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| Title | : | Emily and Einstein |
| Author | : | Linda Francis Lee |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 356 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2011 by St. Martin's Press (first published November 30th 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Animals. Romance |
Linda Francis Lee
Hardcover | Pages: 356 pages Rating: 3.77 | 6209 Users | 1183 Reviews
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He was a man who didn’t deserve a second chance. But he needed one…Emily and her husband Sandy Portman seemed to live a gracious if busy life in an old-world, Upper West Side apartment in the famous Dakota building. But one night on the way to meet Emily, Sandy dies in a tragic accident. The funeral isn't even over before Emily learns she is on the verge of being evicted from their apartment. But worse than the possibility of losing her home, Emily is stunned when she discovers that her marriage was made up of lies.
Suddenly Emily is forced on a journey to find out who her husband really was . . . all the while feeling that somehow he isn't really gone. Angry, hurt, and sometimes betrayed by loving memories of the man she lost, Emily finds comfort in a scruffy dog named Einstein. But is Einstein's seemingly odd determination that she save herself enough to make Emily confront her own past? Can he help her find a future—even after she meets a new man?
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| Original Title: | Emily and Einstein |
| ISBN: | 0312382189 (ISBN13: 9780312382186) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Of Books Emily and Einstein
Ratings: 3.77 From 6209 Users | 1183 ReviewsPiece Of Books Emily and Einstein
On his way to meet his wife for dinner and ask for a divorce, Alexander "Sandy" Portman is killed in a car accident. As penance for his snobby, rude, malicious and disdainful personality when he was alive, a higher power places Sandy in the body of a little ugly dog name Einstein. His mission: save his widowed wife, Emily, from herself. If he succeeds, he will get what he always wanted: he will be great. If he fails, he will fade away to nothing. But this task is complicated by the sudden3 1/2 stars. Sandy, Emily's selfish, rich, and unlikeable husband, get smooshed to death early in the book, the result of a little, ugly, old dog running into the street near him. The rather cranky Old Man gives him a chance to redeem himself by coming back as a dog, Einstein, and making up for his human shortcomings. Softhearted Emily adopts Einstein, thinking he is just an injured stray who needs a home.Sandy is a really slow learner. Even as a dog, he is selfish and manipulative, and cares
Well, it seems I'm in the minority with this book.Looking over the Goodreads reviews at this point is bit disturbing. So many people love this book that I'm having a hard time writing a review. But here goes.The bad:Emily is an unbelievable character. She is too perfect, too innocent, too naive to be believable. You want to throttle her and shake her. Her wanting to keep the Dakota apartment is ridiculously illogical to the point of annoyance. She can't afford it. Period. Her quest for proof of
For an irl book discussion group that I'm unlikely to attend... but the book looks cute enough anyway I'll give it a shot.Ok done. Engaging enough that I read it one night. A bit more interesting than the couple of chick lit books that I've tried to read, but barely. Jordan stole the show by being slightly less predictable than the other characters. Lots to discuss - maybe I will try to make the meeting. But still, mostly a fairy tale, with an insta-love knight and everything. Implausible that
I loved this book! It was a well-written, funny & unique story. It made me laugh and cry. The story is told in alternating chapters between Emily and her dog, Einstein (who is really her dead husband, Sandy). The author does a great job of creating memorable characters. Sandy, who is killed in the first chapter comes back as Einstein, the dog. It is his job to help his wife Emily. But Sandy was not always a nice man in life and therefore is not always nice as a dog. I thought he would
Emily and Einstein was sort of a departure from the books I've been reading lately, mainly because of the element of magical realism which you'll see in an upcoming review is not really me. But as I mentioned, the cover absolutely drew me in, and I loved the dog on the cover who sort of reminds me of my dog, Lily. And the premise sounded interesting enough, so I picked it up. (Awesome job, whoever designed the cover!)I've found some of the plot synopses online to be lacking and deceptively vague
Sandy is a self-centred, poor-little-rich boy, who can't seem to find his purpose in life. Then, a tragic accident shatters his life, ending it. Or, does it? He finds himself, sort of, in the body of the little white dog who caused the accident. This very same dog attracts the attention and the love of Sandy's wife, Emily, the very wife he had planned to divorce, the wife he claimed to love; but couldn't resist the temptation to cheat. Emily is a book editor, who is enamoured with the lives of
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