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Every now and then a gifted new writer bursts on the scene blessed with rare wisdom, dazzling eloquence, and a deep understanding of what it means to be human, to be alive. Amy Yurk is just such a writer, establishing herself with her enthralling debut novel, a tale of loss, friendship, and the resilience of a woman's heart....
Sarah Strickland and her best friend, Calista, have been like sisters since the first day of kindergarten, sharing good times and weathering crises for more than twenty years. Together they've navigated the terrain of school, friendship, romances, breakups, love, and marriage. Six months after Sarah's marriage to Gavin Strickland, Calista wed Gavin's best friend. Now, holding Calista and Mike's bright and boisterous eighteen-month-old, Sarah longs to follow her friend into the sometimes rocky, sometimes breathtakingly beautiful realm of motherhood.
But in one shattering second the world changes, and the landscape Sarah enters is one she could not have envisioned. And it is one Calista cannot fully comprehend. Now the growing distance between the two women threatens to deepen the devastating sense of loss Sarah already feels. Calista tries valiantly to be her guide through this dark emotional territory, tries to hurry her over the roughest places, but her attempts to help only alienate the friend she loves.
Suddenly, miraculously, someone walks into Sarah's life who understands every twist of the long, heartbreaking path life has set her on. Someone who is capable of guiding her through and showing her that there is a life beyond the pain she feels. But Sarah cannot begin to know if this new friendship, so desperately needed, will provide the healing bond between her and Calista...or become the wedge that will tear them apart forever.
A celebration of life, hope, and the healing power of love, The Kind of Love That Saves You is an electrifying debut, an unforgettable story that will make you smile through your tears...and treasure the loved ones in your own life even more.
Sarah Strickland and her best friend, Calista, have been like sisters since the first day of kindergarten, sharing good times and weathering crises for more than twenty years. Together they've navigated the terrain of school, friendship, romances, breakups, love, and marriage. Six months after Sarah's marriage to Gavin Strickland, Calista wed Gavin's best friend. Now, holding Calista and Mike's bright and boisterous eighteen-month-old, Sarah longs to follow her friend into the sometimes rocky, sometimes breathtakingly beautiful realm of motherhood.
But in one shattering second the world changes, and the landscape Sarah enters is one she could not have envisioned. And it is one Calista cannot fully comprehend. Now the growing distance between the two women threatens to deepen the devastating sense of loss Sarah already feels. Calista tries valiantly to be her guide through this dark emotional territory, tries to hurry her over the roughest places, but her attempts to help only alienate the friend she loves.
Suddenly, miraculously, someone walks into Sarah's life who understands every twist of the long, heartbreaking path life has set her on. Someone who is capable of guiding her through and showing her that there is a life beyond the pain she feels. But Sarah cannot begin to know if this new friendship, so desperately needed, will provide the healing bond between her and Calista...or become the wedge that will tear them apart forever.
A celebration of life, hope, and the healing power of love, The Kind of Love That Saves You is an electrifying debut, an unforgettable story that will make you smile through your tears...and treasure the loved ones in your own life even more.
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"This debut novel could be insipid or sappy; it is neither.-- Sarah's messages to her unborn daughter are endearing and often hilarious, a fictionalized account of intense grief that may be as helpful as any study of the topic."
--Booklist
"The Kind of Love That Saves You is a startling and powerful novel, filled with love and an almost miraculous friendship.-- Amy Yurk has created wonderful characters to keep you in suspense, break your heart, and fill you with hope."
--Luanne Rice, New York Times best-selling author of Cloud Nine and Follow the Stars Home
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"The Kind of Love That Saves You is a moving record of a pivotal year in a young woman's life.-- During the course of the four seasons the novel records with so much tenderness, Sarah Strickland is faced with challenges that will either destroy or empower her, and she learns much that is hard and wise and real about the love of partners, parents, and friends.-- The Kind of Love That Saves You is heart-wrenching and life-affirming and hard to put down."
--Jean Hegland, author of Into the Forest
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--Booklist
"The Kind of Love That Saves You is a startling and powerful novel, filled with love and an almost miraculous friendship.-- Amy Yurk has created wonderful characters to keep you in suspense, break your heart, and fill you with hope."
--Luanne Rice, New York Times best-selling author of Cloud Nine and Follow the Stars Home
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"The Kind of Love That Saves You is a moving record of a pivotal year in a young woman's life.-- During the course of the four seasons the novel records with so much tenderness, Sarah Strickland is faced with challenges that will either destroy or empower her, and she learns much that is hard and wise and real about the love of partners, parents, and friends.-- The Kind of Love That Saves You is heart-wrenching and life-affirming and hard to put down."
--Jean Hegland, author of Into the Forest
--From The Kind of Love That Saves You -->
Amy Yurk lives in Bellingham, Washington, with her husband and their new baby. This is her first novel.
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- PublisherBantam
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0553801090
- ISBN 13 9780553801095
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
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