Broken for You (edit title)

reading_now edited the quotations of Broken for You 3 weeks ago.

• Added a quotation: “The dead, Margaret thought. They can be so loud.”

Amanda edited the books like this book of Broken for You Friday, October 2 2009.

• Added The Widow's War: A Novel
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• Added Mrs. Kimble (P.S.)
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• Added Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel
• Added Family and Other Accidents: A Novel
• Added Swimming Naked
• Added The Rise of Life on Earth
• Added The Blue Moon Circus

Shelfari edited the description of Broken for You Friday, July 31 2009.

• National best seller and Today show Book Club selection, Broken for You is the story of two women in self-imposed exile whose lives are transformed when their paths intersect. Stephanie Kallos's debut novel is a work of infinite charm, wit and heart. It is also a glorious homage to the beauty of broken things. 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. As their tentative friendship evolves, the armor begins to fall away and Margaret opens her house to the younger woman. This launches a series of unanticipated events, leading Margaret to discover a way to redeem her cursed past, and Wanda to learn the true purpose of her cross-country journey. Both funny and heartbreaking, 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Broken for You Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Stephanie Kallos: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Broken for You Friday, July 17 2009.

• 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 called them.