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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Very enjoyable with many insightfully drawn characters who you come to love. (  ) wildlinedesign | Nov 26, 2009 |  A very cool book. I was a little angry that the ending was so happy, but sometimes life does turn out right in the end after all. It had a lot to say about forgiveness and building relationships even when it's difficult to do so. (  ) echoesofstars | Oct 18, 2009 | The author of this novel uses wonderful language to tell a messy story of family and friendship. What appealed most to me is the very real portrayal of its main characters. Each person has serious flaws, yet they becomes more likable after we get to know and understand them - a lesson to be remembered. Women's lit at its best. ( ) KC9333 | Oct 12, 2009 | This was an interesting book. It took me a long time to warm up to the characters and when I did events in the book made me question if I still liked them. I still wonder if I read "Love Walked In" first if it would not have taken so long for me to get to know the characters, There is quite a bit of strife in the story, that made it kind of depressing. I did like the parenthood theme. I liked that the characters had flaws and that it made them more real. I tried to put a finger on why this book did not sit right with me, and I think it just bothered me how grouw up the 13-year-olds were. The kids did not truly act like kids. The most profound excepts came from their mouths. It was a good enough story to make me want to read the 1st book in the series. (  ) taramatchi | Aug 15, 2009 | The whole story revolves around a group of neighbors in suburbia. Cornelia Brown, married just a couple of years, has just made the recent transition from city dweller to urban living. She and her husband want to settle down in a nice place to start raising a family. Her next door neighbor, Piper Truitt, is exactly the type of person Cornelia was worried about meeting. She critiques everything from Cornelia's clothing to her lawn care. Cornelia also makes friends with a local waitress named Lake and her son Dev, a brilliant and gifted kid. On the surface, what's so special about the story? Well, the way Marisa de los Santos writes about the interactions between the characters is amazing. I fell in love with Dev and his story. Piper, amazingly, became one of the more interesting and dynamic characters who's evolution in the story was heart-wrenching and great at the same time. All the characters are going through their own trials and problems: --Dev is trying to figure out why Lake moved them to this small town and if it has anything to do with his father whom he's never met. --Corniela is trying to start a family and settle in a new town and find her place. --Piper is dealing with fact that her best friend is facing life threatning cancer. I just really fell for all the characters. And I just realized that it's the second book from Cornelia's perspective. The first book is Love Walked In, but you can read Belong to Me as a stand alone. Although, now that I got to know the characters, I sort of want to check out the first one. ( ) nycbookgirl | Aug 13, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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Everyone has secrets. Some we keep to protect ourselves, others we keep to protect those we love.
A devoted city dweller, Cornelia Brown surprised no one more than herself when she was gripped by the sudden, inescapable desire to leave urban life behind and head for an idyllic suburb. Though she knows she and her beloved husband, Teo, have made the right move, she approaches her new life with trepidation and struggles to forge friendships in her new home. Cornelia's mettle is quickly tested by judgmental neighbor Piper Truitt. Perfectly manicured, impeccably dressed, and possessing impossible standards, Piper is the embodiment of everything Cornelia feared she would find in suburbia. A saving grace soon appears in the form of Lake. Over a shared love of literature and old movies, Cornelia develops an instant bond with this warm yet elusive woman who has also recently arrived in town, ostensibly to send her perceptive and brilliant son, Dev, to a school for the gifted.
Marisa de los Santos's literary talents shine in the complex interactions she creates between these three women. She deftly explores the life-altering roller coaster of emotions Piper faces as she cares for two households, her own and that of her cancer-stricken best friend, Elizabeth. Skillfully, de los Santos creates an enigmatic and beguiling character in Lake, who draws Cornelia closer even as she harbors a shocking secret. And from the first page until the exhilarating conclusion, de los Santos engages readers with Cornelia, who, while trying to adapt to her new surroundings, must remain true to herself. As their individual stories unfold, the women become entangled in a web of trust, betrayal, love, and loss that challenges them in ways they never imagined, and that ultimately teaches them what it means for one human being to belong to another.
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