Yes, the against-all-odds approach is more than cliched, but Hannah manages to take her characters beyond archetypes and imbue them with such a sense of self that its difficult not to feel compassionate towards them. (the spoiler-averse might wish to stop reading here, as my analysis touches on some key plot points you may prefer to read for yourself)īest-selling author Kristen Hannah writes with confidence and flair, and it took me all of a few pages until I was completely enamoured of Lexi and her story. The consequences are far-reaching, and both Lexi and the Farradays find that piecing back together their lives is a far greater challenge than they ever imaginedparticularly when the past refuses to remain where it belongs. But a fatal accident sees Lexis, and the Farradays, lives torn apart. The picture-perfect Farradays are soon a second family to Lexi, and their ties become closer when she begins dating Zach, Mias twin brother. She finds herself attending a good school in a good community, and quickly becomes close friends with Mia Farraday. But when she is legally adopted by her aunt, Lexis life takes a turn for the better. With an absent father and heroin-addict mother, Lexi finds herself shunted from foster home to foster home. Lexi Baills life has been anything but easy.
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