The Stranger I Married
594570
Very, Very hot & kept you interested in the book the entire time. Read this book in 1 day, could not put it down..... Was very surprised by the way it ended & I'm looking forward to reading part of this book.......
1342291
I don't even know where to start. One night my husband was very quiet i teased him and lets kiss!
He paused a long time tgen said no i want a divorce.  He was seeing a lawyer next week.  This was a week before our vacation our 27th wedding anniversary. Felt like i was in a nightmare. I sad i wouldn't let him divorce me.
The next 2 werks he started not coming home or telling me where he was didn't answer his phone.
Left 5 days in a row. While he was gone copied all his important papers .The day he got back i asked him to leace get a hotel and move out.
He did. Then it escakated i went to a lawyer to protect myself. He told me i was going to served that day. My lawyer said hide out and serve him first. We did i knew he was at the airpot so i had him served there. He was pissed then the next day took 1/2 of the money opened my own account. We were left a sizeable inheritance.
He called me a fing bitch. Since then we are not talking he moved all his stuff left me with furniture.
I still don't understand how this all happened
He was an amazing man uncle father son
Took us on amazing trips to hawaii, pv, cabo, sandiego, pismo all wonderful fun camping trips on our anniversary to same place we went first time. Im so sad i lost my best friend lover soul mate. We were planning our future retirement daw houses in san diego and 2 weeks later he wanted divorce. Ths book has helped tremendously i lost 25 lbs and cried so much . This book was a windiw into the sundrome of a man who is selfish and wants a new life start. Im starting to feel better working again im going to be 60. I hope i cam happiness and the fun i ised to have.my famiky and our son have been very helpful.
I don't know what i would have done without him.
Keep the faith take a day at a time cry if you eant to and laugh hard. It will be better someday.
3391338
This book was very moving.  It gave one a new perspective in having so Great a Guest present in your own home.  It makes this "stranger" so warm,loving and accepting.  It has an everlasting effect on how one perceives oneself.  Very worthwhile read
4729518
Marrying a stranger as a social experiment sounds like an exciting adventure, until reality hits and the man at the end of the altar is the exact opposite of everything Asia was looking for a man. And worse? She is not what he was looking for either.

Neither Asia nor Talon are successful at relationship. Asia has abandonment and attachment hangups, no one sticks with her. Talon cant shake his reputation and stardom to know if a woman really wants him for him or for what he can do in the sack.

Marrying a stranger sounds like the perfect solution for both of these characters. But living as husband and wife for six months sounds easy enough, until it becomes their reality.

From the initial meeting, the wedding night, and attempts at joining their lives together, these two had a crash course in relationships and intimacy. From the beginning there were misunderstandings, hurt feelings, and thoughtless comments. But whats to be expected when one finds oneself married to everything they are trying to avoid?

I loved Asias desire to maintain her independence, in spite of finding herself married to a rock star. She was hesitant to jump into his world, but slowly started making small influences on his look and his habits. They may have been polar opposites in life experiences, but they had some surprising commonalities when they chipped beyond the surface.

The Valentine family as a whole is so supportive of each other, and Talon is one of the few single brothers left, so there are plenty of people around to offer advice and help. I love this family. Between his moms influence on the study, and everyones interest in settling the single brothers down, the support and love are evident. There are more stories simmering behind the scenes that are asking for their own books to share.

This was a great, well paced story with plenty of drama, angst, and learning. Talon was equal parts light, easy read and emotional rollercoaster. Normally I like the conflict to come from outside the relationship, but with the premise as it is, the internal conflict throughout this book is perfect for the couple. There is so much they each have to figure out about themselves, about supporting a spouse, about communicating wants and needs.
4637912
I liked the courage that the couple had in actually meeting at
The altar  I liked the fact that they both were attracted at first
Sight  I thought the wife was a little pragmatic at first but she
Mellowed pout. The husband was a prick but like she said clueless
 All in all it was s good read and an excellent match
2776807
i know Frank personaly, qiute a story , some of the things in the book i already knew about him , but there is quite a bit i didn't know,  iwas tottaly surprised at his life and how it has turned out , i still see him to this day , the ups and downs has tottaly kept him grounded . my wife tried to read my book but i told her not till i'm done with it , i will him autograph my book because i know him.my wife and children say they never saw me read a book as much as this one.
1868620
This was a great story that strengthened my trust and faith in God and reinforced the love in my own marriage.
1864073
I really enjoyed The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler. It made me wonder if I had been thinking of marrying again after my husband died, would I have done it. Instead. I pushed myself back into my profession and as a volunteer church district officer, both of which involved commuting and/or traveling. Thinking back, I don't think so I thought about remarrying, but Aaron didn't either! Why?

In the novel Aaron is much younger than I was when I became a widow; my husband died of ALS, Lou Gerig's Disease, when I was almost 62.. While his death was not lingering, he lived 18-months after his diagnosis, a story I wrote at the time was titled: "Time to Say Good-bye". I resigned my job after a year to care for him at home. We moved closer to our children while  Aaron's wife, Dorothy, died in a freak accident in their own home when a tree crashed into their sunroom. They did not have children. He did not have time for closure, to say "Good-bye", to grieve with his spouse through an illness, or even to really know Dorothy's complete personality. Aaron knew he loved her, but did she really love him?

Tyler made up for Aaron and Dorothy's lack of "together time" by having Dorothy reappear after death, but only to Aaron and only in familiar meaningful settings. These  appearances and the conversations within them help to move Aaron from a beginner in marriage and death to becoming a person ready to consider re-entering life.

Tyler started writing "to tell people something, to put my world across to a larger audience, (p 207). My reason for writing now is to live lives other than my own, and I do that by burrowing deeper and deeper, quarter inch by quarter inch, tell I reach the center of those lives". She is a master at that task in The Beginner's Goodbye!
1154768
There are probably many marriages that are very similar to the one in the book.  I think it was a very well written picture of what many couples go through without ever admitting it.  I would have liked to have seen the book go further into their new relationship.
3763966
I enjoyed reading this wonderful story about getting married. I love reading this story about 2 people who lean how to love one another.
2220548
They meet at her dig a year ago, and he left her his phone number and unknowingly pregnant. He ends up back into her life and finds out about his son. This book made me laugh and kept me turning the pages.  I volunteered to read an advanced copy of this book.
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I enjoyed reading this book because it parallels my own story.  I did go to the prom with my friend, who later became my soul mate.  After graduation, we didn't see each other again until our 25th reunion. We have now been married for seven heavenly years, and enjoy every minute as we grow older together.  I even have a communications degree.  It was a great read.  I really enjoyed the two perspectives of the main characters.
3810207
that man sounds so much like my departed spouse of 55 years even when we first met .you did're want to put it down.you must live in a lovely place. I thiink you have your California man.l have a couple of your books.i will be reading more them. I have find out what happens Paul.
3851171
I loved this book!! It "carried me away" to a different time of life than mine...knowing that in this life I'm living my husband  (my "billionaire" in my mind at least) has died and gone on to his just rewards in the next life, it brought me back to when he was still here and the love we shared was very much alive and fantastic!!
2162522
THIS SONG WAS THE FIRST DANCE MY HUSBAND AND I DID WHEN WE FIRST
MET AND ALSO OUR WEDDING SONG WOULD HAVE BEEN 31 YEARS AGO AND I COULD LISTEN TO IT ALL DAY NOW SINCE HE WAS CALLED TO HEAVEN 4 YEARS AGO.  THIS SONG GIVES ME STRENGTH TO CARRY ON
WITHOUT HIM.
763512
I THINK THERE SHOILD HAVE BEEN MORE OF THERE LIFE WITH THEIR PREVIOUS SPOUSE.  I DID FIND THIS BOOK INTERESTING.
412799
The story of Jeff and Kate. Kate marry Gordon her divorce from Mark and move to Solom with her new husband and draught, Jeff.  Then strange thinks start to happen.  No to scary but a good story.