The Breakdown Lane
By Jacquelyn Mitchard
(Avon A, Paperback, 9780061374524, 416pp.)
Publication Date: March 6, 2008
Other Editions of This Title: eBook, Mass Market Paperback (March 2, 2006), Audio Cassette (May 2005), Compact Disc (May 2005), Hardcover (April 2005), Compact Disc - Abridged (April 2005), Compact Disc (March 17, 2005), Large Print (March 17, 2005)
Categories: General
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An advice columnist for a local newspaper, Julieanne Gillis dispenses wisdom to her readers, but somehow missed the signs that something was amiss in her own home. Devoted to being a good mother and keeping her twenty-year marriage fresh and exciting, she is shocked by her husband's surprise announcement that he needs a “sabbatical” from their life together—and devastated when he disappears, leaving Julie with no funds to raise two teenagers and a small daughter alone. But it is the discovery that Julieanne suffers from a serious illness that truly crumbles her family's foundation—setting her children on a dangerous, quixotic journey to locate their missing father before it's too late.
Jacquelyn Mitchard is the New York Times bestselling author of The Breakdown Lane, Twelve Times Blessed, and The Deep End of the Ocean, which was the very first book picked by Oprah for her book club. Now You See Her was Jackie's debut young adult novel, and she also has several children's books to her credit: Baby Bat's Lullaby; Starring Prima!; Ready, Set, School!; and Rosalie, My Rosalie. Jackie lives outside Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband and eight children.
"...An intriguing study of a quintessential American family...[a] thought-provoking, introspective novel."
-BookPage
"Mitchard's work...is filled with vivid characters who live out loud, and in vibrant color."
-Capital Times
"I dare you to read Breakdown Lane and not adore its quirky, all-too-human cast of characters. With her ear for language and artist's eye for detail, Jackie Mitchard will take you on a journey through loss, hope, and every kind of love there is."
-No Source
"[Mitchard] takes emotional family events and makes something fresh yet familiar about them..."
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"[Mitchard's] tale of an imploding American family will rule the beaches this summer."
-Associated Press
"From our petulant, prideful heroine to her sullen-yet-saintly son, each character's complexities shine..."
-Washington Post
"Mitchard dissects feelings of loyalty, betrayal and guilt with such aplomb, the book moves along like a thriller."
-Life magazine
"THE BREAKDOWN LANE takes the reader on a journey of love and loss, self-discovery and synergy, a satisfying story.
-Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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