Rebecca learns on her father's death bed that she has a half sister. Feeling a little bit lost in her current life, she goes to find her sister and ends up finding herself.

This book deals with identity, sisters, family and quite a bit of the "why" behind cheating. Not a lot of plot, but I don't need a lot of plot so I didn't mind. The quirky group that Rebecca finds herself involved with is hysterical and deep at the same time.

I try to like Chick Lit but there is something about the characters that annoy me to no end. They're whiny, indecisive, insecure and hard to like.

Rebecca is no different.

He was telling you he wasn't leaving you all alone in thie world, that you didn't have to marry Michael. ~Maggie

Rebecca Strand has a wonderful divorce-lawyer boyfriend, Michael, a job in his firm as a paralegal, and a dad dying of pancreatic cancer. As if that's not enough stress! While visiting her dad in the hospital, Daniel Strand makes a stunning deathbed confession...Rebecca did have the sister she always wanted. That begins her quest to find Joy Jayhawk.

Michael is not at all happy that Rebecca wants to make this quest to find her half-sister and to possibly give away half of her inheritance. He does everything he can to knock some sense into her thick skull. Rebecca goes anyway and finds the sister she's always wanted...only to find out that she's not wanted as this sister. Will she ever be able to find happiness and Joy in her life?

I really loved this book and didn't want to see it end!! I was afraid of how it would end but I'm very happy with how [a:Melissa Senate|21199|Jennifer O'Connell|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg] chose to end this book. There were so many characters I could identify with throughout this book but I see myself identifying more with Joy. I have known my dad and he's been in my life since the beginning. However, paralleling this situation with others in my life, I could be Joy. I also really like the character of Theo. He would be my hero in the "real life".

I highly recommend this read to lovers of chick lit and for those looking for a lite refreshing read. I received this book from the Publisher as a part of the Pump Up Your Book Promotional Blog Tour.

Of course I loved this. It was cute, it was sad, it was happy, it was well written. And it was one of those books that didn't require you to think too much, just enjoy the story.

I love this author but the plot is similar to another book of hers. There isn't too much depth, and the main character, Rebecca, gets pretty annoying with all her whining about sisterhood and family. But there definitely are some great, really funny moments and overall it's a worthwhile read.

Entertaining light, chick lit. Did enjoy most of it except for that the fact that she held on to her boyfriend way too long. That's why it got 3 stars instead of 4.

Definitely a book that I needed to read at this specific moment in my life. And I had no idea what the book was about when I ordered it, or when I picked it up to read it 5 days ago. But so timely. So so timely.

I absolutely loved this book. :) I've read all her books (this is the eighth, I think) and this is my favorite.

Rebecca Strand is not doing so well. Her job isn't a perfect fit (she's a paralegal at a divorce law firm, and she's surrounded by angry couples all day) and things aren't right with her boyfriend either (he's a partner at her firm). But the worst thing is that her dad's dying of cancer. And one day, not long before the end, he tells her that she has a half-sister that she didn't know about, one who's two years younger than she is (making the sister 26).

After her dad dies, Rebecca heads to Maine, where her sister (Joy--so the title's clever) lives. She has this big fantasy that she and Joy will be insta-BFF, but Joy's not so excited to meet her back. So now Rebecca has to figure out what to do with her life and how to make Joy her sister.

I think part of the reason I loved this book so much is that a lot of it is true for me, too. It's not exactly right--my dad did die of cancer and I do have a half-sister, but from my biological father, not my dad. But it's hard, because she's 10 years younger than me and we're not close. And we may never be, but that's okay. There's a line in the book that Joy says, and it's something like, "We're not sisters. We're related by DNA." (That is not an exact quote.)

And that's the thing. My best friend Jen is my sister. Meredith and I are related by DNA. (And not even good DNA; our biological father is an ass.) But I think most people get the distinction. There are people that you consider family and there are those that you're related to. And "family" doesn't always mean that there's a blood tie.

But her books are always good, so even without the weird family dynamics I have, I bet you'll like it. :)

Really good story about how life's losses can add to your life.