All We Ever Wanted

No cover — Emily Giffin: All We Ever Wanted

ISBN:: 978-0-399-17893-1

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"In the new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of First Comes Love and Something Borrowed, a woman is forced to choose between her family and her most deeply held values. Nina Browning is living the good life after marrying into Nashville's elite. Her husband's tech business is booming, and her adored son, Finch, is bound for Princeton. Tom Volpe is a single dad working multiple jobs. His adored daughter, Lyla, attends Nashville's most prestigious private school on a scholarship. But amid the wealth and privilege, Lyla doesn't always fit in. Then one devastating photo changes everything. Finch snaps a picture of Lyla passed out at a party, adds a provocative caption, and sends it to a few friends. The photo spreads like wildfire, and before long, an already divided community is buzzing with scandal and assigning blame. In the middle of it all, Nina finds herself …

"In the new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of First Comes Love and Something Borrowed, a woman is forced to choose between her family and her most deeply held values. Nina Browning is living the good life after marrying into Nashville's elite. Her husband's tech business is booming, and her adored son, Finch, is bound for Princeton. Tom Volpe is a single dad working multiple jobs. His adored daughter, Lyla, attends Nashville's most prestigious private school on a scholarship. But amid the wealth and privilege, Lyla doesn't always fit in. Then one devastating photo changes everything. Finch snaps a picture of Lyla passed out at a party, adds a provocative caption, and sends it to a few friends. The photo spreads like wildfire, and before long, an already divided community is buzzing with scandal and assigning blame. In the middle of it all, Nina finds herself relating more to Tom's reaction than her own husband's--and facing an impossible choice"--

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Kathleen reviewed All we ever wanted by Emily Giffin

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3 stars

I really enjoyed this book. I initially gave it five stars, then four, and eventually three after some thought. It’s no doubt an important topic, and one that is pertinent now. However, this book either needed to be longer or she needed to cut down on something else. There is SO much buildup to the trial—the entire book pretty much revolves around it. And then it abruptly ends with just a short summary of the trial?? We don’t even get to witness it? I wanted to be a part of that trial!!! While I appreciated her constant acknowledgment of the insane privilege and arrogance that Kirk displayed, I wanted to see that in play when it came to the most important part. I wanted to see more about what happened to Finch and his life post-trial. I wanted to know more about Polly and what happened to her. I wanted …

I really enjoyed this book. I initially gave it five stars, then four, and eventually three after some thought. It’s no doubt an important topic, and one that is pertinent now. However, this book either needed to be longer or she needed to cut down on something else. There is SO much buildup to the trial—the entire book pretty much revolves around it. And then it abruptly ends with just a short summary of the trial?? We don’t even get to witness it? I wanted to be a part of that trial!!! While I appreciated her constant acknowledgment of the insane privilege and arrogance that Kirk displayed, I wanted to see that in play when it came to the most important part. I wanted to see more about what happened to Finch and his life post-trial. I wanted to know more about Polly and what happened to her. I wanted to see how Nina reacted after the trial. Maybe Emily Giffin was just a little ambitious with this and tried to fit a lot of topics into one—personally, I think she could have accomplished a lot more making this a series of books.