Every Day

By Elizabeth Richards

Book Overview

In the rare moments when Leigh Adelman has time to consider her chaotic life, it takes her breath away: it's filled with three wonderful children and Simon, a devoted husband and father. Leigh's suburban New York life is fourteen years distant from her first love, an electric adventure that produced her first child -- and taught her that even all-consuming passion doesn't mean happily ever after. That intense, hopeful time had slowly receded to a remote corner of her heart...until the summer morning when Fowler popped back into her life.
Unfinished business compels Leigh to see the brilliant, uncompromising Fowler. And as soon as she hears his voice she understands that she has always loved him. But this rendezvous turns out to be less about first love than it is about a last chance. For it is clear that Fowler is dying.
Honest, moving and utterly authentic, Every Day is about testing the boundaries of love, and living with the often messy consequences. For anyone who has ever daydreamed about the past, or silently wondered what if, this unforgettable novel rings with one essential truth: the toughest choices yield the most unexpected rewards.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671001566
• ISBN13: 9780671001568
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Totally absorbing, emotionally affecting, subtly written.

This book hit me hard. It is ironic that I must use a cliche to describe the book, since the author never used one, but I laughted and cried. There are little miracles in this book that are understated, so that one's emotions catch one unawares! I heartily recommend this novel to both men and women.

A wonderful story.

I could not put this book down. I loved the writing. The children seemed so real to me. I got mad, I laughed, I cried - it was a great read

A love story that stirs the soul

Fourteen years ago, James Foster deserted his teenage live-in lover, Leigh Adelman, and their three month old son Isaac because he could not totally commit to them while pursuing his dream of film-making. A few years later, Leigh meets and marries Simon Kaufman. They share the ideal suburban life, raising three children including James' love child. Leigh has followed James' career, but is stunned when she suddenly receives a letter from him, insisting that he see her. When he arrives, James tells Leigh that he is dying from ALS. Though he failed her and his own son, she decides to provide him nurturing in his final days. Leigh's decision throws her family into turmoil. Simon cannot cope with the live appearance of his "ghostly" competition. He moves out, throwing their three children into emotional disarray. Leigh has to juggle her love for two men, helping one die gracefully, and save her family from total destruction. This sounds like a task so monumental that even the new DC Supergirl would probably fail to accomplish this. Elizabeth Richards' debut novel is a superb piece of literature because the author did not fall into the trap of turning the novel into a soap opera. Instead, EVERY DAY is a warm, charming tale starring a fabulous woman struggling with her emotions through self-effacing wit. More works like this one and Ms. Richards will become an EVERY DAY household name. Harriet Klausner ----