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APPENDICES
Author’s Biography
Jane Green (born May 31, 1968), is the
Warburg, an English author of women's novels. Together with
is considered a founder of the genre known as
lives with her second husband, Ian Warburg,six children, two dogs and four cats.
Passionate about both food and the home, she spends most weekends cooking up a
storm in her home in Westport, Connecticut, where she lives by the beach with
her husband and their many children.
Actively philanthropic, her foremost charities are The Hole in the Wall
Gang Camp, Paul Newman's camp for children with life-threatening illnesses,
Bethel Recovery Center, and various breast cancer charities. She is also a
supporter of the Westport Public Library, and the Westport Country Playhouse.
Green was born in
women's features for The Daily Express, The Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan and
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paperback from St. Martin's Griffin. At 27, she published her first book, Straight
Talking, which went straight on to the bestseller lists, and launched her career as
"the queen of chick lit".
The novels, dealing with real women, real life, and all the things in
between, with her trademark wisdom, wit, and warmth. She contributes to various
publications, both online and in print, including the Huffington Post, the Sunday
Times, and assorted anthologies.
Frequent themes in her most recent books include cooking, class wars,
children, infidelity, and female friendship. She says she does not write about her
life, but is inspired by the themes of her life.
Her novels The Beach House and Second Chance were on the
Road.
In addition to novels, she has taught at writers conferences, and writes for
various publications including
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The Summary of Novel Another Piece of My Heart
Andi waited all of her life to find the perfect man, finally finding him at
age thirty-seven. Ethan is a wonderful man: hardworking, loving, dedicated. He’s
a divorced father of two girls. While Andi wanted a family of her own, joining a
ready-made family wasn’t a part of the plan. Yet it was hard not to fall in love
with this package, this family. The girls, Emily and Sophie, haven’t has the best
life growing up. Their mother, Brooke, an alcoholic, barely acknowledges their
existence during their visits. Her kitchen is bare and she spends most of the time
drinking wine, believing it is up to the girls to fend for themselves. For this
reason, Andi at first overlooks the attitude Ethan’s oldest daughter, Emily, gives
her from the beginning.
Starving for love and attention from her father, Emily despises Andi.
Like many teenagers, she craves independence yet doesn’t want to relinquish the
love and attention from her father. From beginning of Ethan’s relationship with
Andi, there has been tension between his new love and his oldest daughter. The
tension grows and continues over the years. When Emily hits the rebellious teen
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Ethan, on the other hand, deep down wants to do the same thing yet ultimately
relinquishes to Emily. This causes a great deal of strain on his relationship with
Andi. This isn’t something Andi signed up for and, already stressed by her
infertility, she struggles with balancing her wants and desires with that of the rest
of the family.
When Emily’s careless behavior brings upon a situation that will forever
change her life, and the lives of the rest of her family, Andi’s resolve is truly
tested. Can she give up the life she’s dreamed of since childhood and continue to
have this tumultuous relationship with Emily? Ultimately, it’s fate perhaps that
makes this decision for her. She doesn’t what she wanted during the means she
planned, but perhaps that’s the way it was meant to be. There’s a saying that states
it’s not the destination but the path to that destination. This truly comes into play
