Broken for You
“Be happy,” Margaret says, taking her hands. “We’re worth more broken.”
Wanda answers, “I love you, too.”
I strayed from my Winter Reading Challenge list to read Broken for You
Broken for You is the kind of book that breaks your heart when it ends, and yet you can’t read more slowly during the last few chapters, because you don’t want the words to stop coming. This kind of book is a treasure, and when I read in the author’s bio that it was Ms. Kallos’ first novel, I was awed. She is an author who can make you not only see the story, but smell, taste, and hear it, too. I especially enjoyed the fact that the story was set in Seattle, as I recognized her description of places around the Seattle Rep, where I attended performances as a child.
In Broken to You, Wanda Schultz moves to Seattle to search for a lost love. She is broken. Margaret Hughes lives in her mansion on a hill in Seattle, surrounded by beautiful, expensive things that bring her shame. She is broken. When these two women find each other, they learn the value of broken things.
This story is brilliant and moving and will break your heart.
Coincidentally, I have the same book and I’m partway through. It was one of the ones mom brought me from the boxfull she got at Sally Ann’s.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:59 amAndrea - cool ! I love co-inky-dinks.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:59 amI am so glad you enjoyed this one! I get a little nervous when someone tries a book on my recommendation.
Your review captured the book very well!
January 25th, 2008 at 6:16 pmLF - you can recommend books to me anytime - I loved this one.
January 25th, 2008 at 6:51 pmI just finished this last night. Absolutely brilliant! Wow! It was so intense that I almost decided to read a fluffy book next. (But I had another highly recommended one waiting, so I’ll save the fluff for next week…)
January 26th, 2008 at 5:15 amWell now I feel like I simply HAVE to read it!
Thanks for reviewing it.
January 26th, 2008 at 6:41 amI added this one to my list after reading LF’s review. You’ve just made me want to read it even more. Great review.
January 26th, 2008 at 8:50 amThis sounds very appealing. I guess I’ll have to check it out. Great review.
January 26th, 2008 at 12:54 pmSmallWorld - Fluff is good. I’m in the middle of two long classics, and I’m ready for some fluff!
Carrie, Framed, Petunia - yes, it’s definitely a must-read!
January 26th, 2008 at 1:32 pmO.K. I’ll bite. I’m adding this one to the list.
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