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by Stephanie Kallos (Author) "When Margaret Hughes found out she had a brain tumor, she stared at the black-and-white images illuminated on the screen behind her physician's desk-"slices," he..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Grove/Atlantic (Sep 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0802117791
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802117793
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,761,720 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging for Its Quirky Characters, Plot Twists and Humor, 30 Oct 2004
By J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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My wife read this book in one gulp, so to speak, and said, 'You must read this. You may find it a little too "girly," but I think you'll really like it anyhow.' Well, she was certainly right about my liking it. And it wasn't too 'girly,' either; although the main characters are women, the interactions, the plot twists, the quirkiness of all the characters, and the unexpectedness of their inner lives made it all fascinating to me.

Stephanie Kallos, a first-time novelist, has a delightful sense of humor and a real facility with words. Although the main arc of the plot winds up being fairly predictable (and, I might add, extremely satisfying), there are enough unexpected incidents and revelations along the way to make this trip very enjoyable. And her characters are all credible people with vivid inner lives, past histories, present desires and hesitations. All are wounded in some way, but none is a victim in the usual sense. And underlying all this is a strong current of the will to survive and even triumph, especially in the context of a purpose-created community of eccentrics.

It would be a shame if this book is overlooked because it is by a new novelist whose name doesn't ring a bell. If Kallos keeps writing, her name WILL become much better known.

Recommended.

Scott Morrison

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful & Complicated..., 7 Nov 2006
By DevJohn01 (Somerset, NJ) - See all my reviews
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I did not know what to expect from this novel when it first began, two very damaged women coming together trying to salvage the pieces of their lives...well, at least one of them was. Margaret, a 75 year old woman who has lived in self-imposed seclusion for over 20 years, when she finds out that she has a brain tumor and is not expected to live longer than a year, two at the most, she decides that it is time to do things differently. Margaret decides that she wants to take in a border, she has a huge mansion with ten out of eleven bedrooms going to waste and with only her porcelain knickknacks for company she feels it is finally time to shake things up a bit.

Enter Wanda Shultz, a woman who is completely content to let the broken pieces of her life remain that way. She has traveled cross country in search of a man who no longer wants her and refuses to let anybody else get close to her, not even Margaret, until a tragic accident changes everything for both women.

Margaret soon decides that she wants to take in more borders, expanding this books already charming cast of characters. And soon Margaret gets what she thought she'd never have again, a family.

'BROKEN FOR YOU' is a complicated novel with many characters (although they are not hard to keep track of at all) and many themes. Kallos expertly deals with the grief, suffering, obsession, abandonment, love, hope, forgiveness and redemption that each of these characters experience all the while writing a well crafted novel that will not only make the reader think, but also connect emotionally with each and every character in the book. 'BROKEN FOR YOU' is the kind of novel that will stay with you for years to come. Buy it in hardcover, you will want to keep this one!
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