you cannot kill, or destroy, or hurt the Life that everything is made in and out of.
This book is truly a gift and even if you don't like it and want to go back to your guilt and fear based ideas about life, go ahead, but just remember, it's still just an illusion.
Peace and Blessings.
Giving the Review is the same as Receiving the Review.......2000-05-06
Good-bye to Guilt is an esteem and image enhancer. The author comes from the heart and I personally feel it is the "truth." Giving is the same as receiving. Guilt is ego-based and destructive. His perceptions hit home: we only act out of two emotions -- love or fear. I also like the daily lessons so that one can put into practice the principles Mr. Jampolsky so eloquently shares throughout his book. I have personally benefited from the lessons presented in the book and have shared it with many others. I buy copies of this book and give them away to those who I feel are open-minded and willing to try something different.
The book offers a way to release your fears by forgiving all, including the world. This is so simple that most cannot or will not get it. The practice of forgiveness is written in a way that nearly all who can read will be able to apply this simple, but difficult principle. But, not all will want to forgive.
Mr. Jampolsky offers real-life examples that help to define the exact points he is trying to convey.
I will continue to buy and distribute this book to countless others in need of it and who want it.
Thank you for allowing me to review this book.
Cindy Cañas =)
Customer Reviews:
Good Teen read.......2006-01-09
This is a pretty good book. Elizabeth is happy with her relationship with Tom Watts. What is with Todd though? He is acting like a selfish child in this book. He should just grow up. Jessica is getting her life back on track after her husband soon to be ex Mike got shot by her brother Steven. Steven has to look after Mike. Lila is back. She is still friends with Jessica. She is sad because her husband died. Read this book its good
hearthrob.......2005-07-28
This is a sad story all about Jessica's husband getting shot and being crippled while her brother is forced to look after him, but who knew it would put his own life in danger. Meanwhile Jessica gets her annulment and starts dating again.
while her sister has got a steady relationship with Tom she has got two of her ex-boyfriends now wanting to re-date her. she hopes she can get rid of her ex's not knowing what is happening in her twin sister's (Jessica) ex-husbands housebetween her brother and her ex-brother-inlaw
Lila comes back to Sweet Valley.......2005-04-01
First Lila meets a Italian Count,has coffee with him,then marries him.He dies in a jetski accident. Jessica meets Michael McCellery,then Marries him,then has the marriage Annulled. Elizabeth meets the crazy William White,and Tom Watts is crazy about her,then William kidnaps Elizabeth,and Celine and Tom help Elizabeth escape from the maniac William White. Lila comes back to school. Elizabeth and Tom are a Couple. Elizabeth doesn't want Todd back,she is in love with him untill she breaks up with Tom for cheating on her with Dana Upshaw.
A new beginning . . ........1999-01-18
First Jessica and Mike break up their marriage after a disaterous accident, and Mike is left paralyzed. Then Lila's husband is killed in a boating accident, and Lila returns to Sweet Valley. And Elizabeth is madly in love with Tom, but Todd wants her back in his life. Winston and Denise are having problems, and so are Steven and Billie. Will everything turn out all right for the SVU crew? Read it to find out!
No, sometimes love just "ain't" enough..........1998-11-18
Love wasn't enough to hold Mike and Jess together. Good thing they split; they would have ended up MISERABLE! I think Jessica needs to really prove she's an adult by taking responsibility for her life and planning a career instead of chasing after guys. Maybe she and Melanie Edwards from the "Fabulous Five" series could use some lessons from Liz and Nina! Poor Lila ends up married and widowed at such a young age. I'm not sure thier marriage was all that; it was just described as an unrealistic cloud 9 romance. I think LIz should have stayed single for a while; why is the author eager to pair her up with a steady boyfriend?
Book Description
Elizabeth Wakefield is about to say hello to an exciting new school. But first she has to say good-bye to everything--and everyone--she loves. Good-bye to Nina Harper, her best friend. Good-bye to Todd Wilkins, the ex-boyfriend who's stood by her through thick and thin. Good-bye to Tom Watts, the guy who broke her heart into a million pieces. But how can she say good-bye to her twin sister, Jessica?
Customer Reviews:
Good-bye Elizabeth?.......2005-03-14
Elizabeth and her new boyfriend Scott Sinclair are being accepted into a new school far away,but Tom Watts wants Elizabeth back.I think the school is in Washington or Something. Elizabeth and Tom get back together.
I LUV THIS BOOK!.......2003-01-07
This book was probably one of the most exciting SVUs that I have ever read (I've read through the whole serious including thrillers...u could say I'm OBSESSED!) well anyways....I'm soo happy that after all this time Tom and Liz FINALLY got back together! Its so romantic and exciting how they finally confess their true love to each other exactly as the plane is about to take off whisking Elizabeth away with the evil and horrible sleaze also known as Scott Sinclair. I was realieved when they finally told each other they Loved each other because I mean I have been reading "Your not my sister", "Breaking Away", and finally this one "Good-bye Elizabeth" and i am so glad they are finally together again because i definatly think that Tom and Liz belong together (this sounds tacky but its like they have a spiritual connection as well as a physical one) So newayz..if u like the SVU books this is a must read must have book! Enjoy peoplez!
almost good.......2001-03-09
i rate this book 4 stars i mean come on what in the world jessica was thinking anyway? she shouldn't have done that to tom 'coz she did not even thing of what will happen in the future. And what was scott doing anyway the day he and liz leaves it was like scott wanted to be at denver before they even ride to the plane. elizabeth's decision is good also because she's going to making a big mistake if she have the wrong choice.
so touching.......2001-01-06
i'd just like to say this book was as close to perfect as they get!! scott and elizabeth's plans have been changed (by scott) and they are leaving then next day!! jessica doesn't want elizabeth to go, and tom is completely desperate to get back together with her. dana and scott have joined forces to keep them apart, and dana does a darn good job of it!! elizabeth is still completely in love with tom, and is leaving mainly because she is so miserable. the ending is perfect- very emotional. i cried so much while reading this! not a good thing, since it was about 1 AM (that's how late it kept me up!) and i was absolutely sobbing!! this was, without a doubt, my favorite book from this series (and i've read a lot, believe me!) or even anywhere!
This was a teriffic book and one of the best I've read!.......1998-11-25
Good-bye, Elizabeth
Full of excitement and adventure Good-bye, Elizabeth is a terrific book. It is the thirty-eighth edition to the Sweet Valley University (SVU) series written by Francine Pascal, who is also the author of the series Sweet Valley Kids, Sweet Valley Twins and Friends, and Sweet Valley High. Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley University books are mainly for teenage girls, grades seventh through ninth, who like to read about the troubles of college life. All four of the Sweet Valley series are centered around two Californian girls as they grow up in Sweet Valley where they were born. The two girls, Elizabeth and Jessica, are identical twins, and they and their friends get into a lot of trouble and adventure. The SVU series takes place when the twins and their friends are attending college at Sweet Valley University. In Good-bye Elizabeth, Elizabeth is planning on leaving Sweet Valley University, for DCIR (Denver Center for Investigative Reporting) a college in Denver. Before she leaves she has to say good-bye to her twin sister Jessica, her best friend Nina Harper, and to Tom Watts, the guy who she will always love but who has broken her heart. Going to DCIR could be a big break for Elizabeth and her future, but can she really say good-bye to her friends and family? Can she really put the past behind her? Jessica is desperately trying to stop her twin from leaving SVU because she knows that Elizabeth isn't leaving because of her love for journalism and hopes for a better future, Elizabeth is leaving to escape Tom and the stress around her. Can Jessica stop her twin before it's too late? This book is very interesting and full of fun, romance, and adventure. This book teaches the true value of friendships, how difficult it is to face the truth, and how difficult it is to say good-bye. Good-bye, Elizabeth is one of the best books that I have read in a long time.
Average customer rating:
- The title says it all.
- The absolute Best!!
- EXCELLENT AND TRUTHFUL
- Really romantic and very touching
- This book is great
|
Good-Bye to Love (Last Summer, First Love Book 2)
Carin Greenberg Baker
Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Love & Romance
| Literature & Fiction
| Teens
| Subjects
| Books
Look Inside Teen Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
ASIN: 0590483242 |
Customer Reviews:
The title says it all........2002-10-24
The first time I read A time to love book 1 I was 14 years old. I went back to the library to try and Good-bye to love. They didn't have it. Years passed and one day am at friends house and am looking at her bookshelf and i run across A time to love, It all came back to me about Holly And Chris and how the book ended. She didn't have Good-bye to love so i came to amazon and i found it. I was so happy when i got it. Am 20 now so i reread A time to love before i read Good-bye to love. So i see a difference in the writing because its for younger crowd but the love and the emotions are there. I was so happy for Holly when she saw the city (New York) for the first time. All the stores and the traffic. Am a Newyorker so i loved that part. I loved the way Chris did not make her go or asked her about going to see a doctor when she was getting sick, b/c he knew that was not what she wanted. they saw so much in two weeks that i thought they were in the road for longer time. It makes me want to go on a road trip. If i can change one thing it would be to add one more chapter years down the road maybe 5 or 10 to see how Chris and her family were doing. Its a good read but get ready for the tissues cause you're going to need it towards the end of the book
The absolute Best!!.......2002-03-19
I am the romantic out of all my friends. Once i started reading this book, i could not put it down! It was most certainly the best books I have ever read. This book and the first one was very moving and touching. The plot was great and the characters where like they were real because of the emotion. Like I said, the BEST! Jennifer Baker is one of my favorite authors and I'd sure be happy if she wrote another story similar to this. IN the end of this book, it left me in tears because it was so amazing! I cried so much, my mother had to come in my room and comfort me. I recommend this to all types of book lovers out there. You'd sure get hooked on to this!!
EXCELLENT AND TRUTHFUL.......1998-08-08
This book amazed. I always seem to be drawn to awfully sad books. I don't know why. I guess I like to cry! Chris Franklin and Holly Paige's love for each other was truly beautiful. I may only be 14, but true love was evident. I hope people will read this book and realize what we, people who live normal, healthy lives, take for granted. My greatest sympathy to those people who have a life threatening illness. I don't know how they can deal with it, it certainly scares me. Those people are so very courageous and I admire that. I take a look at my life and realize what I take for granted. This book made me realize that. Thank you Ms. Baker, your story has opened my eyes. I intend to advise my friends to reading this excellent book.
Really romantic and very touching.......1998-02-11
This book follows on from the previous one (in sickness and in health). Chris and Holly run away so they can be together and they end up in New York. After 2 weeks Holly's condition gets worse and she flies home. The end is very sad because Holly dies and she is with Chris when she does.
This book is great.......1997-07-09
I never heard of Jennifer Baker before until one day I picked up First Come Love book 2 at my local libary. I thought that it was really really good. Since the libary had the first one as well I checked that one out too. Now I have 2 books by her and I read them at least 10 times. They are really well writen. I will continue to read her books for as long as they are puplished
Product Description
The true story of a wife, her homosexual husband, and a love that transcended tragedy. Gerald Pearson had been honest with Carol Lynn about his homosexual past, but both of them had faith that marriage and devotion to their religion would change his orientation. Love would conquer all. Then, after eight years of apparent happiness and the birth of four children, Gerald was no longer able to deny what he considered to be his essential self. Carol Lynn was shattered, her self-esteem all but destroyed. Their divorce, however, could not erase a lifetime of love and mutual support. Carol Lynn courageously stood by her former husband's side. Even when he contracted AIDS - and came home to die.
Customer Reviews:
An excellent example of Christ-like love.......2007-08-28
You might not think an account of a couple who divorces due to homosexuality could be a memorable love story, but this one really is. I read this book many years ago, and was so moved by it. Carol Lynn Pearson is a remarkable woman. She writes this book with such transparency of her emotions. The love she had for Gerald Pearson before, during, and after their marriage is so rare. They truly were soulmates, but couldn't be married and both be happy. I started out by reading other books by her, especially about women in traditional church. She is Mormon and I was, at the time, too. I grew up Catholic, and that church and the Mormon church both put limits on what women can do. In in the Catholic church women can't be priests, and in the Mormon church, they can't hold the priesthood. She writes about the bewilderment of that inequity, the same way she wrote about her bewilderment of her husband deciding to live as a gay man, and the struggles he had with that decision. I have felt similar struggles trying to find a place as a woman in traditional Christian churches. When I tried to talk with others about my feelings about feeling less as a woman in the church, I was told I shouldn't feel that way. The way she writes about people who feel disenfranchised by policies and religious tenets made me feel like FINALLY someone gets it. I actually called her on the phone many years ago to tell her to tell her how thankful I was that someone else understood about being a woman in a tradtionally male dominated church, and she was so generous and gracious on the phone to talk with me for a few minutes, so I could tell her thank you. The compassion she has for people who feel like outsiders, and how she treats those people, is what I think of as true Christ-like love. I highly recommmend this book for anyone who ever felt like they don't belong. She went through a very difficult time and showed unfailing love, just like Christ would do.
"Hard to put down Book".......2003-10-15
Carol Pearson is a wonderful writer. I felt like I was right there with her she relly pulls you into her life and feelings. I only hope that Carol has found love and happiness with a strong, straight loving man, which she deserves. She treated her husband Gerald with compassion and sympathy, something not a lot of other women would do. The only thing that bothered me was Gerald's insistance that his children call him "gerald" and not "Dad" since he was the children's biological father. I sincerely hope Carol and her children have found closure, peace happiness and love: they deserve it! A wonderful book!
For gay/straight spouses, tells both sides of the story.......2003-01-13
This is the first book I came across that truly captured what it is like to be gay and married and it was written by the straight spouse. Of course, that was years ago and now I have come out of the closet and have found my voice and know what is in my heart. But back then I was deep in the closet and this book was a godsend. Thank you, Carol Lynn, from the bottom of my heart. It was wonderful to see in words what before I had only felt and not understood. However, I wished I had read your thoughts and feelings about being a straight spouse more carefully. It would have given me so much insight into what was going on with my wife. It took me years to gain that insight on my own. But back then it was all I could do to handle my own pain.
An honest account from "the other side of the closet".......1999-12-01
I first encountered "Goodbye, I Love You" when it was originally published. I was a married Mormon, and had trouble understanding how things could have happened the way she told them. Then, I found out my husband was gay, too. I re-read the book, and realized that she had told my story, only more compassionately than I could have. This book tells the other side of the story, the side of those whose lives are turned upside down by married gays who can no longer live a lie. If your life has been touched by this situation, this book will help you see that you are not alone. It is must reading for anyone who has known or been a married gay.
Ms. Pearson told her story well.......1999-02-12
This is not a happy book, but a courageous attempt by the author to express her feelings of frustration, grief, anger, and finally acceptance. I would like to see other reviews of this book by a wife, husband, mother, father, sister, brother, or other relative of a gay person. I certainly felt her anguish as she struggled to understand what was happening. She told her story well.
Average customer rating:
|
Good-Bye and Hello
Jennie Abbott
Manufacturer: Lake Pub Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
| Audiobooks
| Authors, A-Z
| Books & Reading
| British
| Classics
| Drama
| Erotica
| Essays
| Foreign Language Fiction
| General
| Genre Fiction
| History & Criticism
| Large Print
| Letters & Correspondence
| Poetry
| Short Stories
| United States
| Women's Fiction
| World Literature
Teens
| Subjects
| Books
| Audiobooks
| Authors, A-Z
| Biographies & Memoirs
| Health, Mind & Body
| History & Historical Fiction
| Horror
| Literature & Fiction
| Manga
| Mysteries
| Reference
| Religion & Spirituality
| School & Sports
| Science & Technology
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Series
| Social Issues
General
| Ages 9-12
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Literature
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
jp-unknown2
| Specialty Stores
| Books
ASIN: 0822423774 |
Books:
- How to Succeed in the Game of Life: 34 Interviews with the World's Greatest Coaches
- How to Succeed in the Game of Life: 34 Interviews with the World's Greatest Coaches
- How Your Horse Wants You to Ride: Starting Out, Starting Over
- I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It
- I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
- I'm Back for More Cash: A Tony Kornheiser Collection (Because You Can't Take Two Hundred Newspapers into the Bathroom) (Tony Kornheiser Collection)
- It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager, A True Story from Her Diary
- Life Application Study Bible, Indexed, NASB
- Lubricant Additives: Chemistry and Applications (Chemical Industries)
- MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exams 70-290, 70-291, 70-293, 70-294): Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Core Requirements, Second Edition
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
- Forms, Folds, and Sizes: All the Details Graphic Designers Need to Know but Can Never Find
- The Ultimate Gift
- Mathematics in Chemistry an Introduction to Modern Methods
- The Anubis Gates
- Sketches of an Elephant: A Topos Theory Compendium 2 Volume Set
- This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future
- The Fussy Baby How to Bring Out the Best in Your High-Need Child
- Micromosaics: The Gilbert Collection
- Redeeming Art: Critical Reveries
- Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam
How to Break Your Addiction to a Person
DON'T CALL THAT MAN!: A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO LETTING GO
It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy
How to Survive the Loss of a Love
How to Fall out of Love: How to Free Yourself of Love That Hurts--and Find the Love That Heals...
