Life as I Know It: A Novel

ISBN: 038534399X

Author: Rose, Melanie

Condition: New

What if you had the chance to live someone elses life? Full of heart and soul, here is a captivating novel about the choices we make for family and love-and how sometimes a total stranger is the person we really need to be.Jessica Taylor is walking her dog in the rain when she meets the man of her dreams-only to be struck by lightning moments later. When she wakes up in the hospital, the doctors insist shes someone else: Lauren Richardson, wife and mother of four.Laurens husband wants nothing more than for life to get back to normal-complete with a well-organized house and very properly behaved children. But Laurens kids havent been allowed to have much fun, and one of them has special needs. Can Jessica embrace this family of strangers and become the wife and mother they need? As she struggles to find her way in this new life-and the way back to her old life-she reconnects with Laurens estranged sister and discovers a secret that could rip the family apart.Now, torn between Laurens responsibilities to her family and Jessicas chance at love, one woman is about to find out whether the road not taken leads to happiness-or to heartbreak.

• Bantam Books