Twelve Times Blessed - by Jacquelyn Mitchard (Paperback)

About the Book

From the author of "The Deep End of the Ocean" comes this "New York Times" bestseller that is an unforgettable tale of the pleasures and perils of love in the modern age.

From the Back Cover

It is True Dickinson's birthday and her best friends have gathered on this snowy night to celebrate--yet True has never felt more alone. Though her small business is thriving and her young son is happy, the death of her husband eight years ago has left an empty space in her life that friends and family cannot fill. Suddenly it seems that youth and beauty are slipping away while True is busily taking care of everyone else.

But on this night, an accident on an icy road will offer True the golden opportunity to let love back into her life--if she can somehow conquer her fears.

Twelve Times Blessed is a powerfully moving novel of the heart from one of our best-loved storytellers.

Review Quotes

"Few are her equal in illuminating the personal stake we all have in the daily business of living." - People
"Mitchard's gift is her ability to present her characters in a compassionate light, even when revealing them at their weakest moments." - Us Weekly
"Entertaining and absorbing." - Chattanooga Times Free Press
"Jacquelyn Mitchard brings her pitch-perfect rendering of human relationships to her new novel." - Seattle Times
"Mitchard's writing is vivid and absorbing." - Capital Times (Madison, WI)
"Mitchard is a keen observer of the ebbs and flows of daily life." - Chicago Sun-Times
"Mitchard has established herself as a master of literary chiaroscuro." - Entertainment Weekly
"Seductively voyeuristic." - Rocky Mountain News
"A perfect choice for the beach." - Capital Times (Madison, WI)
"Mitchard writes seductively, and sometimes with breathtaking honesty, about insecurity and self-absorption, love and lust, family and friendship." - Boston Herald