When It Happens to You

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But the story makes up for it. Aha, I got it!

It centers on a marital infidelity. Here are stories that grapple with infertility and infidelity, fame and familial discord, in a magnificent collection that will resonate broadly with readers—from fans of Melissa Banks to Meg Wolitzer to Lorrie Moore. She can do it.

When It Happens to You

Tales of love, loss, and betrayal are at the heart of When It Happens to You, the debut novel in stories from actress and author Molly Ringwald. A Hollywood icon, Ringwald defined the teenage experience in the eighties in such classic films as Pretty Tales of love, loss, and betrayal are at the heart of When It Happens to You, the debut novel in stories from actress and author Molly Ringwald. A Hollywood icon, Ringwald defined the teenage experience in the eighties in such classic films as Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club, and Sixteen Candles. Ringwald brings that same compelling candour she displayed in her film roles to the unforgettable characters she has created in this series of intertwined and linked stories about the particular challenges, joys and disappointments of adult relationships. Her characters grapple with infertility and infidelity, fame and familial discord, in a magnificent debut that will resonate broadly with readers - from fans of Melissa Banks to Meg Wolitzer to Lorrie Moore. That said, I think it's a tremendous feat of storytelling. I loved the interconnectedness of the narratives, the way that events are reintroduced later from a different vantage, and how these perspectival shifts reinforce themes of c Full disclosure: my wife wrote this book. That said, I think it's a tremendous feat of storytelling. I loved the interconnectedness of the narratives, the way that events are reintroduced later from a different vantage, and how these perspectival shifts reinforce themes of complexity and even opacity both narratively and emotionally. This is a world where nothing is simple, and yet it's not a freewheeling all-is-permitted place: there are real and heavy consequences, and watching the characters make their way through this difficult, complicated landscape was a heartbreaking pleasure. She's an actress, after all. Not a writ I put off reading this book because I made the erroneous assumption that Molly Ringwald is the same girl as the actress in the 80's, still riding her wave of notoriety by trying her hand at writing a novel which inevitably will be bad. She's an actress, after all. Here is my public apology. I wrongly pigeon holed the author, making the pious and hypocritical assumption that she was one dimensional. Assuming that, unlike me, she hadn't grown and tapped into her different gifts and developed surprising facets in her life. I am particularly guilty because I saw her in one episode of Medium where she played the character of blind woman. All the trappings of Molly Ringwald remained in her physical presence; red hair, pretty smile, big eyes, but as I watched the episode, I forgot Pretty In Pink and saw only a blind woman, plagued with trying to convince Lee that she was, in fact, being watched. It turns out that Molly Ringwald is a master of observation and articulation. She not only translates feelings and characters via acting but also through writing. Although the book is a conglomeration of short stories, the book is essentially telling the same story but at different time periods throughout a year, involving different characters and exploring relationships, the demise of some, the reunification of others, tying together all of the loose ends at the end. The most prominent character in the book is Greta, the thirty-something year old woman consumed with conceiving another child. Already the mother of one daughter and married to the man she'd been with since she was 18, she had completely identified herself with her roles of homemaker, sacrificing a career to build up her husband's. Although she doesn't frame it as a sacrifice but as a free choice. At the end of this story, the reader has put together the clues but Greta is still uncertain for why her husband is crying and apologizing. The next story is a few months later. Phillip and Greta have been separated since she discovered his infidelities. The stories toggle between the two points of view but interspersed with the introduction of different characters and perspectives of motherhood, parenting, and marriage. What is exceptional about the book is the way the author expresses in precise articulation the feelings and thoughts of each of them. The girl who will give him back this illusion of vitality for a short time will not think of your children or your marriage. She will not consider the lovely years that you spent together with him. She wasn't there when you both laughed your way through your wedding with a pure and nervous joy. She wasn't there when you both waited for your first child to be born. When he held your hand and told you how the contractions were coming, with the seriousness of a boy. She wasn't there when you held him upright at his father's funeral and then at his mother's only weeks later. Or for the vacations, alone at first and then with the children. When it happens to you, you will ask him why he would choose to forsake this good, sweet life that you carefully built together for a girl who couldn't begin to understand him. And then you will realize that that is at least partially the point. He doesn't want to be understood. He wants to be misunderstood because in that misunderstanding lies the possibility of reinvention. You will go to therapy and strive to find your part in it. You will nod when the therapist tells you that if you do the work, you can have the marriage you always dreamed of. But I had the marriage I always dreamed of, you'll tell her. No, she will assure you. You only thought you did. Mostly, you will just miss the marriage that you had but didn't have. When it happens to you, you will wonder if he loved her. He will assure you that he did not, that it wasn't about love. He will tell you that it was about something else entirely. But even in your quietest moments together, he will be unable to specify what that something else was. He will honestly seem as confused as you, even to the point of bewilderment. Very well written book. Highly recommend, particularly to both men and women who have been married for a few years. The writing is competent. There are some nice sentences and moments throughout and with a great editor, this book could become so much more. There's not enough that makes this book special or inspired. It's a n This is not a bad book but it's not a good or great book either. The writing is competent. There are some nice sentences and moments throughout and with a great editor, this book could become so much more. There's not enough that makes this book special or inspired. It's a novel in stories about a couple struggling the way many couples do--infidelity, infertility, ennui. There are family tensions between a mother and daughter. There's nothing in this collection we haven't seen before. We cannot simply be impressed because the writer is a celebrity and has a solid command of the English language. I am a big fan of Ringwald and admire the ambition in this book but it fell completely flat for me. And again, the book is in need of serious editing both in terms of copy editing and developmental editing. There are many, many places where the prose would be stronger if the phrasing was leaner. Ultimately, do we need another book about a family in ordinary circumstances? Maybe, but this isn't that book. It would make it easier to sync dialogue and gestures, to envision what it looks like to cross a room or buy an apple. It would make it easier to sync dialogue and gestures, to envision what it looks like to cross a room or buy an apple. That knowing how to get into character would make it easier to create a character. It might yet be true. This is why I had no trouble believing that Molly Ringwald, the face of 1980s teendom, might be the next big thing in fiction writing. This betrayal comes at an already sticky time in their relationship. Fiction writing is a pursuit without boundaries, like dreams. Extreme example: Martin Amis has just released that features a 15-year-old who has been seduced by his 39-year-old grandmother, a relationship he must keep hidden from his extra rowdy uncle who is preaching a thug life. But Anne Tyler, who has mined the ordinary has done it in an interesting way. So has Tom Perrotta. Ringwald has taken no risks with this story and created lifeless characters dealing with the most cliched problems of life in 2012 in a very surface-y way. Nothing makes him happier than pretty dresses and his long, long hair. Here Ringwald lets her characters think. She lets bad things happen to them. She digs a little deeper and thoroughly considered the conflict. The problem is that no one told her that these stories are first drafts. She can do it. I eat my words. These eight connected short stories made me want to drop everything, and I pretty much did, devouring this over the weekend. About a quarter of the way through, I thought about the title, When it Happens to You. Aha, I got it! And no, it's not a phase. I love connected short stories, because with each new one you wonder when a familiar face will pop up. Ringwald carefully crafts each story and brings the reader tales of love, betrayal, and everything in between. For those who are skeptics like me, don't be; you'll be surprised too. I hesitated in buying this book because it described itself as a series of short stories, and I don't like short stories - I read too fast and have Wow - never would have thought an 80's actress could produce such a wonderful book so completely open and filled with emotion! I hesitated in buying this book because it described itself as a series of short stories, and I don't like short stories - I read too fast and have a hard time moving from story to story so quickly. Because for all the wisdom you've accumulated up to that point, in all the years you have been alive, your heart is just a muscle like any other. Full of blood and veins, hungry for oxygen. Your heart doesn't think. Your heart is stupid. I loved the way each character's story touched or connected to the others, and how you get to hear the different sides of the story from each character. I was somewhat disappointed that the story of Oliver wasn't kept going a little longer - the way Ringwald ends it hints at what the outcome was but doesn't cement it. Still, to take on the story of a little boy who insists on wearing girls clothes and self-identifying as a girl is quite the feat, but when Ringwald does with ease. You fall a little bit in love with each of the characters and their flaws. Definitely will be looking out for more books by Ringwald, and would definitely recommend this to other readers! Now I KNOW she's smart. This isn't one of those books where a famous person decides to dabble in another art. Ringwald is a very good I didn't choose this book because I'm a particular fan of Molly Ringwald; I had read a good review, and she always seems smart in interviews. Now I KNOW she's smart. This isn't one of those books where a famous person decides to dabble in another art. Ringwald is a very good writer, and it's clear from her afterward that she sees writing as work, and not a dalliance. The story evolves through shorts from varying points of view. Often the reader doesn't know how the story will fit together, until the new main character turns out to be a neighbor of another, or meets someone at a party whom you recognize from another chapter. It centers on a marital infidelity. Despite how mundane a topic, I still didn't know what would happen until the last page. In the center is a treatise-like monologue written from the cheated-on wife to the girl her husband slept with. This part is called 'when it happens to you'. It is a beautiful piece of writing. So beautiful that it actually blew me away. I'm very close to giving the book 5 stars, but I'm sticking to 4 because I'm not sure if I liked it so much because I was surprised at what a freaking good writer Ringwald is. I am quite sure that if I didn't know it was her, I still would have been entranced. My only nitpicky complaint is that if I were a writing teacher - oh wait, I AM a writing teacher - I would say that her imagery is a little clunky. But the story makes up for it. I really recommend it. Clearly, many of these celebrity so-called authors are able to sell their books to publishers because of their name only, because most of their books are poorly written. But for me, there have been some celebrity surprises over the years, including Steve Martin and Steve Earle. After reading When It Happens to You, I can unequivocally say that Molly Ringwald belongs on the short list of extremely talented celebrity authors. While I'll admit I chose to read this book partially because of the good reviews it has been receiving and partially because I'm obsessed with the 80s, especially all things Brat Pack, Ringwald's story-telling ability was apparent to me almost immediately, and I found myself quickly drawn into the book. I'm not in the slightest bit embarrassed to admit one of the next books I plan to read is Andrew McCarthy's new book. When the book begins, Greta and her husband, Phillip, are struggling with fertility issues and the effects the desire to have another baby are having on their relationship. Subsequent stories, which focus on Greta and Phillip, as well as peripheral characters whose lives interact with them, touch on the drama—and trauma—of relationships. I really felt Ringwald had a deft touch in creating her characters, and their dialogue seemed authentic, not artificial. Each of the stories is long enough to give you a sense of what is happening, but not all of them end neatly, much like life itself. But the title story packs the strongest punch, as it focuses on how a woman processes her husband's infidelity. I've said before that the mark of a good story is one in which I wonder what happened to the characters after it ended. And there were a number of stories in this book that left me wanting more. I hope this is the start of a long writing career for Molly Ringwald, because she has the talent and the creativity to succeed. Her use of language and her ability to evoke emotions through her story-telling was masterful in a number of places. This is definitely a must read. Almost everything Theresa said or did broadcast the message 'I won't take it for myself. You'll have to give it to me. Almost everything Theresa said or did broadcast the message 'I won't take it for myself. You'll have to give it to me. I much prefer Ringwald's model, in which the characters are recurring although only tenuously, but time marches forwards rather than jumping about all over the place the way it did in Goon Squad. Without the writing ever being spectacular or showy, Ringwald repeatedly pinpoints moments of life with heartrending accuracy - Greta's desire to wear something a bit more flattering in case there are photos, Betty's grief still being so deep that she pours an extra cup of tea even though her husband hasn't been there to drink it in seven years. She writes with elegance about ageing and aimlessness, about a search for purpose and what happens when someone with extraordinary drive channels it in an unsuitable direction. The heavy focus on relationships and adultery is perhaps to be expected in a novel about betrayal, although it does get pretty depressing. The chapters vary in strength, but that might be because a given reader will empathise with certain characters but not others. This is very much a women's book - the men are generally negatively characterised philandering, confused or dead. Worth a read; I found it engrossing and elegant, if somewhat disheartening. Side note: Molly Ringwald, author, is also Molly Ringwald, teenage star of films such as The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink. Which I'm glad I didn't know before I read the book, because I think I would have judged the writing more harshly. While the stories feature contemporary themes, they come across as both modern and timeless. While the stories feature contemporary themes, they come across as both modern and timeless. The main characters, Greta, Phillip, and Charlotte, are your typical American family, experiencing the same trials and triumphs that happen to families across the globe everyday. Yet experiencing these through the lens of heartbreaking and redemptive stories makes us understand their daily struggles and temptations. Much like in the Paul Haggis movie Crash, the tales and the characters are interrelated, which I totally loved and think is a major reason why this novel works. The stories could stand alone as sharp and tender life lessons, but when presented as a collective whole, the book truly stands out. The novel comes full circle as it starts out with Greta, Phillip, and Charlotte embarking on an evening drive to watch the Harvest Moon. The conclusion of this first story serves as an appropriate allegory for the surrounding tales as each brings to light a new character to be examined, pondered, and savored. While the basic premises are very elemental and something we can all relate to as we endure the human condition together, the linguistic usage by Ringwald is at once both charming and tragic. It is up to the reader to decide how they want to feel about that person. Sometimes you will feel anger. Sometimes you will feel sadness or pity. But you will not be apathetic to anyone by any means. This book would be perfect for reading groups because the messages it brings are universal and can be related to by anyone. It is a great conversation starter because it draws on contemporary hot-button issues such as infertility, infidelity, and transgenderism. There is no debate that this book is definitely a winner. Pick up a copy and experience for yourself the literary talents of Molly Ringwald! She has also played Anne Juergens in the ABC Family show The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Genres When it happens to you, you will be surprised. That thing they say about how you knew all the time but just weren't facing it? That might be the case, but nevertheless, there you will be. You will feel like you have been kicked in the stomach, that your insides have just separated to make room for something big.

Hirka ist in der Welt von Ym aufgewachsen. This made it easy to read one at a time. Die beiden beantworten nämlich jede Frage, die ihnen vor die Füße springt. Aber nichts im Vergleich zu Rentnern. Wo verstecken sie sich. The most civil character in the book is Greta, the thirty-something year old woman consumed with conceiving another child.