Home Again

By Kristin Hannah

Book Overview

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the author The Women, a moving, powerful novel about the fragile threads that bind together our lives and the astonishing potential of second chances

"A tender, beautifully told story of emotional growth, forgiveness and] the possibility of miracles."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

Madelaine Hillyard is a world-famous heart surgeon at the top of her game. Her personal life is far less successful. A loving but overworked single mom, she is constantly at odds with her teenage daughter. At sixteen, Lina is confused, angry, and fast becoming a stranger to her mother--a rebel desperate to find the father who walked away before she was born. Complicating matters for Madelaine are the vastly different DeMarco brothers: While priest Francis DeMarco is always ready to lend a helping hand, his brother, Angel, long ago took on the role of bad boy. Years earlier Angel abandoned Madelaine--and fatherhood--to go in search of fame and fortune. His departure left Madelaine devastated, but now he reappears and seeks help from the very people he betrayed--as a patient in dire need.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345530829
• ISBN13: 9780345530820
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Consistently good author, this one is a beach read

Always ready to read and recommend this author. This is the third book of hers I have read, and I would 100% read her writing again. My favorite so far is The Four Winds, but Winter Garden was also very good. These two titles tackle huge periods of history and the hardships that were inherent in them (Dust Bowl and WWII respectively), but Home Again is a departure from this style, presenting a complicated, but mostly predictable, love story. For me this was just a beach read (more fluff than depth), but it was a good read and I have no complaints. In fact, with all of the "deep topic" novels I have been reading lately (currently the coup in Greece in the 1960s), I found it a refreshing and welcome distraction. If you like love stories you will enjoy this one, but check out her other books, too. She's a deeper more meaningful writer than this one reflects.

Home Again

I think this is one of my all time favorite books. The author writes with such feeling and depth that I felt as though I were there and living the characters. The characters were very human and had flaws, but in the end, it gave hope that people really can grow and change. It is a tear jerker, but had a wonderful, wonderful story. I had a hard time putting it down once I started reading. I highly recommend it.

Excellent...

This is the third book by Kristen Hannah that I have read and it was wonderful. It was a tearjerker but it was also very romatic. The last chapter of the book was probably the most romatic ending I have ever read and I have read a ton of romance novels. These characters aren't perfect and I think that is why I could relate to them. I would highly recommend this novel as well as Angel Falls and On Mystic Lake by Ms. Hannah. I am going to try to find some of her older novels and I am sure that I won't be disappointed if the three I have read are any indication.

Heart-Breaking and Heart-Warming All In One!

If you're new to Kristin Hannah's books, I can highly recommend them all - this one especially. Ms. Hannah's characters are wonderful - not the usual "perfect" romance characters, but have their flaws, problems and troubles - just like real people! Usually in books, I root for one or two particular characters, but in this book I felt empathy for everyone and wanted them all to come out winners! I usually read a novel for entertainment and generally don't become too involved or emotional, but this book brought me to tears several times over and over ... and always does if I re-read it, even though I know what's going to happen. It's heart-breaking, heart-warming, and wonderful - indeed a terrific gift to us readers to have a book this wonderful in our hands! I've read everything Ms. Hannah has written and can highly recommend her books. Whenever I see one of her new books in the store - it's a MUST BUY - not a maybe...! :)

The best a romance can be. Wonderfully moving!

This is a must read for an woman who has ever fallen in love. It's real and gutsy and moving. One of the best of the year