172. Then Came You

Rating:  ☆☆☆

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Author:   Jennifer Weiner

Genre:  Fiction

400 pages, published July 12, 2011

Reading Format:  Audio Book

 

Summary

The lives of four very different women intertwine in unexpected ways in Then Came You.  Each woman has a problem: Princeton senior Jules Wildgren needs money to help her dad with one final shot at rehab.  Pennsylvania housewife Annie Barrow needs money to stay financially afloat.  In her early 40’s and unable to conceive, India Bishop wants to have a child.  India’s stepdaughter Bettina wants her original family back.  Through egg donation and surrogacy, we follow the stories of these four interesting women.

 

Quotes 

“The thing about bad decisions is that they don’t feel like bad decisions when you’re making them. They feel like the obvious choice, the of-course-that-makes-sense move. They feel, somehow, inevitable.”

 

My Take

Then Came You is a quick, fun, light read.  I enjoyed all of the characters and scenarios created by Jennifer Weiner and was interested in seeing how she would wrap up the story (she inserts an obligatory twist).  However, it is a bit on the fluffy side and has not stayed with me several weeks after finishing.