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    You Knew Me When
    You Knew Me When
    You Knew Me When
    Audiobook9 hours

    You Knew Me When

    Written by Emily Liebert

    Narrated by Erin Bennett

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    Katherine Hill left her small New England hometown in pursuit of a dream. Now, twelve years later, she's a high-powered cosmetics executive in Manhattan and a much glossier version of her former self, unrecognizable to her family and old friends. Not that she would know-she hasn't been home in over a decade.

    Laney Marten always swore she'd never get "stuck" in Manchester, Vermont. No, she was destined to live out her glamorous big-city dreams. Instead, she wound up a young wife and mother. That was when her best friend ran out.

    When Katherine receives word of an inheritance from former neighbor Luella Hancock, she reluctantly returns home to the people and places she left behind. Hoping for a second chance, she's met by an unforgiving Laney, her former best friend. And there's someone else who's moved on without her-someone she once loved.

    Tethered to their shared inheritance of Luella's sprawling Victorian mansion, Katherine and Laney are forced to address their long-standing grudges. Through this, they come to understand that while life has taken them in different directions, ultimately the bonds of friendship and sisterhood still bind them together. But are some wounds too old and deep to mend?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMay 28, 2014
    ISBN9781494572594
    You Knew Me When
    Author

    Emily Liebert

    Emily Liebert is the author of six books and has been featured on the Today show and in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Ladies’ Home Journal, People, The Washington Post, and many more. Emily lives with her husband and their two sons in Connecticut.

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    • 5/5
      I'm going to start off by saying that this isn't normally my type of book. I don't even completely know why I entered the giveaway other than the fact that it's a book about friendship. BUT now, I really love this book. The premise of the novel is actually pretty interesting (the synopsis is extremely long so I'm not pasting it here), and although I don't normally like books that switch perspectives much less time frames, it's extremely well done in the book. The switching of POVs allows you to look at each situation from both sides, and it makes you ache for Katherine and Laney's (lost) friendship even more. The changing time frames was well done because it not only added to the story, but as the period changed, so did the POV, not in terms of the characters but rather from first to third person. It made the transitions smooth, and you always know whether you're in the past or the present. It worked favorably because the past moved in the opposite of the present so that only by the end of the novel do you know the entire story of what split the girls up, and it has a much more powerful impact. This book really made me think about the friends that I have and how friendships work. We always wonder whether or not we'll stay friends with the people we're friends with now, and this book makes you possibly rethink that answer. The book may be considered chick-lit, which I usually don't read, but it's fantastic. I'll be honest; I cried during certain parts of this book. I wasn't expecting to, but it's just so real, especially if you've ever lost a childhood friend along the way. (Also, there's a really cute (sort of) couple, and I just want to squeal over them, but that's a different matter.)My one concern is that while the main and major characters are extremely complex and well thought out, the minor characters (this doesn't include Grant, Laney's husband (whose name I'm blanking out on), or Laney's daughter (whose name I'm also forgetting at the moment)) are much more bland and one-dimensional. Of course, this can be expected, given that they are minor characters, but Emily Liebert does such a great job of crafting the important characters that the others just felt...empty. Also, you could basically piece together what happened between Katherine and Grant in the past, but maybe that's not such a bad thing. ;)All in all, I'd recommend this book, perhaps not to someone that only reads fantasy, adventure, and action books, but I'd suggest trying it out even if it's not normally your type of book.
    • 5/5
      This was my first book by Emily, and it definitely will not be my last!

      I loved “You Knew Me When” and found it hard to put down-- as grabs you from the cover, and never lets you down throughout- to the ending. An ideal setting of Vermont and New York and could imagine the love within these three homes side by side in the neighborhood years ago. The author does an outstanding job of looking at each individual character in order for the reader to see all sides.

      The characters were nicely developed (loved Katherine), and as could so relate to her in every way, and thought Laney (brat, small minded, and very immature). I happen to be the one who left for the big city, and family or friends sometimes do not understand if they live in the same place throughout their lives. I was excited for Kitty/Katherine and glad she took this path in order to get where she wanted to be in the end.

      I really enjoyed Emily’s writing style, disclosing just enough to keep you hanging from Kitty’s childhood, teen years, to her NY successful career with Blend --seamlessly blending past with present. I very much enjoyed the character Luella, as it added much depth to the novel, as could envision her as glamorous, sophisticated, and the ideal role model for Kitty/Katherine.

      A poignant story of friendship and the struggles of sacrificing yourself for your friends, or staying true to your heart to do the right thing. Realistic choices, challenges, and obstacles we face when we leave our friends, as not everyone is the same, each with different goals and journeys. Both girls are sent on a different journey which was fitting for their individual personalities. Sometimes it takes moving away and maturity to make dreams come true.

      As the two friends come together with their shared inheritance (Luella’s Victorian mansion), they are forced to address their past and differences. I loved the beauty, fashion, cosmetics and style—with three different generations of women and families, reminiscent of childhood days. A novel of relationships, the bonds of friendships and family, redemption, forgiveness, reconciliation, and starting over. Definitely shows friendships can be closer than family at times and the power of true BFFs.

      An engaging read, I highly recommend for women of all ages. I look forward to reading Facebook Fairytales, and her new booking coming Sept, 2014-- “When we Fall”. Emily has been added to my favorite author list --definitely a talented writer you will want to follow!
    • 3/5
      When the book begins, you might think you’re reading an adaptation of "The Devil Wears Prada", the 2006 film with Meryl Streep as a powerful fashion magazine editor. In this book, Katherine Hill is a cosmetics executive, and she is only 34, but her persona is the same. She is excessively driven; self-preoccupied; all about appearances; mean; and a bully to her employees. There are also references thrown in to a loosely parodied version of the Kardashians, and you start thinking this will just be a boring derivative chick-lit book. Fortunately, the story soon diverges from its heavily referential beginning. The chapters alternate between Katherine, or Kitty, and Laney, her best friend from age 11. They were so close that Laney’s family treated Kitty like one of their own. In fact, Kitty ended up romantically involved with Laney’s cute older brother Grant. But something bad obviously happened, because the three of them haven’t seen each other or communicated for twelve years.When a mutual friend (and Kitty’s mentor) Luella Hancock dies, both Kitty and Laney are called to the reading of the will, and in another common trope, they are forced to work together to obtain their inheritance.Discussion: This book did manage to engage me, and I even shed a few tears at the end, but some of its themes - as mentioned above - were quite hackneyed, and some of it just didn’t cohere. Kitty, for example, is a total witch. Her deteriorating attitude toward Grant and treatment of him twelve years earlier were as you would expect from her behavior in the present day. In fact, it was a total mystery to me why Grant liked Kitty in the first place. Or why anyone did. Or why they liked her later. The basis for their reconciliation didn’t seem sufficient to me; Kitty was still Katherine, for whom being skinny, having the right clothes and makeup (and the money to afford them), and being a mover and a shaker are all still at the top of her priority list.But my negative reaction to Katherine is of course a product of my own biases. Other readers will find her resilient and admirable.