Emily Giffin

A powerful, provocative novel about marriage and motherhood, love and forgiveness. Tessa Russo is a stay-at-home mother of two young children and the wife of a renowned pediatric surgeon. Valerie Anderson is an attorney and single mother to six-year-old Charlie—a boy who has never known his father. Although both women live in the same Boston suburb, they are strangers to one another and have little in common, aside from a fierce love for their children. But one night, a tragic accident causes their lives to converge in ways no one could have imagined. This is the moving, luminous story of good people caught in untenable circumstances. Each being tested in ways they never thought possible. Each questioning everything they once believed. And each ultimately discovering what truly matters most.

A Novel

Heart of the Matter

Stephanie Honour

this was an awful book. correction: the storyline if this book was awful. do not read this unless you've been cheated on and want to grovel in your misery, or you simply don't believe in the constitution of marriage.

Nada Ghanim

Good expression of feelings and thoughts, but I hated the way it made me feel

Allyson Marrs

I think it's difficult to read about an affair, especially from the POV of the "other woman." I found myself getting enraged with her, which I suppose is a marker of Giffin's writing. She wrote well enough for me to forget that this is just fiction. I think she tried to write Tessa (the cheated ON) so the reader could find fault in her as well, but I have to say, I only felt sympathy.

Interesting choice with the double POV's. I would have liked some chapters to be in Nick's POV. I think it would have rounded it out nicely, but overall, engaging read.

rebecca

debre

From the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author comes a moving, thought-provoking novel about the impossible dilemmas two mothers face. Tessa Russo is the mother of two young children and the wife of a renowned pediatric surgeon. Despite her mother's warnings, Tessa gave up her own career to focus on her family - and from the outside, it seems as if she has the perfect life. Valerie Anderson is an attorney and single mother to six-year-old Charlie. Charlie has never known his father, and after too many disappointments, Valerie has given up on romance, believing it is safer that way. Although both women live in the same Boston suburb, the two have relatively little in common aside from a fierce love for their children. But one night, a tragic accident causes their lives to converge in ways no one could have imagined...

Heart of the Matter A Novel

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