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Ordinary World [Kindle Edition]

Elisa Lorello
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Readers who fell in love with Andi Cutrone in Elisa Lorello’s first novel, Faking It, can now join Andi on a new journey in which she faces a challenge unlike any she has ever known. Ordinary World begins six years after Lorello’s first installment left off: Andi is blissfully married, works as a recently tenured professor at Northampton University, and is a published author. Life is ideal—until her husband’s death in a senseless accident shatters Andi’s world, plunging her into a gulf of depression and grief. Her family and friends do what that they can to ease her anguish, but no one seems to have the right words to heal Andi’s pain. On the advice of a friend, she travels to Italy to escape and unexpectedly runs into the man who once helped her discover her authentic self. As their friendship is renewed, Andi finally begins to heal, daring to hope that someday she will be happy again. Both wrenching and uplifting, Ordinary World is a moving tale of love and loss, joy and sorrow, heartbreak and hope.

About the Author

Elisa Lorello was born and raised on Long Island, the youngest of seven children. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and eventually launched a career in rhetoric and composition studies. She has been teaching first-year writing to university students since 2000. Elisa currently resides in North Carolina, where she splits her time between teaching and writing. In addition to Ordinary World, she is also the author of the novel Faking It.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 463 KB
  • Print Length: 323 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1935597361
  • Publisher: AmazonEncore (15 Mar 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B0042FZWZW
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #160,037 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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didnt enjoy 7 Jun 2011
By Sian Louise VINE™ VOICE
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I was quite looking forward to reading this one as I did enjoy Faking It.
However this wasnt nearly as good.
I really felt for Andi's character and putting myself in that situation I can only guess at how it would make me feel and at the beginning of the book it made for compelling reading.
But....it didnt last long, if you have read the first book then its obvious who she meets in Rome, but then a new relationship starts up with this person again.

I actually found Andi exhausting in this book, she was selfish and annoying and (in my opinion) kept leading Dev/David on. I liked him a lot more in this book than the first one but there were a few times I wanted him to man up and tell her to stop messing him about. What also annoyed me was the way Andi kept calling him Devin when he is actually David, it was quite ignorant and well annoying.

I found myself flicking through and scanning the pages and I hate to go through books that way... I wanted to enjoy this but I didnt. A big part of me thinks maybe the author should have just left Andi's story at the end of Faking It.
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A great sequel 1 Sep 2011
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After coming across the first book Faking It by browsing in the Kindle sale I really enjoyed it and was at a loss when it finished. To my delight I noticed that the author's other books included this sequel and went straight to it. It was very satisfying to know what happened next. I totally recommend this book
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Emotional but funny 11 Jun 2011
By Laura Smith VINE™ VOICE
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I hadn't read the book that preseds this one, Faking It, but I needn't have worried as I got into this book immediately. It begins with the death of the main character Andi's husband, and follows her through the grieving process. It seems so totally real, it is as if you are hearing about a friend. Andi is a very likeable, very real character, and I found her very easy to identify with. Some of the book made me cry, it was heart wrenching, but other parts made me laugh out loud. It also gave me a good insight into the ways in which people deal with grief and sorrow. A great book, I'm going to have to read Faking It as well now!
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