Her investigative reporting instincts kick into action as she vows to discover the truth. Fearing the worst, Cecily spots his face on a missing person poster, and realizes she is not the only one searching for him. Then Grant disappears in the chaos of 9/11. Yet despite all their obstacles, they can’t seem to say goodbye, and for the first time in her carefully-constructed life, Cecily follows her heart over her head. Moreover, the timing couldn’t be worse -Grant is preparing to quit his job and move overseas. That should be it, they both decide the next morning, as Cecily reminds herself of the perils of a rebound relationship. Feeling lonesome and homesick for the Midwest, she wonders if she’ll ever make it as a reporter in the big city-and whether she made a terrible mistake in breaking up with her longtime boyfriend Matthew.Īs Cecily reaches for the phone to call him, she hears a guy on the barstool next to her say, “Don’t do it-you’ll regret it.” Something tells her to listen to him, and over the next several hours-and shots of tequila-the two forge an unlikely connection. It’s 2 AM on a Saturday night in the spring of 2001, and twenty-eight-year old Cecily Gardner sits alone in a dive bar on New York’s Lower East Side, questioning her life. Retrieved 1 September 2012.In the irresistible new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted and Something Borrowed, a young woman falls hard for an impossibly perfect man before he disappears without a trace. 'Where We Belong: Giffin explores the trouble with secrets'. ' 'Where We Belong': Emily Giffin's novel of the legacy of adoption'. 'Chicago Lit review: 'Where We Belong' by Emily Giffin'. 'Giffin explores familiar but lively themes in 'Where We Belong' '. ' 'Where We Belong' charts reunion of birth mother and child'.

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' 'Where We Belong': Emily Giffin discusses new book'. The Seattle Times and Vancouver Sun both overall praised the novel, with the Vancouver Sun calling Giffin a 'gifted storyteller'. Reception for Where We Belong has been mixed to positive, with the Chicago Sun-Times calling it an easy read while criticizing the book's predictability. When Kirby Rose, the child she gave up eighteen years ago, appears on her doorstep Marian is forced to re-examine her life, her family, and a past romance that threatens to overwhelm her. Marian always thought that she was living the life she wanted, with no true regrets. The book is narrated partly through the perspective of Kirby Rose, and is Giffin's first novel with a teenager as a main character. Where We Belong has been optioned to become a film, with Giffin serving as producer. Where We Belong is a 2012 New York Times bestselling chick-lit novel by Emily Giffin.

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