Commitments [Hardcover]

Barbara Delinsky (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Warner Books (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446527025
• ISBN-13: 978-0446527026
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,260,307 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Barbara Delinsky, author of ESCAPE (2011), NOT MY DAUGHTER (2010), WHILE MY SISTER SLEEPS (2009), THE SECRET BETWEEN US (2008), and FAMILY TREE (2007), has written more than twenty bestselling novels with over thirty million copies in print. She has been published in twenty languages worldwide. Barbara's fiction centers upon everyday families facing not-so-everyday challenges. She is particularly drawn to exploring themes of motherhood, marriage, sibling rivalry, and friendship in her novels.

A lifelong New Englander, Barbara earned a B.A. in Psychology at Tufts University and an M.A. in Sociology at Boston College. As a breast cancer survivor who lost her mother to the disease when she was only eight, Barbara compiled the non-fiction book Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors, a handbook of practical tips and upbeat anecdotes. She donates her proceeds from the sale of this book to her charitable foundation, which funds an ongoing research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Barbara enjoys knitting, photography, and cats. She also loves to interact with her readers through her website at www.barbaradelinsky.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bdelinsky, and on Twitter as @BarbaraDelinsky.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Heartwarming Story of Trust and the Power of Love, November 21, 2000

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Lilly Rabalais (Alexandria, LA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Commitments (Mass Market Paperback)

Derek and Sabrina were made for each other. She is a loving, caring woman with a cold uncaring husband and a mentally and physically retarded child who she loves with all her heart. Her husband, Nicholas, refuses to acknowledge that Nicky, his son, is retarded and spends very little time with him.

Derek and Sabrina meet when Derek seeks her out for a story he is doing on mentally children, but she does not want to be in the story; however, they just seem to click together.

Circumstances happen and Derek is incarcerated for killing a man. He argues it was self defense but someone wants him dead so he is found guilty. Sabrina visits him in prison and a relationship develops. Nicholas finally asks Sabrina for a divorce which causes she and Derek to grow closer.

This is a very good story but to give out much more would be to give up the plot. It's a warm story and I could not put it down until I had read all of it. Ms. Delinsky is one of the best.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars What a refreshing summer read, August 6, 2001

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Busy Mom (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Commitments (Mass Market Paperback)

Of all places, I found this book when cleaning out my storage shed ~~ and this book is really a light read and a welcome break from my normal reading.

Sabrina Stone looks like a society wife ~~ all glitter and glam only to show Derek McGill that she is a woman made of substance. And their love story takes you from the top of a Manhattan rooftop to the farmland in Vermont. There are murder, intrigue and steamy sex scenes written in this little book.

If you're looking for something to read while taking a break from house cleaning, painting or any of those tiresome chores, this book is one I would recommend. It's not the deepest read of the year, but it is fun!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A definite must read!!!, April 15, 2001

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Phoenix Young (Connecticut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Commitments (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the second Barbara Delinsky book I have read so far. The first was Three Wishes, which is also a wonderful book. I am now looking for more books by this wonderful author. The story revolves around Sabrina, a wife of a cold, uncaring man and a mother of a mentally handicapped boy. He husband refuses to acknowledge that his son has a problem. Sabrina is forced to repress all her emotions and focus only on caring and loving her son, Nicky. The other main character is Derek, an investigative journalist who is sent to prison after an accident that leaves a man dead. The two had met briefly before Derek's incarceration and decided one day to visit him in prison on an impulse. Their friendship blooms to something more as they offer each other something they both desparately need: hope. Read this book, I think you'll love it too!!