Stepmom [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Maggie Robb (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1998

Now a major motion picture from Sony/TriStar starring Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon and Ed Harris. In the tradition of "Terms of Endearment, Beaches" and "Steel Magnolias" comes a heartbreaking tale of love and loss that beautifully captures the intensity of motherhood, the vulnerability of children, and the courage it takes to let go and say goodbye.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Hachette Audio (December 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570426864
• ISBN-13: 978-1570426865
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,413,520 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great novel, November 3, 2001

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"heyben1504" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stepmom (Mass Market Paperback)

I think this has got to be one of the best novels based on a movie I have ever read except for Lean On Me but that's a different story anyway I give this book a ten because it has a moral to it, teatches how two worlds can be so different, learning to acept changes a really good moral! Even though some of the language was totaly uncalled for I must remember that it is a novel based on a PG-13 book and not a childrens book, or young adult book but an adult book and I should respect that so anyways if I could I would give this book a 10 but since I can only pick 1,2,3,4, and 5 I'll just have to settel with a five.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A shameless tear jerker..., May 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Stepmom (Mass Market Paperback)

The author pulled out all the stops to make readers pull out their kleenex. The mom is exemplary, the dad is perfect, the girlfriend is so Barbie-like. (By the way, how does one "pick up an Armani habit"?) Even while up to their antics, the children are lovable. The plot is all too predictable; stereotypes and clichés abound. By comparison, the Brady Bunch seem much more real to life.

4.0 out of 5 stars Short and touching, March 10, 2004

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"swissclarinetist" (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stepmom (Audio Cassette)

Despite the shortness (in amount of words/content) and its lightness (a thin paperback which weighs really light), this is indeed a good read.

Initially, i borrowed this book (yes, i borrwed this book from a library) because of Julia Roberts, as the movies she starred in are usually great movies,though i have yet to see this movie, and i was really surprised when this book is a lot better than what i thought; after all, most movie books aren't as good as the movie itself, as a picture indeed speaks a thousand words--moving pictures, a hundred thousand words?

Anyway, the way this story is written really touches me a lot, how Jackie (Susan Sarandon) went through her cancer, how Isabel (Julia Roberts) genuinely cares about Luke's (Ed Harris) children.... the way this story is weaved..... it really makes you feel for the characters. To sum it up, despite a rather simple plot, it's really touching and well worth your time.