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Broken for You

By: Stephanie Kallos
Narrated by: Anna Fields
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 When we meet septuagenarian Margaret Hughes, she is living alone in a mansion in Seattle with only a massive collection of valuable antiques for company. Enter Wanda Schultz, a young woman with a broken heart who has come to Seattle to search for her wayward boyfriend. Both women are guarding dark secrets and have spent many years building up protective armor against the outside world. But as the two begin their tentative dance of friendship, the armor begins to fall away, and Margaret opens her house to the younger woman.

This launches a series of remarkable and unanticipated events, leading Margaret to discover a way to redeem her cursed past and Wanda to learn the true purpose of her cross-country journey.

Exuberant, heartbreaking, and alive with a potpourri of eccentric and irresistible characters, Broken for You is a testament to the saving graces of surrogate families and shows how far the tiniest repair jobs can go in righting the world's wrongs.

©2004 Stephanie Kallos (P)2004 Blackstone Audiobooks Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Emotionally Gripping Heartfelt

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Critic reviews

"Well-crafted plotting and crackling wit make this debut novel by Seattle author Kallos a delight to read and a memory to savor." ( Booklist)
"[A] dreamy, powerful tale of familial warring, secrets, and redemption....This haunting, memorable debut is reminiscent of early Atwood, peopled by lovably imperfect and eccentric characters." ( Publishers Weekly)
"A dazzling mosaic of intersecting lives and fates...[A] multi-layered rhapsody....Kallos has a rare, deft way with whimsy, dream sequences and hallucinations. Comparisons to John Irving and Tennesse Williams would not be amiss in this show-stopping debut." ( Kirkus Reviews)
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a really interesting listen about a slice of history and being human. loved the style of writing, the imperfections of the characters and the balance of everything coming back around.

The ending

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This book has character, quirky, thoughtful with enough famiiarity to give comfort. the ending is well earned.

Enchanting

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Initially I found this a slow start but then I got more and more into the story. Really well written and Interesting subject matter (appropriation of property during the Holocaust and searching for lost lovers).

Excellent interesting listen

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Loved the story which grappled with huge issues of love, abandonment, cruelty, restitution and more with understanding and humour.

The mesmerising quality of the prose and the believable but fairytale feeling of the plot.

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I nearly gave up with this book as I couldn’t see where it was going. I’m so glad I kept going. The author drew some really unusually but great characters and the story developed into a great ending.

Unusual and cleverly draw characters linking together eventually

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