If You Could See What I See

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Paperback , pages. Published July 30th by Kensington first published January 1st To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Feb 22, Maryellen rated it it was amazing. Ladies, burn your beige bras! Wear purple lace; red satin with gold tassels; or even leather! But never again wear boring beige. Here's what I want you to do. Now play it in the background while you read this review. Meggie O'Rourke is a mess. For the past year she's been traveling the globe trying to outrun the nightmares and daymares of her husband's death and her marriage.

It's time to go home to Portland, Oregon. Meggie's sisters, Lacey CFO and Tory Chief Designer , are completely at odds and their fighting certainly isn't helping the company to stay afloat. Meggie needs a plan to save the company. Using her documentary filmmaking career skills, she comes up with one.

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I would often think when I was filming If you could see what I see Hayden is a girl stuck in a boy's body. Cassidy is a pot-smoking, sex addicted, baking obsessed, Prom Queen. Tory, who never quite felt like a "real O'Rourke woman", is a hot-tempered little spitfire adopted into the O'Rourke family at the age of five when her parents were killed in an auto accident; separated from her husband, Scotty; and, furious that he isn't trying harder to get her back.

Think revenge in the form of a large male appendage mounted in the front lawn. Lamb, how do you come up with this stuff? That may explain the large male appendage mounted on the front lawn. And then there's Grandma, the company's founder, a no-nonsense, forward-thinking, adventurous, hard working woman who is intent on bringing her family together and saving her company. This author, Cathy Lamb, has the incredible gift of "getting" women.

She also has a flair for romance. There are moments in this book that will reduce you to tears. Not just tears; big, ugly, have to blow your nose really loudly tears. And as always, with Ms. Lamb, you will laugh. But mostly, you'll cheer for these characters. These are women who don't give up. I will not be invisible.

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I will be me until the very end. And I will look beautiful I dared to live the way I damn well wanted to live. Jun 14, Shelleyrae at Book'd Out rated it it was amazing Shelves: This isn't the first novel I have read by Cathy Lamb, in I borrowed Henry's Sisters from the library and though I never wrote a full review I gave the book five stars and wrote "I would give it more if I could. Articulating why I so adored this novel is difficult because I can't isolate one particu This isn't the first novel I have read by Cathy Lamb, in I borrowed Henry's Sisters from the library and though I never wrote a full review I gave the book five stars and wrote "I would give it more if I could.

Articulating why I so adored this novel is difficult because I can't isolate one particular element that I can identify as extraordinary. There is just something about the way in which Lamb writes that works for me. In simplistic terms, the story of If You Could See What I See begins when Meggie O'Rourke, still struggling with the fall out from her disastrous marriage, returns home to Oregon to rescue her beloved grandmother's failing lingerie company from financial ruin.

Buffeted by her grandmother's indomitable will and her sisters rivalry, Meggie has to find a way to secure both herself, and Lace, Satin and Baubles, a future. The shocking truth of Meggie's marriage, the complex dynamics of her family and their relationships, the foundation on which the company was built and the lives of the people who work for it, all create a story that is both hilarious and heartbreaking.

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Similarly, the characters will shock and surprise you, from Brianna O'Rourke's frank discussions about sexual satisfaction on national TV to Hayden's revelation that he is a girl stuck in a boy's body. There is grief, pain and tragedy, deeply felt and sensitively explored, but all tempered by heart, humour and even romance. A story about love, family and courage, I laughed, I cried, I loved!

View all 8 comments. Jul 25, JudiAnne rated it liked it. After leaving behind a disastrous marriage, emotionally crippled Megan O'Rourke returns home to Oregon and takes over the management of her grandmother's failing lingerie business, Lace, Satin and Baubles, which is headed for financial ruin.

She moves into a tree house and has no time or desire for a private life. She devotes all of her waking hours to the rescue of the business and her two sisters, Tory and Lacy. Tory is the adopted one who is the main designer and has issues of her own. Lacy h After leaving behind a disastrous marriage, emotionally crippled Megan O'Rourke returns home to Oregon and takes over the management of her grandmother's failing lingerie business, Lace, Satin and Baubles, which is headed for financial ruin.

Lacy has three very strange but adorable children and she is now pregnant with her fourth child. The grandmother is loving but a force to be reckoned with. And of course, there is Blake, the gorgeous, hunky police chief who sets his eyes on Megan. She is attracted to him, who wouldn't be, but she is not interested in another relationship.

Then there are an odd assortment of factory workers that all have their own stories! Megan definitely has her hands full! I did enjoy the really funny parts of this novel and there were many. I wasn't exactly put off at the over-the-top bizarre characters or the raw sexual scenarios because some of them were actually hilarious and others I thought there were a lot of repetitious scenes concerning the arguing sisters and the flashbacks of Megan's relationship with her ex-husband, therefore the reading was tiring at times.

In other words, what was scrumptiously entertaining was so worth the read and what was not, I will admit, I skimmed over. I can say that the ending is delightful but I never give a novel more than 3 stars when I have to skim pages to get to the good parts. My opinion may be unpopular because many people really loved this one. I suggest that if you like vivacious novels you probably will enjoy this book. The outlandish characters are strong and very interesting and I enjoyed the way they were developed through the novel.

The story is somewhat predictable but oh so fun along the way. I did enjoy reading about the strangely devoted, quirky family and will try another of Cathy Lamb's books in the future. Aug 06, Aimee rated it liked it. Meggie is damaged - we get that, we just don't know why until the book unravels her story. Lamb does a good job of incorporating flashbacks and stories to slowly reveal what happened to Meggie. However, that's where the compliment ends.

The rest of the book is incredibly cliche. The supporting cast of characters have their identities and Lamb keeps beating those same identities like a dead horse. She needed to develop her characters and round them out a bit more. The story was predic Meggie is damaged - we get that, we just don't know why until the book unravels her story.

The story was predictable and about pages too long. Glad to be finished. Jul 20, C. Armstrong rated it it was amazing. One of my favorite things in the world is the anticipation of reading that next book by one of my favorite authors. Another favorite thing is when that author "delivers" on the promise of a great read. It won't be an easy process, as besides the challenge of the company itself, Meggie will have to overcome the inner demons that have chased her back to Oregon and the rivalry, competition and overall love that all siblings share.

And, like all of Lamb's novels, it's filled with zany characters that make you wish you were a character in the book yourself so that you could just hang out with the other characters. They're simply fun and "real" and make you wish you knew them in real life.

Overall, a really wonderful story and I hated to see it end! Mar 17, Kasie Stemle marked it as to-read. I cannot wait until this book comes out.

I love the way Lamb writes!!! Jan 11, Laura rated it it was ok. The first novel I read by this author really wasn't for me, but I decided to give the author another chance. Unfortunately this novel wasn't for me either. It felt repetitive to the point that I wondered if whole sentences had been copied and pasted.

There was just two much literal- wording "I visually saw her" how else do you see someone? And in a scene where Meggie was filming the grandmother and this is a paraphrase because I couldn't find the except quote to mention in this review - she said The first novel I read by this author really wasn't for me, but I decided to give the author another chance.

And in a scene where Meggie was filming the grandmother and this is a paraphrase because I couldn't find the except quote to mention in this review - she said turn off the camera, I turned it off In addition, the amount of crude language was over done and just didn't work. I felt like the book didn't know where to end so then the ending went on and on trying up every little end so nothing is left to the reader's imagination. Just when I thought it would be over something else had to be discussed. This book also had a lot of elements and activity view spoiler [ domestic violence, suicide, transgender, adoption Tory , the grandmother's past not even sure what to label all that , the car accident, then all the stuff with the factory the man trying to steal, the tsunami hide spoiler ] which led me to question why things couldn't just unfold without drama on every page.

I think some soap operas have less chaos. I am unlikely to try novels by this author. Recommend this novel for those who have enjoyed other Cathy Lamb novels. Aug 03, Denise rated it it was amazing. Meggie and her family are a breath of fresh air. Meggie goes home after a year of wandering after her husbands death. Her Grandmother task her with saving the family business, getting her sisters to stop arguing and with starting to get her own life back together. Cathy Lamb handles very serious subjects with deep sensitivity, realistic reaction and humor. I can picture myself having some of the conversation with people in this book.

I wish I could put into words why I love this story so much.

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I Meggie and her family are a breath of fresh air. I believe Cathy Lamb is going to be on my favorite author list for a very long time! Oct 05, Tari Lawson rated it did not like it. Created to be the only one for me If you could see, what I see? I know there are days When you feel So much less than ideal Wondering what I see in you It's all of the light And the grace Your belief in me drives me to say That I promise you a faithful love, forever true And you would know you have my heart If you could see, what I see?

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