The Law of Bound Hearts

by Anne D. LeClaire

Book Overview

With Entering Normal and Leaving Eden, Anne LeClaire brilliantly probed the interior lives of women-friends, mothers, daughters-bringing to vivid life the conflict, surprises, and resilience of their complex relationships. Now in her new novel, The Law of Bound Hearts, LeClaire focuses her gaze on sisters, with the same compassion, insight, and startling breadth of emotion.

Sisters Libby and Sam Lewis were inseparable as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345460464
• ISBN13: 9780345460462
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Family is is more than just blood

The story of the two sisters' Libby and Sam seemed very real and as we grow up we do grow apart. I found myself not liking Libby very much, especially at the beginning of the story. I thought the end was rushed, and more of the story of why Libby's daughter wanted to leave college should have been talked about more. It is an easy read and worth reading just not as good as it could have been.

Letty Gates

What a wonderful love story. This is a story about true love, the kind you feel unconditionally. This book was filled with all kind of emotions. Definetly a page turner.

An engaging story

Anne LeClaire writes compellingly and engages our empathy and curiosity about two estranged sisters who are faced with a life-changing decision. I became so involved with the characters, I didn't want the story to end.

Hold On

Two years younger than her sister, Sam is a pastry chef living on the coast of Massachusetts designing wedding cakes that are a work of art. Libby, the free spirit of their childhood is living in the Midwest, near Chicago, having turned into a control freak of sorts. They haven't spoken in six years even though as children they were closer than twins. Now, Libby must go through dialysis and needs a donor to give her a kidney. Can she ask Sam? But this story is much deeper than that. It's a lyrical and poetic story about sisterhood, love, betrayal, forgiveness, and hope. It's a story about families and friendships and marriage. Anne LeClaire has created a landscape of words that capture your interest and surround you with the spirit of giving without being predictable or ordinary. Better than her other books (which were pretty darn good), you'll be glad you chose THE LAW OF BOUND HEARTS and look forward to LeClaire's future books.

LeClaire does it again...

The Law Of Bound Hearts: Separate them and only one - at most - would survive. That statement sums up how Libby and Sam felt about each other as children...they were inseparable. All that changed one day when Libby did something to Sam that was unforgivable. Now, six years later, Libby is suffering from kidney failure and needs to find a donor and does not want to ask her sister Sam for help. As the story unfolds, we gradually learn a bit about each woman, where they are in their lives now, and what they are thinking and feeling. We also discover what transpired to bring them to this point in their strained relationship. Once again Anne LeClaire has woven a story that takes you on a magical journey to the heart of the family where no one is perfect and forgiveness is possible.