Girls in Trouble: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Caroline Leavitt
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  90 reviews
Sales Rank: 188260
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0312339739
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312339739
ASIN: 0312339739
Publication Date: April 1, 2005
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In this heart-wrenching story of an open adoption gone wrong, Caroline Leavitt reveals the astonishing power of family bonds and maternal love. Sara, sixteen, is in denial about her pregnancy and too far along for an abortion. Her once-devoted boyfriend has disappeared so Sara decides her only option is an open adoption with George and Eva, a couple desperate for a child. After the birth it's clear Sara has a bond with the child that Eva can't duplicate and Eva and George make a drastic decision, with devastating consequences for them all.
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 great book...unable to put it down August 20, 2008
I have started reading even though I am not done with this yet, I love the book. I have not been able to put it down. It gets good right from the start of the first paragraph.
 A Veteran and Seasoned Author July 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My bookclub read this book and we all admired and loved it so much!. This very crafted and luminous prose, modest and understated. Leavitt, a veteran author of over eight novels, has won deserved praise.The writing profession needs more of Leavitt's graceful, adept prose, her unfailing humanity (which she brings to every story and character she writes) and her emotional depth. Her craft is seamless, --I could go and on, but I certainly hope others will grab a copy of this moving, very human book and savor it as I did.
 Not the best by far July 17, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am at a loss by the great reviews for this book? What am I missing? The writing is amateurish. I did not feel for the birth mother or the adoptive parents and I really did not care what happened to any of them. It dragged on and on with no real meaning or feeling. This is just words and more words. I kept thinking of plot lines that would have made this novel great and hoping they would happen but they never appeared. This is just not worth the hype of the good reviews.
Couldn't put it down! June 27, 2008
Caroline Leavitt is personally responsible for three consecutive nights of very little sleep! I simply couldn't put this book down. The characters are so beautifully drawn, their emotional lives so real, and their complex circumstances so gripping that I found myself thinking about them long after I had completed the book. What's really wonderful is how she is able to show all sides of the open adoption issue, and how it affects everyone involved. She doesn't pick sides and she refuses to simplify, providing the reader with complicated characters and complicated circumstances that allow us to identify with each character whether we agree with them or not. It is a truly exquisite book and a must read.
Another Great Book by Leavitt June 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The thing I love about Caroline Leavitt is that she's able to tell stories that would normally rip your heart to shreds -- but coax out the shy little ray of light in them that shows you there may just hope in the world, after all, even in dark times. This novel is a great example of that. One wouldn't normally expect to find hope in the story of an adoption gone so horribly wrong that it irreversibly alters several lives. But hope there is. Finding it involves going on a journey with the characters that is often quite painful, but it's a journey you'll be glad you took in the end. The characters are realistic and instantly intriguing. And Leavitt's writing is as engaging as always. Even if this doesn't sound like the type of story you normally go for, give it a chance. You'll be pleasantly surprised.
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