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Once in Every Life: A Novel Mass Market Paperback – December 23, 1992

by Kristin Hannah (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 699 ratings
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Tess Gregory's brilliant career as a research scientist hides her longings for husband and child. Though deaf, she is a free spirit -- a woman full of life and love. She is struck down all too soon.
But for Tess, a new life begins at her death, in post-Civil War America. She is now Amarylis Rafferty, wife and mother of three -- and she can hear. Shocked and disoriented by her new surroundings, she is drawn into the savage heartache burdening the family, especially her husband, Jack, a man who fears himself capable of anything.
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    416 pages
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  3. Publisher
    Ballantine Books
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    December 23, 1992
  5. Dimensions
    4.2 x 0.9 x 6.85 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0449148386
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0449148389
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A humorous and twisty time travel romance featuring an unforgettable heroine.

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Tess Gregory is a successful research scientist with a poignant past when her deafness keeps her from hearing and avoiding an oncoming bus. Because her life has been so unsatisfactory and truncated, she is given a chance at a new one. A guardian angel escorts Tess to the "theater of second chances," where her options consist of choosing among several different men to accompany in her next go-round. What she fails to understand is that the appealing man and newborn baby on whom she settles are living in the year 1873. On the positive side, Tess has been reincarnated in the body of a drop-dead gorgeous new mother complete with curly blond hair and perfect hearing. As for the down side, the woman whose body she now inhabits has been unspeakably cruel to her husband and daughters, so that they are afraid of her. Before her situation is resolved she uses her modern psychiatric knowledge to help a dyslexic daughter learn to read, as well to cure her husband of the post-traumatic stress disorder he suffers from as a result of having fought in the Civil War. While not all of the details are historically right--much of the language sounds up-to-the-minute--the heroine's pluck and imagination are always engaging. Hannah wrote The Enchantment.
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If you had the chance to pick your next life, what would it be? That's the question Kristin Hannah answers in this time-travel romance with a twist. And it has a great heroine who faces life's little quirks with a wry sense of humor that will make you laugh out loud. Lisa Congelosi, Sales Rep

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ballantine Books; Reprint edition (December 23, 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0449148386
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0449148389
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.2 x 0.9 x 6.85 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 699 ratings

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Kristin Hannah

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Kristin Hannah is the award-winning and bestselling author of more than 20 novels. Her newest novel, The Women, about the nurses who served in the Vietnam war, will be released on February 6, 2024.

The Four Winds was published in February of 2021 and immediately hit #1 on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Indie bookstore's bestseller lists. Additionally, it was selected as a book club pick by the both Today Show and The Book Of the Month club, which named it the best book of 2021.

In 2018, The Great Alone became an instant New York Times #1 bestseller and was named the Best Historical Novel of the Year by Goodreads.

In 2015, The Nightingale became an international blockbuster and was Goodreads Best Historical fiction novel for 2015 and won the coveted People's Choice award for best fiction in the same year. It was named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, iTunes, Buzzfeed, the Wall Street Journal, Paste, and The Week.

The Nightingale is currently in pre-production at Tri Star. Firefly Lane, her beloved novel about two best friends, was the #1 Netflix series around the world, in the week it came out. The popular tv show stars Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke.

A former attorney, Kristin lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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5.0 out of 5 stars SUPRISING BEGINNING
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2024
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I am really enjoying this book. All her books are great, but this one is something I didn't think I would enjoy but she spins the story beautifully and I am enthralled with it. It is hard to lay it down.
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Tucker
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book
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Judith Agee
5.0 out of 5 stars Once in every career
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a writer puts together a "Once In Every Life."

This is a romance with powerful family drama, a dash of time travel and it is simply

gorgeous.

I cried a bucket and laughed out loud.

Kristin Hannah's novels so far have been

some of the most enjoyable, intelligent novels

I have ever read.

With Once In Every Life, taking the lead by just a heartbeat

of Mystic Lake.

Her prose is just so seamless.

Funny, too.

Very real.

The family drama in this book takes precedence to a certain degree over romance. Although all the different aspects just swirl beautifully together.

Tess Gregory circa 1993 ends up as Jackson Rafferty's wife

circa 1873 thanks to a spirit named Carol.

Jack is a terribly troubled man, who's marriage was a disaster.

His children, bright and loving, have had two remote parents raising them in a loveless home.

Enter Tess, given a second chance at life, and a chance to

help this unhappy family.

Her gentle tending of these damaged children is poignant and believable.

Jack's painful and slow healing from his torments is well done.

You'll love Tess's discovery of how things are done in 1873.

It is just very, very splendid reading.

5 stars are not enough for Once In Every Life, this book deserves 10
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Joseph J. Truncale
4.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating and page turning novel you may want to check out.
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2022
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Like many people who are into the novels of Kristen Hannah it is easy to get hooked into reading more of her earlier books. Even though my usual novel reading revolves around detective, westerns and science fiction; however, what I recently discovered are some of the themes the prolific novelist Kristen Hannah writes about involves some interesting and unique romantic theme stories.

This novel (Once in every life: a novel by Kristin Hannah) focuses on a science researcher named Tess Gregory and involves a time travel like theme which I found intriguing. I never ever give away too much information when reviewing any novel because I dislike reviewers who write so much about a book that it spoils it for others who may want to read a particular book.

If you are a fan of Kristen Hannah’s novels this is one of her earlier books you might want to check out.
Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Haiku Moments: How to read, write and enjoy Haiku).
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lisa m freitas
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Loved it
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andrea bomar
5.0 out of 5 stars Transported Back in Time
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2023
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Once again, Kristin Hannah transported me to another time with another family.
This is an amazing story of healing and redemption.
I highly recommend it to anyone.
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Nanci Squier
3.0 out of 5 stars Not in the same genre as Hannah's current work
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015
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Although I'm a huge fan of Kristen Hannah, this is one of her early books and more in the romance novel genre. I ordered it because of my interest in time travel as well as my curiosity about Hannah's first books. The plot is somewhat interesting, but I must confess to skimming most of the last half of the book. I'm writing this review only to make the point that as Hannah matured as a writer and gained experience as a novelist, she seems to have experienced a metamorphosis, emerging as a first class author of contemporary fiction
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plfl
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and well written . Love it!
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2022
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The creative journey through the characters and a very clever idea . It help my interest that I was excited to get to the ending. Addressed PTSD and how it affects not just the person but his/her family, friends and community.
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Janny E
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing story and characters.
Reviewed in Canada on August 24, 2020
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I searched for this book for years! I read it as a teen and the story stuck with me. It's not your run if the mill trashy trashy romance. It has heart and the characters are unforgettable. Love it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Original and good book
Reviewed in France on October 16, 2018
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Good reading. Sometimes descriptions are too long.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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megholmes
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Read!!
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I read this book years ago and the story line kept coming back to me over the years. So I bought it again. This time I'll hang on to it. Very good read.
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hazel carruthers
3.0 out of 5 stars bring it on.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 8, 2013
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This book again was not as gripping as her other novels.It was not a page turner for me.But i will still read all her books
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