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Title: I Couldn't Love You More
Author: Jillian Medoff
Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-17-18
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Which child would you save? A decision no parent can even fathom.
Eliot Gordon would do anything for her family. A 38-year-old working mother, she lives an ordinary but fulfilling life in suburban Atlanta with her partner, Grant Delaney, and their three daughters. The two older girls are actually Eliot's stepdaughters, a distinction she is reluctant to make as she valiantly attempts to maintain a safe, happy household....
Then Finn Montgomery, Eliot's long-lost first love, appears, triggering a shocking chain of events that culminates in a split-second decision that will haunt her beloved family forever. How Eliot survives - and what she loses in the process - is a story that will resonate with anyone who has ever loved a child. With hilarious honesty, wrenching depth, and a knockout twist, I Couldn't Love You More illuminates the unbreakable bonds of family and reveals the lengths we'll go to save each other, even as we can't save ourselves.
Critic Reviews:
"Fun, smart and warmhearted...." (
O Magazine)
"Incisive, poignant, witty.... How can a book be so harrowing and so acidly funny at the same time? I closed this addictive novel with a satisfied sigh." (Jancee Dunn, author of
Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo? And Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask)
"Medoff produces another fallible, witty, realistic heroine with whom readers will identify. Eliot's biased and evolving narration brings the characters to life in this gripping story of personal growth. By turns hilarious and heart-wrenching, Medoff's honest writing and realistic dialogue make the book truly enjoyable, while a
Sophie's Choice moment and its repercussions make it a real page-turner." (
Booklist)
Members Reviews:
The Ties That Bind
Eliot Gordon is a young working mom who lives with her long-term partner and their three daughters. Two of the girls are from his previous relationship and the youngest is their own. Eliot is trying to find a way to successfully navigate blended family politics when her first love makes an unexpected return into her life.
I'm not entirely sure what the author was trying to achieve with this book. There are so many themes that it's hard to determine what the purpose was. One theme was choices and the unforseeable consequences they have and another was first love and its long lasting effects. A third theme was familial ties, how we fit in within our family structure and how this affects how we view the world and function in relationships outside the family structure. The author unsuccessfully attempts to intersect these themes.
The book starts off as a story about first love and then abruptly becomes a story about Eliot's transformation from being a people pleaser and good girl into a woman who speaks her mind and begins to realise the benefits of self-care.
The book felt confused and unsure of its own purpose.
Wonderful read and a great book to discuss
When I began this book I initially thought it started off slow and I wasn't sure where the author was going since I hadn't read what it was about. I have to say I'm glad I stuck with it because it turned out to be a book that totally gripped my emotions and didn't let go. I think it is because I could so identify with this woman's plight.
