The Breakdown Lane: A Novel
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Giving advice is what Julianne does for a living - in a column in her local Wisconsin paper. But when it comes to her personal life, Julie seems to have missed some clues. She has worked hard to keep her marriage fresh and to be a good mother, so it's a mystery when husband, Leo, decides to defect from their life together and their three children. In his absence, Julie is diagnosed with a serious illness, which drives her children to undertake a dangerous journey to find Leo - before it's too late. As the known world sinks precariously from view, the Gillis clan must navigate their way through the trenches of love, guilt and betrayal, back to solid ground and a new definition of family.
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Jacquelyn Mitchard. (2006). The Breakdown Lane: A Novel. Unabridged Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Jacquelyn Mitchard. 2006. The Breakdown Lane: A Novel. Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Breakdown Lane: A Novel. Blackstone Audio, Inc, 2006.
MLA Citation (style guide)Jacquelyn Mitchard. The Breakdown Lane: A Novel. Unabridged Blackstone Audio, Inc, 2006.
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Jacquelyn Mitchard's first novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, launched Oprah's Book Club and became an international bestseller, hitting #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Her other works, including The Most Wanted, Twelve Times Blessed, The Breakdown Lane, and Cage of Stars have also been well received. Mitchard has appeared on the Today show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, MSNBC, and numerous other local and national television and radio programs. She was a contributing editor for Parenting magazine and wrote a weekly syndicated column until 2007 which appeared in more than one hundred newspapers across the country. Her articles have appeared in Newsweek, Life, Reader's Digest, TV Guide, Ladies' Home Journal, and many other publications. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and nine children.
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Giving advice is what Julianne does for a living - in a column in her local Wisconsin paper. But when it comes to her personal life, Julie seems to have missed some clues. She has worked hard to keep her marriage fresh and to be a good mother, so it's a mystery when husband, Leo, decides to defect from their life together and their three children. In his absence, Julie is diagnosed with a serious illness, which drives her children to undertake a dangerous journey to find Leo - before it's too late. As the known world sinks precariously from view, the Gillis clan must navigate their way through the trenches of love, guilt and betrayal, back to solid ground and a new definition of family.
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