{"product_id":"as-if-love-were-enough-9781401307486","title":"As If Love Were Enough","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eMarriage: A Duet\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a gripping novel that explores the intricate relationships of a family as its members grapple with love, loyalty, and their meaning to one another\u003c\/b\u003e With tenderness and wit, Anne Taylor Fleming returns to the complicated terrain of family life--love given, wounds inflicted--in her novel, \u003ci\u003eAs If Love Were Enough\u003c\/i\u003e. When Clare Layton's actress mother leaves her husband and two small daughters to go off with her lover, their picture-perfect Hollywood family is shattered. Gone are the star-studded parties, the photo-op outings to Palm Springs. Father and daughters are left to cope and hang on, but finally Clare's older sister, Louise, also drifts away. Years pass without a word or sighting, and then Louise mysteriously reappears, hoping to enlist Clare in a medical quest to save her oldest, evangelical teenage son. Louise's reappearance plunges Clare back into her childhood in the early 60s and into a reckoning with her current role as single career woman and devoted mistress to a married politico. As Clare works toward a sense of peace and personal redemption, the novel examines religion and politics, forgiveness and reconciliation, and the deep tethers between long-estranged sisters trying to find their way back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Taylor Fleming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.30w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781401307486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne Taylor Fleming \u003c\/strong\u003eis a nationally recognized journalist and \u003cem\u003eCNN NewsNight with Aaron Brown \u003c\/em\u003econtributor. She is a regular on-camera essayist for \u003cem\u003eThe NewsHour with Jim Lehrer \u003c\/em\u003eand the author of \u003cem\u003eMotherhood Deferred: A Woman's Journey. \u003c\/em\u003eHer work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, Newsweek, The New Yorker, Town\u0026amp;Country, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMore\u003c\/em\u003e. She has been a radio commentator for NBC. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, journalist Karl Fleming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44305786503283,"sku":"9781401307486","price":26.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_70dcbd38-2259-4356-8877-31b2eb775378.jpg?v=1770987144","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/as-if-love-were-enough-9781401307486","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}