One True Thing, (Paperback)

from VintageReader

I've never really wanted to read this book, mainly because I thought the trailer for the movie looked so incredibly stupid. I know, I know. I'm not even really sure where the recommendation to read it came from this time; I think it showed up in the "new ebooks" section on my library's website a ...

from smallwonder56

I have this thing about very popular books--I tend to avoid what everybody else is raving about. Sometimes I'm utterly wrong. I should have read and appreciated One True Thing years ago. Anna Quinlen is adept at conveying the truth about ambivalence, even with people you love the most dearly. In ...

from teresa1953

Ellie Gulden had a fairly normal life. The very gifted and successful daughter of an English professor and a dutiful housewife, she and her two brothers wanted for very little, other than more attention from their constantly occupied father and always busy mother. Their home is a welcoming place ...

from VintageReader

I'm not really sure why I wanted to read this book. The movie trailer has been putting me off from reading it for years. I never had any interest in reading it, or seeing the movie... but then it showed up in my library's ebook collection, so I checked it out. And then didn't put my ereader down ...

from DanDiercks

I'm probably one of the few males to review this book if the names on the Amazon reviews are true reflections of the gender of the writers. And it stands to reason that many people would consider this book a book that appeals to women rather than men. After tall, the two main characters are women...