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Life as I Know It

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By Melanie Rose

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    About Life as I Know It

    What if you had the chance to live someone else’s life? Full of heart and soul, here is a captivating novel about the choices we make for family and love—and how sometimes a total stranger is the person we really need to be.
     
    Jessica Taylor is walking her dog in the rain when she meets the man of her dreams—only to be struck by lightning moments later. When she wakes up in the hospital, the doctors insist she’s someone else: Lauren Richardson, wife and mother of four.

        Lauren’s husband wants nothing more than for life to get back to normal—complete with a well-organized house and very properly behaved children. But Lauren’s kids haven’t been allowed to have much fun, and one of them has special needs. Can Jessica embrace this family of strangers and become the wife and mother they need? As she struggles to find her way in this new life—and the way back to her old life—she reconnects with Lauren’s estranged sister and discovers a secret that could rip the family apart.

        Now, torn between Lauren’s responsibilities to her family and Jessica’s chance at love, one woman is about to find out whether the road not taken leads to happiness—or to heartbreak.

    About Life as I Know It

    What if you had the chance to live someone else’s life? Full of heart and soul, here is a captivating novel about the choices we make for family and love—and how sometimes a total stranger is the person we really need to be.
     
    Jessica Taylor is walking her dog in the rain when she meets the man of her dreams—only to be struck by lightning moments later. When she wakes up in the hospital, the doctors insist she’s someone else: Lauren Richardson, wife and mother of four.

        Lauren’s husband wants nothing more than for life to get back to normal—complete with a well-organized house and very properly behaved children. But Lauren’s kids haven’t been allowed to have much fun, and one of them has special needs. Can Jessica embrace this family of strangers and become the wife and mother they need? As she struggles to find her way in this new life—and the way back to her old life—she reconnects with Lauren’s estranged sister and discovers a secret that could rip the family apart.

        Now, torn between Lauren’s responsibilities to her family and Jessica’s chance at love, one woman is about to find out whether the road not taken leads to happiness—or to heartbreak.

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    About Melanie Rose

    Melanie Rose was an avid reader from an early age and found herself looking at the world around her and wondering “What if?” She began writing as a teenager, progressing to short stories and articles for magazines and newspapers. She… More about Melanie Rose

    About Melanie Rose

    Melanie Rose was an avid reader from an early age and found herself looking at the world around her and wondering “What if?” She began writing as a teenager, progressing to short stories and articles for magazines and newspapers. She… More about Melanie Rose

    Product Details

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Romance

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Bantam
    Feb 09, 2010 | 368 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385343992

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Romance

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Bantam
    Feb 09, 2010 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9780440338758

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    “Cecelia Ahern territory, highly recommended.”—Bookseller, U.K.
     
    “Fans of Sophie Kinsella will love Melanie Rose.”—News of the World, U.K.
     
    “[A] page-turner, evoking other tales of women stepping into other women’s shoes: Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.”—Readers’ Review Magazine, U.K.

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