Broken for You

· Grove Press
3.2
485 reviews
Ebook
371
Pages

About this ebook

With a riotous energy that recalls the works of John Irving and Anne Tyler, Broken for You is a debut novel of infinite charm and tremendous heart that explores the risks and rewards of human connection, and the hidden strength behind things that only seem fragile. When we meet septuagenarian Margaret Hughes, she is living alone in a mansion in Seattle with only a massive collection of valuable antiques for company. Enter Wanda Schultz, a young woman with a broken heart who has come west to search for her wayward boyfriend. Both women are guarding dark secrets and have spent many years building up protective armor against the outside world. But as the two begin their tentative dance of friendship, the armor begins to fall away and Margaret opens her house to Wanda. Along the way, a famous mosaic artist is born, a Holocaust survivor is reunited with her long-lost tea set, and a sad-eyed drifter finds his long-lost daughter. Funny, heartbreaking, and alive with a potpourri of eccentric and irresistible characters, Broken for You is a testament to the saving graces of surrogate families, and shows how far the tiniest repair jobs can go in righting the world's wrongs.

Ratings and reviews

3.2
485 reviews
A Google user
June 20, 2012
Love books that have power to grab you by your emotions! But when they drag on you lose the emotion to care with excitement that brings you to the end.
A Google user
June 29, 2012
Initially a pretty good read... became tedious and implausible. Boring dream sequences. Vacation book. Eyes glazed over the second half of the book.
A Google user
June 17, 2012
A breath taking experience that takes u through five people and five stories each connecting to the other. Past, present, and future all in one!

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