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An unexpected love story…
Jules Strauss is a Princeton senior with a full scholarship, acquaintances instead of friends, and a family she’s ashamed to invite to Parents’ Weekend. With the income she’ll receive from donating her “pedigree” eggs, she believes she can save her father from addiction.
Annie Barrow married her high school sweetheart and became the mother to two boys. After years of staying at home and struggling to support four people on her husband’s salary, she thinks she’s found a way to recover a sense of purpose and bring in some extra cash.
India Bishop, thirty-eight (really forty-three), has changed everything about herself: her name, her face, her past. In New York City, she falls for a wealthy older man, Marcus Croft, and decides a baby will ensure a happy ending. When her attempts at pregnancy fail, she turns to technology, and Annie and Jules, to help make her dreams come true.
But each of their plans is thrown into disarray when Marcus’ daughter Bettina, intent on protecting her father, becomes convinced that his new wife is not what she seems…
With startling tenderness and laugh-out-loud humor, Jennifer Weiner once again takes readers into the heart of women’s lives in an unforgettable, timely tale that interweaves themes of class and entitlement, surrogacy and donorship, the rights of a parent and the measure of motherhood.
Jules Strauss is a Princeton senior with a full scholarship, acquaintances instead of friends, and a family she’s ashamed to invite to Parents’ Weekend. With the income she’ll receive from donating her “pedigree” eggs, she believes she can save her father from addiction.
Annie Barrow married her high school sweetheart and became the mother to two boys. After years of staying at home and struggling to support four people on her husband’s salary, she thinks she’s found a way to recover a sense of purpose and bring in some extra cash.
India Bishop, thirty-eight (really forty-three), has changed everything about herself: her name, her face, her past. In New York City, she falls for a wealthy older man, Marcus Croft, and decides a baby will ensure a happy ending. When her attempts at pregnancy fail, she turns to technology, and Annie and Jules, to help make her dreams come true.
But each of their plans is thrown into disarray when Marcus’ daughter Bettina, intent on protecting her father, becomes convinced that his new wife is not what she seems…
With startling tenderness and laugh-out-loud humor, Jennifer Weiner once again takes readers into the heart of women’s lives in an unforgettable, timely tale that interweaves themes of class and entitlement, surrogacy and donorship, the rights of a parent and the measure of motherhood.
About the Author
JENNIFER WEINER is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including Fly Away Home, Best Friends Forever, Good in Bed, and In Her Shoes, which was made into a major motion picture. A graduate of Princeton University, Weiner lives in Philadelphia with her family. To learn more, visit her website at www.jenniferweiner.com.Product Details
- Format: Kindle Edition
- File Size: 779 KB
- Print Length: 352 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1451617726
- Publisher: Atria Books (July 12, 2011)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
- Language: English
- ASIN: B004G8QSC6
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
Best Weiner Book Since Good In Bed, By
Kelly at ReadingWithMartinisDotCom "Kelly at ... (United States)
I'd be lying if I said that I love everything Jennifer Weiner has written. While I consider myself quite a fan, I have found my enthusiasm for her work waning a bit with her last few books. I desperately needed a Weiner novel to redeem my faith in her as an author. When I was offered a review copy of Then Came You I was both thrilled and hesitant. I wanted to love one of her books again but was afraid I would be disappointed. Disappointed, I was not!
Then Came You was absolutely fabulous! Written like a Jodi Picoult novel with different narrative voices or points of view, Then Came You tells the story of four women, with little in common, who become hopeless entangled with each other through a surprising common bond: a child. With infertility and science at the core of this novel, Then Came You is surprisingly emotional. How each of the four women come together to play a role in the life of this child is both beautiful and heartbreaking.
Weiner crafted a very well-written story. The characters came across as very honest and genuine. The plot of the novel, while it could have easily become bogged down by the mundane or unimportant, flowed crisply and really kept me engaged. I couldn't put this novel down because I was so invested in the characters and the plot. Weiner also evoked much emotion from me. I laughed aloud at portions of this book. I also cried.
Then Came You was an amazing read. One that I thought about long after I read the final page. I highly recommend this novel.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Yet Another Great Book by Jennifer, July 12, 2011
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Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf (PA, USA)
Written by one of my favorite adult authors, Then Came You has been high on my wish list for a while now, so when the chance finally arrived to read it, I was thrilled to say the least. Thankfully, Then Came You is yet another fabulous novel by Weiner. Inspiring, compelling, and heartwarming, it manages to pick you up within the first chapter and not let you down until the very last.
Then Came You tackles the heavily discussed topics of surrogacy and egg donorship within the lives of four very different women. It all began when India Bishop decided that there is only one way to secure the dream-worthy live with her new, wealthy husband she imagines and deservers: a baby. The problem? She's unable to have one, which brings Jules, the egg donor, and Annie, the surrogate, into the picture. Jules, a poor college student, and Annie, a young mother who wants to be the giver instead of the taker for once, are facing problems of their own, problems that will-hopefully-be alleviated with the money promised. Too bad Bettina, India's daughter-in-law, doesn't see the promise nor the goodness in India and her plans, and after a meeting with a promising detective, Bettina sets out to not only reveal India's secret past, but also ruin India. However, what happens when a surprising development leaves these women in disarray and...dependent on one another? Will they come to see the light in each other and their own problems as well as lives, or will everything end badly? Only time and more pages can tell in this promising new novel!
As mentioned above, Then Came You introduces four very different as well as unique women, and best of all, the book allows the reader to see from all their point of view in switching narration, allowing each woman and their voice to be fully established and developed throughout. What I loved the most about the characters was, even though they came from different backgrounds and faced a variety of problems, they still strived towards the same three universal goals: happiness, love, and security. While I sometimes had a hard time relating to and understanding some of them at times, I was still able to relate to and like each one in many ways the end.
The plot of this was another high point of the novel. Not only because of the character development it inspired and developed through its many plot lines, but because of the way it brought lots of drama as well as heart and charm to the novel. I always find the issue of surrogacy and egg donation interesting and with the POVs of the three different characters involved directly with the process, Jennifer managed to give this topic a new spin. I always enjoyed that this novel involved more than just the baby. It involved plenty of the character's own dilemmas, such as Annie's need to be the moneymaker instead of the homemaker, Jules's desire to be more than the addict's daughter as well as the issues that arose with her own sexuality, and Bettina's wanting to break out of her own shell, to also become more than just the offspring of a much-talked about person. Last but not least, India's storyline was fascinating as well. Not only because of her mysterious past, but also because of the question of whether or not she was just a gold-digger that arose within the novel.
Weiner's writing was also up to par. I felt she did a great job of bringing the characters and plot lines to life, and she seamlessly switched between narrators, giving each one the perfect amount of screen time so to say.
The only aspect of Then Came You I was not wild about was the fact that this novel took a couple of chapters to get going completely.
Other than yet, The Came You is definitely worth a read. Not only because of the complex characters it introduces, but the many thoughts and questions that arise about life, love, and happiness throughout. I simply can't wait to see what Jennifer releases next!
Grade: A-
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