Return to Love: A Novel

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Summary: reader from Arizona
Review: I found this book to be very touching. It had a lot of true to life subjects such as first loves, unwed mothers, spouse abuse, human kindness. I couldn't put this book down. I cried a lot through it. I can't wait to read the authors other books.

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Summary: Return To Love, Anita Stansfield
Review: I found this book to be very touching. It had a lot of true to life subjects such as first loves, unwed mothers, spouse abuse, human kindness. I couldn't put this book down. I cried a lot through it. I can't wait to read the authors other books.

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Summary: reader from Arizona
Review: Return to Love addressed many important themes, didn't pull any punches or sugar-coat the subjects. A worthwhile read, but some of the writing could have been stronger. I felt too many scenes were "told" rather than "shown". Especially glossed over were some of the most emotional scenes between Trevor and Janna. Instead of giving the reader a word by word, blow by blow (emotional, not physical) description of some of the actual interaction between these two characters, we were simply told "such and such passed between them", then read the after effects of the scene, which left me with a bit of a dissatisfied feeling. I would like to have gotten under the characters' skins more, experienced what they were experiencing in some of these dramatic scenes, rather than simply be "told" a scene happened. Still, given the topics Return to Love tackled, I thought it overall a worthwhile read.

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Summary: I've read it 4 times & will probably read it many more!!!!
Review: Return to Love is a wonderful story about love, friendship, abuse, but most importantly throughout it, faith. It is easy to read; and very hard to put down. It offers an insight into the life of members of the Church of Latter Day Saints, and wraps the reader up in the love of the characters.

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Summary: It's the best
Review: This book deals with issues like teen pregnancy, abuse, and abandonment. Anita Stansfield has written a series of books that all tie in together. I've read nearly all of them and this is by far my favorite. I really liked the characters JannaLyn and Colin. This book showed the powers of prayer and love. Prayer lead them back to each other and love kept them together. Oh yeah, this book isn't about Mallory and her husband. The other reviewer got that mixed up. Anyway, I can read this book over and over again, and just skim through the best parts. Read it. You'll enjoy it.