It's better this way: a novel

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"After divorce shatters her family, one woman's struggle to pick up the pieces finally leads to a new beginning--but is the past truly behind her? #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber explores the powerful intersections of love and family in this poignant novel"--

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Adult children of divorced parents
Adult children of divorced parents -- Family relationships -- Fiction
Condominiums
Condominiums -- Fiction
Consultants
Consultants -- Fiction
Divorce
Divorce -- Fiction
Divorced people
Divorced people -- Fiction
Divorced women
Divorced women -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Families
Families -- Fiction
Family relationships
Interior decorators
Interior decorators -- Fiction
Large print books
Life change events
Life change events -- Fiction
Man-woman relationships
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Marital status
Middle-aged persons
Middle-aged persons -- Fiction
Mothers and daughters
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
Romance fiction
Seattle (Wash.) -- Fiction

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Plummer, Thérèse,narrator
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Domestic fiction
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