I’ve known one thing to be true all of my adult life. Millie is my girl. She’s been the sunshine on every cloudy day of mine since the day we met in the back of that truck in high school. People thought we were insane marrying so young. They said we’d never make it. Now, after fifteen years, two kids, a successful career, and an incredibly blessed marriage I feel like I have the world at my … at my fingertips.
Until one day it’s all ripped away from me.
I’ll do anything to go back to the life we had.
Now I’m in the hospital, day in and day out, talking to the shell of my wife, begging her to wake up.
They say she won’t. Everyone’s losing hope, but I can’t.
If it takes me retelling her our life story for the next twenty years I’d do it. Because somewhere in there I know she can hear me. Some people have to go through hell to get their happy-ever-after.
It’s that same hell that’s threatening to tear ours apart.
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What a beautiful, heartwrenching story! M Piper had me tearing up within the first few pages, and kept my heart pounding until the end.
Life is, quite literally, about life…the life of a happily married couple and the family they’ve created together, the life of a caring woman who seems to have it all, the life of a strong man helplessly watching his world crumble. The story is told through a series of flashbacks mixed into present day events. This was so well done, and it all flowed beautifully.
I loved everything about this story, even as the tears flowed. This is a poignant, emotional, life-affirming tale..a 5 Star, Must Read book!
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An amazing story about life, love, and everything in between. It was an extremely emotional story and it seriously tugged at my heartstrings. It kinda wrecked me a little and had tears streaming down my cheeks.
I wanted to like this book but I just couldn’t get into it. I did like reading about how they fell in love. It was fun and so sweet. But when it was in the present I was bored and not interested.
Just let me start by saying I am fan of hockey (yay Blackhawks!) as well as living in the South Suburbs of Chicago – so this story starts out with bonus points!
Owen and Millie have a great life together, and two wonderful young boys. And then Life happens, and totally rips it all apart.
How great is it to read a story mainly told from a guy’s POV? To hear his thoughts, and his mindset.
M. Piper knows how to hit all of the buttons – the love, a great build up, and can have you crying to pieces with a great story.
If you are new to her, this would be a great place to start.
4.5 stars
Life is about the struggle of Millie and Owen after Millie gets extremely ill.
I really struggled my way through this. I’m not sure if it was the fact that the topic is a painful one or because I struggled with Owen. But either way, it took me longer than normal to tackle a short read.
There were parts of Owen that made me cringe. Made me wonder how he would react as he did. Made me wonder where his priorities were.
The story where not a bad one, it wasn’t my cuppa.
This is not you typical love story, this is a beautiful unique story about a love so deep and so powerful it keeps you grounded when all hope seems lost. I loved loved loved this book, gosh the storyline just gripped me and squeezed my heart tight. The emotions that were packed into this book had me tied in knots the whole time.
Owen and Millie met while still in high school, fell in Love hard and fast and never looked back or second guessed their feelings for each other. When Millie gets sick and leaves Owen to try and find his way without her, he has nothing to hold onto other than his memories with her. In each and every page you get to witness this strong man relive his life with the only woman he has every wanted. You can literally feel his love for her on every page.
I seriously challenge you to read this book without shedding a tear, this is one of those books that will stick with you long after you are done! I highly suggest that you get started right away!
Life is…..Everything. What can I say other then major heartstrings pulling, emotional, gut wrenching, may just wreck you, so beautiful read. The love between Ellie and Owen is so strong in this one. You may just be reduced to tears with just the shear beauty of it. High school sweethearts that have that forever love, soulmate, I can’t live without you kind of love. Even as Ellie is hospitalized and the worse is feared some how Owen has the strength to not give up when ever one else can’t hold onto the same hope. I love Owen. The fact he does everything he can think of to remind Ellie why she needs to wake up and return to him. You are shown such a beautiful love that they shared along the way that will just pull at your heart in so many ways. I’m just going to stop here and let you find out for yourself what happens to Owen, Ellie and their family. This book simply blew me away and left me with a book hangover. LIFE NEEDS TO BE READ. GO ONE CLICK THIS ONE.
Owen knew from the moment he laid eyes on Millie in high school, he would never love another woman.
Now he struggles with hope when his wife ends up in the hospital. He continues to receive bad news but he still sits at her bedside retelling their love story to her.
Can love endure such circumstances?
M. Piper can write a love story and this one has all the feels.
This book was everything. It gave all the feels. I cried, laughed,. It was just that book that touched your heart.
Phenomenal story of life and love and all its dirty ugly and beautiful parts!
This read is about what real Life is all about!
This is the emotional, heart wrenching and passionate journey of Owen and Millie. It spans through decades as the couple begins their romance in high school, enjoying their perfect love, living their version of a perfect life. Until tragedy struck!
Would you stick around the love of your life when the odds are stacked against you?
What do you do when your life as you knew it, is thrown for a loop?
Told in alternating POV, Millie and Owen share their journey from past to present.
This intense emotional and poignant romance is much more than just romance.
We’ve all been there, at a crossroads where LIFE throws you a curveball that knocks you on your ass.
What you decide, will alter the fate of your life.
Flawlessly written with exceptionally well developed characters who were so relatable and likable, I cried I laughed I even found myself saying things to them!
Prepare yourself for an incredible journey of crying laughing and some very HOT sexy moments.
What would you do if your soulmate left you suddenly? What do you tell your young children? How do you hold it together in your professional life when your personal life has crumbled to dust? In her latest book, M. Piper explores the answers to just these questions, and in doing so, writes a beautiful, poignant story that will make you experience nearly every emotion: joy, humor, heartbreak, rage, grief, anger, resignation, faith, hope, and love. Because this is Life.
Owen meets the love of his life, Millie, at age 17. She is his everything. When she is taken away unexpectedly, Owen decides to recount to her their entire life story in an attempt to bring her back. Written almost exclusively from Owen’s POV, his anecdotal retelling of his relationship with Millie in a continuous series of flashbacks will have you howling with laughter one minute, then crying, ugly crying, just a few minutes later. Masterfully written with relatable characters, realistic dialogue, and hot sex, Piper will absolutely wreck you with her take on Life. But there are plenty of smiles too. I loved this book and hope that Monty, Owen’s BFF, will get to tell his heart-wrenching backstory.
I thought this book was fantastic! This was the story of Millie and Owen. They had that once in a lifetime love that teenage girls dream about… or and to mention, they fell in love as teenagers and stayed married and together. That was a great detail to the story! I loved the way it jumped from present to story-telling of snippets of their life together. It made you feel like you got to follow along in their love story, but at the most important, poignant parts of it. It was realistic, honest, and heartfelt. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Wow all I can say is I had tears rolling down my face reading through the flash backs of Millie & Owen and the love they carry. The story tells of a Mom named Millie also the wife of Owen passes out and she’s brought to the hospital and she’s in a coma. Does she wake up from her coma? Such a great heartfelt emotional book can’t wait to read more from this author!
This is a hard book to review bc I’m speechless. This book was perfect! The romance is there. The steam is there. The emotion is definitely there! I lived for and in every second of this book as I read it. I let it take me wherever it was going to go, like a magic carpet ride, and didn’t question it at all. It was a beautiful journey and an even better destination.
Oh my word, this book takes you on a journey! So sorry the read!
Well the tears have finally dried and I can write me review…… M. Piper has done it again! I cried all the way through this, I laughed while crying at certain spots. This was beautifully written. These characters ugh!
Owen and Millie, God makes a single girl long to find a man half as loving as that. What a book boyfriend!!! Definitely a 5 star read!!
This is one of my new favorite reads…it absolutely gripped my heartstrings!
Life is never simple and complicated doesn’t do it justice either. But now and again, the planets align and all is right in the world. For a moment, Owen and Millie had it all.
They were high school sweethearts that transitioned into marriage and family. Owen was completely devoted to Millie and she was committed to their life. But one fleeting moment saw it crashing down. Now both are fighting for their life, Millie literally and Owen in every other manner.
This couple owned my heart. The storyline was something that many people live daily and often for many years. So very relatable and heart wrenching.
Piper brought her total game with this book. So many times I screamed at her, I bargained with her and cried because of her. This story made me stop and give appreciation for everything in my life!
A must read! BRAVO
fabulous, I can not find words to describe this book, the first pages, the first chapters are enveloping you until you can not leave it for a single moment
Owen and Millie are the perfect couple with the perfect family living a perfect life. They are each others world. Millie is Owen’s girl and he has always let everyone know this beyond a doubt. One night out of the blue Owen is thrown a life altering curve ball. Will love and faith be enough to overcome this hurdle or will he lose his world? Owen’s memories from their past will melt your heart, but will it be enough for Millie to come back?