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The Day We Met
The Day We Met: A Novel | Rowan Coleman
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For fans of Jojo Moyess Me Before You comes a beautifully written, heartwarming novel about mothers and daughters, husbands and wives. The Day We Met asks: Can you love someone you dont remember falling in love with? A gorgeous husband, two beautiful children, a job she lovesClaires got it all. And then some. But lately, her mother hovers more than a helicopter, her husband, Greg, seems like a stranger, and her kids are like characters in a movie. Three-year-old Esthers growing up in the blink of an eye, and twenty-year-old Caitlin, with her jet-black hair and clothes to match, looks like shes about to join a punk bandand seems to be hiding something. Most concerning, however, is the fact that Claire is losing her memory, including that of the day she met Greg. A chance meeting with a handsome stranger one rainy day sets Claire wondering whether she and Greg still belong together: She knows she should love him, but she cant always remember why. In search of an answer, Claire fills the pages of a blank book Greg gives her with private memories and keepsakes, jotting down beginnings and endings and everything in between. The book becomes the story of Claireher passions, her sorrows, her joys, her adventures in a life that refuses to surrender to a fate worse than dying: disappearing. Praise for The Day We Met [Rowan] Coleman executes another incredibly powerful novel that is beautifully written. The story is so well-crafted, its impossible to put the book down. The tale is so poignant and heartbreaking that readers will be completely engrossed with the characters while experiencing a wide array of emotions.RT Book Reviews [The Day We Met] is, at heart, a book about mothers, daughters and the strong bonds that exist between women even during heartbreak. Coleman will make you cry with this emotional, beautifully written novel.Kirkus Reviews As with Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes, I couldnt put this book down.Katie Fforde Rowan Colemans heartbreaking, humorous novel about a family in crisis vividly reminded me about the fierce, resilient core in all kinds of love. Readers of Lisa Genovas Still Alice and Elin Hilderbrands Beautiful Day will especially savor this book.Nancy Thayer Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Readers Circle for author chats and more. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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ScorpioBookDreams
The Memory Book | Rowan Coleman
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Two more hardbacks to replace paperbacks! 😍😍

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LoverofLit
The Day We Met: A Novel | Rowan Coleman
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Wine and ramen. Living the good life.

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LoverofLit
The Day We Met: A Novel | Rowan Coleman

"I learned that she was and is a work in progress- a human being evolving in the world-and that no one, least of all me, should try to guess what her limits are. Being a mother is about protecting your children from every conceivable thing that might cause them hurt, but it's also about trusting them to live the best way for them, the best way they can; and trusting that even when you're not there to hold their hand, they can succeed."

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LoverofLit
The Day We Met: A Novel | Rowan Coleman

"I love my baby," she said, quite simply. "Like, with this force I had no idea was possible. It's almost like I want to fight someone, even though there is no one to fight."

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Hannah_11
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How can a book be so heartbreaking yet heartwarming at the same time?
I didn't want this story to end!
#memorybook #rowancoleman #crying #pick

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TrishB
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Heart warming and heart wrenching at the same time 💝 some pages had the ability to make you laugh and cry at the same time.
Well worth a read.

Cinfhen Well you just knocked that one right out!!! 7y
TrishB @Cinfhen if only all life was as simple as reading 😀 7y
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TrishB
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#currentread
Literally the last day's leave before full on start of academic year - had plans for a long lie in and woke up at 7am. Tea and a read in bed now.
Both kids forgot I was off today and have made plans. I have the afternoon to myself 😀😀 this never happens - I forget the last time I was actually in the house on my own. Stay in and read? Go out and spend money???

MrsMalaprop Decisions, decisions! Enjoy whatever it is you choose to do 😊. 7y
Cinfhen #RealLifeProblems 😊I say a bit of both!!!! Enjoy❣️ 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Enjoy your solitude! 7y
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Cathythoughts I'd say have both. Read & retail therapy! Lucky you 😉 7y
rockpools Have a wonderful day, whichever! 7y
batsy Gotta agree with everyone, a bit of both. Balance is the key to life, they say 😉 Enjoy your time! 7y
eanderson I love your Central Perk mug!!! 7y
TrishB @eanderson thank you 👍 7y
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vicgreentoriafield
The Day We Met: A Novel | Rowan Coleman
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Feeling sick and put myself to bed with a book after work. Started this one when I got home today and loving it so far.

Megabooks Feel better! 💙💙 8y
Lmstraubie Feel better!! 8y
Louise Healing wishes to you! Rest well! 💕 8y
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Sharpeipup
The Day We Met: A Novel | Rowan Coleman
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"What will be left of us all, is the love we have given and received." #loveisallaround #whattheworldneedsnow

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Sharpeipup
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Oops. New paragraph in the middle of a sentence. #readingblock #onceyouseeit

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Sharpeipup
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Reading out of order...onto #letterD

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GoneFishing
The Day We Met: A Novel | Rowan Coleman

looking at my reflection, in the window opposite, hollow and translucent, I see a woman disappearing. It would help if I looked like that in real life – if the more the disease advanced, the more ‘see-through‘ I became until, eventually, I would be just a wisp of a ghost. How much more convenient it would be, how much easier for everyone, including me, if my body just melted away along with my mind.

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ainurreads
The Day We Met: A Novel | Rowan Coleman
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I find this sentences very weird. 😕

Just finished this book.

A contemporary read, dealing with Alzheimer.

Interesting storyline, charming characters.

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rwidiani
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Being a mother is about protecting your children from every conceivable thing that might cause them hurt,but it's also about trusting them to live the best way for them,the best way they can;& trusting that even when you're not there to hold their hand,they can succeed.

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rwidiani
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Once I discover a writer that I like, I just want to read all his/her books. This time is Rowan Coleman. This is the 3rd book that I'm reading

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Dottyjules
The Memory Book | Rowan Coleman
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I loved this book, very thought provoking and good that it showed Alzheimer's from different perspectives

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lucy_literati
The Day We Met: A Novel | Rowan Coleman
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Printed under a different title in the UK... Loved this. So. Many. Tears. Just bought as a present for my mum.