Always a Mother (Everlasting Love, Book 1) (Harlequin Superromance, No 1499) (Mass Market Paperback)

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They've loved each other all their lives
At eighteen, Claire and Dean were already planning their future. Until they suddenly found themselves parents. With Dean on the road pursuing a football career, raising their daughters became Claire's first priority and full-time job. Now, with the girls grown, she can finally pursue her long-deferred dream of going to college.

Then she gets the news: she's going to be a mother again.

Coming to terms with her midlife pregnancy means confronting her hopes, fears and choices she's made. Through twenty-five years of joy, struggle and near tragedy, the one constant was Claire's love for Dean. Is that love strong enough to weather the biggest crisis of their marriage and help them embrace the future together?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (June 10, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373714998
• ISBN-13: 978-0373714995
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #582,603 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Always a Mother, June 30, 2008

By	Sally Kate "Lost in Aggieland" (BCS, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This book begs you to contemplate a huge question. When you have the chance to have your dream after years of sacrifice for family, would you put it on hold again for "mid-life" baby? I think that for most people, it would be a no brainer. Have the baby. Give up the dream. Others might say that a woman in her 40's should be able to follow her dream - whatever means necessary.

Linda Warren doesn't make the decision all that easy for Claire. Through a great use of letters between Claire and Dean as a gateway into the past, we see the struggles and sacrifices the family goes through during their twenty-five year marriage. By putting family first, Claire's dream of college continually got pushed to the wayside. And now... It might get pushed aside again. In many ways, I found it heartbreaking, but I like that Dean and Claire discover they have quite an emotional support network with their family.

I highly recommend Always a Mother. Like many of Linda's books, it enforces the power of family.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book I've Read In 2008, June 13, 2008

By	Shelia D. In VA "Shelia" (Hampton, VA) - See all my reviews

I'm an avid reader, and it takes a lot to impress me, but this book is a winner all the way around. At times I laughed, an at others I cried. This is a book about true love that defies all odds. I truly hope that there will be other books forthcoming about the characters in this book. On average I read about 4-5 books a week, and this is the best book I've read in 2008.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars entertaining contemporary family drama, June 20, 2008

By	Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews (#1 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Always a Mother (Everlasting Love, Book 1) (Larger Print Harlequin Superromance, No 1499) (Mass Market Paperback)

They were high school sweethearts, who had kids as teens. Dean became a football star while Claire stayed home to raise their children. Now the kids are grown and Claire looks forward to finally completing her college degree and obtaining a full time job outside the home that she put on hold.

There is only one problem confronting Claire; she is pregnant for the first time in two decades. Stunned she is not sure she wants to raise another child and give up her plans. Needing to be by herself, Claire leaves Dean to think. Accompanied by their love letters, she slowly rereads how much her spouse loved her then and that is true now.

Linda Warren provides an entertaining contemporary family crisis tale that stars a wonderful nurturing woman who needs to find herself beyond being a loving mother and wife. This is clearly Claire's tale as she loves her family, but is not sure she can raise a late life child, but in isolation begins to conclude she will always be a mother and always love her husband and kids including the unborn one. Although the need to leave seems off kilter for Claire even if she feels over the edge; fans will appreciate ALWAYS A MOTHER as Claire ponders whether she can handle raising a child again, remain a loving devoted wife, and work at obtaining her degree.

Harriet Klausner