What You Wish For
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| ISBN-13: | 9781420132496 |
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| Publisher: | Kensington |
| Publication date: | 07/30/2013 |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Sales rank: | 407,258 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.94(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.85(d) |
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What You Wish For
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Story about domestic violence with a storybook happy ending.
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Helen Wood seems to have it all. She owns an exquisite home, beautiful clothing, and tasteful furniture. In reality, Helen lives the life of horror, a long time victim of spousal abuse. Her injuries have been so numerous, Helen wonders when he will kill her. Helen¿s sole companion and friend is her Yorkshire Terrier Lucie. This time her husband Daniel goes too far, hurting Lucie. Helen fights back by knocking him out with a poker. Grabbing Lucie, she flees to a vet to obtain care for her injured canine¿s leg. The vet calls wealthy Isabel Tyger who runs shelters and an underground railroad for battered women. Taking one look at Helen and Lucie, Isabel knows. She places the Californian and her dog in New Jersey where they meet Sam. Sam and Helen fall in love, but she knows the dangerous Daniel still searches to find her to enact a most brutal punishment for what he regards as her betrayal. Spousal abuse is rarely the centerpiece of a romance novel as it is considered to harsh of a topic. However, the adept Fern Michaels succeeds in showcasing the horrors of abuse without preaching pat solutions to a complex problem. Helen is not only ashamed of taking the BS, but so humiliated that she struggles with the concept of happiness. That is part of Ms. Michaels¿ message: abuse is more than physical, it is mental and emotional hitting the entire community. WHAT YOU WISH FOR is a deep and complex contemporary tale that combines an in-depth look at a troubling social issue with a bit of romance to takes some of the edge off it. Only the incomparable Ms. Michaels could make that combo work. Harriet Klausner
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Fern Michaels hollds you in suspense always!
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Overall a good book fast paced. A page turner for sure. Wished it would have had a different ending.302 pages in all. Would recommend it for all to read.
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What you Wish For .... This is the first book I have read by Fern. I thoroughly enjoyed it! I have already ordered some of her books - don't know how I missed this author before. She's great and keeps you turning the pages - that's for sure!
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Read this book years ago. Loved it!!
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This book will grab you from the start and keep you on the edge of your seat to figure out what happens next.
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Easy reading. Fern Michaels always gets you involved right away. Liked it!
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I very much enjoyed reading this book. I would highly recommend this book.
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It has been a very long time since I have read a book that really made me feel so many different emotions. I really related to the characters.This book made me think,and it made me feel,and it reminded me that this is the very reason I love to read so much.I can't wait to read more of Fern Michaels. I recommend this book strongly to anyone who is looking to read a book that will actually make you feel sad...because it's over!!. It left me wanting to keep reading more and more about the characters. Hey Fern...any chance you'd write a sequel??.
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Fern Michaels is a terrific author, in this book she makes you feel like your going through this with Helen. It is a book that you will not want to put down or for it to end. Everyone should read this. Thanks Fern...
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What You Wish For by Fern Michaels
This book starts out with Helan and she's married to Daniel. Everything is perfect in their life if you consider him beating her everytime he wants her to do something. She finally has had enough when he tosses the dog and she's a breath away from being dead.
She is able to defend herself and runs into the street where a passerby takes her to the local vet. He takes her in, cares for the dog and gets a woman to take care of her injuries. She moves them into a woman's shelter and trains her how to take care of herself as she heals.
When she is through with the program they relocate her and with her studies and volunteer time she takes on a job and gets on with her life. She meets with an online counselor at nights and Boots knows she is on her way to recovery. Her job is to keep the husband away from her.
Her new business takes off and she meets a man who also has a dog and the dogs take up with one another. The story is terrifying as we learn of what Helen has gone through and what she has to endure, along with others.
She tells her sponsors of her love life and she breaks away from them and she knows her husband is on her trail so she leaves with the dogs to head back to CA where it all started. Love how the story plays out...
Love the strong things Helen does along with the travel. Very few characters and they are easy to keep track of.
I received this book from The Kennsington Books in exchange for my honest review
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I love all of Fren Michaels books they are so like life and she sees into the sole of the people she writes about. This book is really a thought worthy reading.
I give it 5 stars
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