Emily Giffin

A chance encounter forces one woman to question her decisions, her marriage, and herself.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed comes a novel that shows how someone with a 'perfect life' can lose it all-and then find everything. Darcy Rhone thought she had it all figured out: the more beautiful the girl, the more charmed her life. Never mind substance. Never mind playing by the rules. Never mind karma. But Darcy's neat, perfect world turns upside down when her best friend, Rachel, the plain-Jane "good girl,"...

Is there ever a deal-breaker when it comes to true love? What happens to the perfect couple when they suddenly want different things? First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes -- a baby carriage. Isn't that what all women want? Not so for Claudia Parr. And just as she gives up on finding a man who feels the same way, she meets warm, wonderful Ben. Things seem too good to be true when they fall in love and agree to buck tradition with a satisfying,...

Centering her life on the successful Walker family, into which she plans to marry, Shea struggles to end her affair with a less-than-stellar boyfriend only to have her entire existence placed in question by the death of the family's mother.

"The Kingsley family is American royalty, beloved for their military heroics, political service, and unmatched elegance. In 1968, after Joseph S. Kingsley, Jr. is killed in a tragic accident, his charismatic son inherits the weight of that legacy. But Joe III is a free spirit -- and a little bit reckless. Despite his best intentions, he has trouble meeting the expectations of a nation, as well as his exacting mother, Dottie. Meanwhile, no one ever...

Primeiro vem o amor, depois vem o casamento e depois… os filhos. Não é assim? Não para Claudia Parr. A bem-sucedida editora de Nova York não pretende ser mãe, e até desistiu de encontrar alguém que aceite esta sua escolha, mas, então, ela conhece Ben. O amor dos dois parece ideal. Ben é o marido perfeito: amoroso, companheiro e - assim como Claudia - também não quer crianças. No entanto, o inesperado acontece: um dos dois muda de ideia...

# Novo livro de Emily Giffin, escritora dos best-sellers Ame o que é seu, Questões do coração, Presentes da vida, Uma prova de amor e Laços Inseparáveis. Shea tem 33 anos e passou toda a sua vida em uma cidadezinha universitária que vive em função do futebol americano. Criada junto com sua melhor amigas, Lucy, filha do lendário treinador Clive Carr, Shea nunca teve coragem de deixar sua terra natal. Acabou cursando a universidade, onde conseguiu...

Tessa Russo é mãe de dois filhos e esposa de um renomado cirurgião pediátrico. Apesar de todos os seus receios, ela recentemente abandonou sua carreira para se concentrar em sua família, na busca pela felicidade doméstica. Por fora, parece destinada a viver uma vida encantada. Valerie Anderson é advogada e mãe solteira de um garotinho de seis anos, Charlie, que nunca conheceu seu pai. Depois de muitas decepções, Valerie desistiu do amor...

"It's 2 AM on a Saturday night in the spring of 2001, and twenty-eight-year old Cecily Gardner sits alone in a dive bar on New York's Lower East Side, questioning her life. Feeling lonesome and homesick for the Midwest, she wonders if she'll ever make it as a reporter in the big city - and whether she made a terrible mistake in breaking up with her longtime boyfriend Matthew. As Cecily reaches for the phone to call him, she hears a guy on the barstool...

"Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if sometimes contentious relationship. Josie was impulsive, spirited, and outgoing; Meredith hardworking, thoughtful, and reserved. When tragedy strikes their family, their different responses to the event splinter their delicate bond. Fifteen years later, Josie and Meredith are in their late thirties, following very different paths. Josie, a first grade teacher, is single -- and this close...