Being Committed: A Novel
by Anna Maxted
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Author: Anna MaxtedEdition: Unknown Binding
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-07-27
ISBN: 0060096691
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: William Morrow
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Book Review: An intelligent story of relationships, past and present
Summary: 4 Stars
This was my first Anna Maxted novel, and when I started reading it, I thought it was yet another lighthearted "Brit lit" read. Main character Hannah Lovekin is not a big fan of Chinese food or marriage--so it is a surprise when her sweet, tolerant boyfriend of 5 years, Jason, pops the question. Hannah turns him down without hesitation, but when she begins to miss him--especially after he gets engaged to someone else less than 4 weeks later--she rethinks her decision. She then promises Jason that she will do whatever it takes to repair their relationship, but Jason's list of requirements is a bit more than she bargained for.
At this point, the carefree tone of the novel changes, and more serious issues are introduced. One of Jason's demands is that Hannah make peace with her ex-husband, Jack, with whom she shared five months of matrimony at age 20. Jack and Hannah's marriage came to a screeching halt due to a mix of infidelity, immaturity, trust issues, and misunderstandings, and they have not spoken in 10 years. In the process of trying to sort things out with Jack, Hannah must come to terms with a series of issues from which she has been running all of her life, including her parents' marriage, her estranged relationship with her mother, and her own ability to express real emotion.
I enjoyed this book more and more as I continued to read further. I found Hannah's transformation to be completely believable, as Maxted does a nice job of laying out the process for the reader and detailing all of the factors involved. Although this was my first Maxted book, it definitely won't be my last, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this 4 1/2 star novel to others.
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