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Once Upon a Time, There Was You

Written by: Elizabeth Berg
Narrated by: Gabrielle De Cuir
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Publisher's Summary

From the beloved New York Times best-selling author of Home Safe and The Last Time I Saw You comes a beautiful and moving novel about a man and woman, long divorced, who rediscover the power of love and family in the midst of an unthinkable crisis.

Even on their wedding day, John and Irene sensed that they were about to make a mistake. Years later, divorced, dating other people, and living in different parts of the country, they seem to have nothing in common - nothing except the most important person in each of their lives: Sadie, their spirited 18-year-old daughter. Feeling smothered by Irene and distanced from John, Sadie is growing more and more attached to her new boyfriend, Ron.

When tragedy strikes, Irene and John come together to support the daughter they love so dearly. What takes longer is to remember how they really feel about each other.

Elizabeth Berg has once again created characters who embody the many shades of the human spirit. Hearing Berg’s fiction allows us to reflect on our deepest emotions, and her gifts as a writer make Once Upon a Time, There Was You a wonderful novel about the power of love, the unshakeable bonds of family, and the beauty of second chances.

©2011 Elizabeth Berg (P)2011 Random House Audio

What the critics say

“[Berg] has a knack for taking you right into the soul of her characters, as they respond to joy and tragedy in a perfectly imperfect way.” ( Chicago Sun-Times, about The Last Time I Saw You)
“Truth rings clearly from every page. Berg captures the way women think - and especially the way they talk to other women - as well as any writer I can think of.” ( The Charlottesville Observer, about Talk Before Sleep)
“Lyrical from start to finish... Shaped by Berg’s artistic talents, these stories of ordinary people in ordinary situations are anything but ordinary.” ( Fort Worth Star-Telegram, about Ordinary Life)

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