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A sexy, free spirit meets her match in a photographer and serial bachelor. Both of them turn up the personal fires, but neither can commit. Starring Marcia Cross and Joshua Beckett. A man returning to his childhood home for the reading of a will is met by hostility. Do the townsfolk know more about him than his new wife? A con artist moves her son to a conservative neighborhood in Oklahoma in an effort to build a better future, but it doesn't take long for her past to catch up with her, and for her son's behavior to cause problems of its own. A young girl returns home after being abducted - and that's pretty much the story!
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Mary Rachel Dudley as Kelly. Parker Whitman as Dr. Sadie Stafford as Rachel 7 year. Robert Wells as Dr. Jordan Kruger as Sarah. Tyler Kuhn as Jimmy. Return to Book Page. All She Ever Wanted 4. Thirty-five years ago Kathleen fled her home, desperate to cast off weights of poverty and shame. But an unexpected invitation from her sister unwittingly draws her back to that sleepy New York town, her own daughter in tow.
A trip meant to salvage her relationship with her daughter changes course as Kathleen reexamines her own childhood. But even more enlightening are the Thirty-five years ago Kathleen fled her home, desperate to cast off weights of poverty and shame. But even more enlightening are the stories of Eleanor, her once-vibrant mother, and Fiona, the grandmother she barely knew. The more Kathleen learns, the more answers she seeks concerning her family's mysterious past. Yet with the past exposed, Kathleen is torn between her need to forgive and the urge to forget.
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The Stockmans are the perfect couple young, successful, and deeply in love but they have one problem: They want children. Since Rachel suffers from severe . All She Ever Wanted is a television drama film directed by Michael Scott. It stars Marcia Cross as a young wife desperate for a child but cannot risk being.
What a roller coaster! Lynn Austin often has several tales going at once in her books. This was a bit different. These stories were a piecemeal history narrative of generations within this family, beginning with the main character's great grandfather who used his exceptionally beautiful daughter to swindle people. Kathleen had never heard the stories unfolding by several characters in the book about her grandmother, her mother or her father. But she had also kept her past a secret for decades, ha What a roller coaster! But she had also kept her past a secret for decades, having been raised in near destitute conditions.
Years later as she travels back to the home she escaped over 35 years before, she realizes she knows little about her family, nor why things turned out the way they did. What is revealed is a cycle of sin, immoral behavior, abandonment and poor choices being passed down through the generations. Often the behavior is rationalized due to poverty and condoned because it was advantageous. But often there was great shame and repentance, and a story of redemption that was awe inspiring. Kathleen takes a journey with her daughter to reveal a surprising past, learning how God's will comes to pass in astounding ways.
Mar 07, Paula Vince rated it liked it Shelves: This story focuses on four generations of women in a family line. Each deplored her mother and resolved to be completely different. The passage of time hid the fact that they were all most alike, especially in their decisions to sever all ties with their families. Kathleen, who is number three in the pattern, realises that her relationship with her teenage daughter, Joelle, seems to be heading the same way.
She delves into their past and becomes aware of the trend, arming her with understanding This story focuses on four generations of women in a family line. She delves into their past and becomes aware of the trend, arming her with understanding and knowledge to end the process.
After a lot of thought, I realised the captivating quality of this story is because it is told backwards in time instead of chronologically. That's enough to add depth and mystery. We're already aware of the results of each woman's choices, and just need to find out how they got there. From Kathleen's own sad background we're drawn back to the pasts of her mother, Eleanor, and grandmother, Fiona, through the memories of others.
Delving into several characters' lives at different stages can be as fascinating as time travel stories. I love the massive bombshell twists. One major one got me wishing I could take back some of the tears I cried, and then made me wish I'd cried them for a different reason. At first, my biggest gripe was being unable to perceive a male character as a clear role model to admire. There is a long line of despicables. I was glad when a couple from that list grew on me as the story progressed, especially the one whose past was unraveled the same time as his sister's.
It's interesting to see how history is shown to have a major role in shaping characters, rather than rolling off like water from a duck's back. Kathleen was a product of the political uneasiness of the volatile '60s. Eleanor's story took place in the WW2 era, and Fiona's in the roaring '20s, with flappers and speakeasies.
I didn't always approve of characters' decisions to turn their backs. I can understand Fiona's position, but wished Eleanor and Kathleen could have shown a bit more grace.
The fact that Kathleen never once wanted to find out what became of her brothers and sister didn't sit easy with me - like abandonment. She just decided she was better than they were, and took off! I thought her family were most magnanimous in opening their arms to accept her back in the fold after the way she treated them. Yet it reminds us we're all in need of grace and forgiveness at times, for a lot less. It's good to come across stories in which it is offered freely, helping us to offer it to ourselves.
Aug 18, Stefanie rated it it was amazing. Each woman worked through a world of chaos, turmoil, hurt, and pain.
The book starts out with Kathleen and her daughter, Joelle fighting. Joelle yelling at her mom and how closed off she is. Kathleen is hesitant to bring up her past for fear of judgement. After some urging from her daughter, she reluctantly travels back to where she grew up. A life of poverty, abandonment, and pain.
In the process of all of the old memories stirring up she learns about her mother and why her mother was the way she was and in turn learned about her grandmother and her tainted past as well. All She Ever Wanted was three stories wrapped up in one book. Each story was riveting and heartbreaking in its own way and Lynn Austin tied it all together wonderfully.
This was a fantastic read and I highly recommend this Lynn Austin novel. May 15, Robin rated it did not like it. I wanted to like this book. The first couple of pages had me thinking I would. The problem for me was that this story was too easy to walk away from and not think about again. There was not a single character that I rooted for--not a single one. And the problems they dealt with, though they created a complex web of family dysfunction, were just too shallow.
These same simple themes occurred in all three generations and I get that t I wanted to like this book. These same simple themes occurred in all three generations and I get that the cycle perpetuates I'll give Austin the benefit of the doubt and hope that's what she was trying to convey, but it became boring after a while, like I was just waiting to see how each woman would deal with these same issues.
I did not enjoy getting to know Uncle Leonard, the Communist and found the dialogue sorely lacking there. He didn't even seem real to me until he was an old man. Neither did Arthur the philanderer.
Lynn resigned from teaching to write full-time in Coming of age story. Patton rated it really liked it Shelves: Robert Wells as Dr. Patricia Clay as Clara Fox. Reminds me of "Eve's Daughters", which is another one of Austin's books.
Or Lorenzo the mobster. Were they just archetypes of men? Where does Mike fit it? He was well-drawn for the two whole pages he was in there. I'm just confused now, the more I think on it. How did Kathleen get such a fantastic husband after three decades of avoidance, shallow and unpracticed Christianity, and being spoiled with the "American Dream? It seemed like she could have taken out huge chunks and the story wouldn't have suffered. I wish that I could have seen more of the transformation that happened in Joelle. That's what all this was for, right?
To break the cycle? I can't close the book, satisfied that a mission trip to Mexico is going to change her family tree. Kathleen Seymour is having a "no-good-very-bad-day. A phone call from the police department about her teenage daughter. A fight with her daughter. And an invitation to attend a party for a dad she's not seen in over 35 years. Too many events have stirred Kathleen's childhood memories. A trip back to the past literally is a chance for closure. There are a few aspects of the book I really liked.
There are a few aspects I did not like. All the characters link together family , but show different personalities, choices, time periods, and world history events. Coming of age story. I love the time period of the s and s. The ending is wrapped up tight with a cute little bow. The entire book had been about broken people living broken lives. A quick clean-up is nonsense. Too many stories of secondary characters who needed their own book. He was an dreamy, shifty, odd person. I wonder if he had a mental illness? His choice to abandon family in Ireland, and drag away his eldest daughter Fiona promising unrealistic expectations made me angry.