Description: "From our petulant, prideful heroine to her sullen-yet-saintly son, each character's complexities shine..." - Washington Post "[Mitchard] takes emotional family events and makes something fresh yet familiar about them..." - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Mitchard's work...is filled with vivid characters who live out loud, and in vibrant color." - Capital Times "THE BREAKDOWN LANE takes the reader on a journey of love and loss, self-discovery and synergy, a satisfying story. - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Rousing melodrama; fluid, often funny, dialogue; and the convincing portrayal of children involved in the collapse of a marriage add up to another page-turner from Mitchard." - Publishers Weekly "I dare you to read Breakdown Lane and not adore its quirky, all-too-human cast of characters. With her ear for language and artist's eye for detail, Jackie Mitchard will take you on a journey through loss, hope, and every kind of love there is." - Julia Glass, author of Three Junes "Mitchard dissects feelings of loyalty, betrayal and guilt with such aplomb, the book moves along like a thriller." - Life magazine "...An intriguing study of a quintessential American family...[a] thought-provoking, introspective novel." - BookPage "I dare you to read Breakdown Lane and not adore its quirky, all-too-human cast of characters. With her ear for language and artist's eye for detail, Jackie Mitchard will take you on a journey through loss, hope, and every kind of love there is." "Julianne and Gabe's voices are fresh and energetic and their story is harrowing, inspiring, and plain old brave. This is Jacqueline Mitchard's best book!" - Alice Elliott Dark, author of Think if England "Jacquelyn Mitchard is among the most wry and observant chroniclers of love at mid-life that we have." - Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of Midwives and Before You Know Kindness "Jacqueline Mitchard offers an honest, moving, passionate portrait of what happens when we fall off the track of a comfortable life--and more importantly, how we might learn to rise again, and soar. Reading just doesn't get any better than this." - Jodi Picoult, author of My Sister's Keeper and Vanishing Acts

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