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If You Could See Me Now

By Cecelia Ahern

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| Paperback | 9781401308667

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Book Description

In her third novel, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern introduces us to two sisters at odds with each other. Elizabeth’s life is an organized mess. The organized part is all due to her own efforts. The mess is entirely due to her sister, Saoirse, whose personal problems leave Elizabeth scramblingContinue

In her third novel, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern introduces us to two sisters at odds with each other. Elizabeth’s life is an organized mess. The organized part is all due to her own efforts. The mess is entirely due to her sister, Saoirse, whose personal problems leave Elizabeth scrambling to pick up the pieces. One of these pieces is Saoirse’s six-year-old son, Luke. Luke is quiet and contemplative, until the arrival of a new friend, Ivan, turns him into an outgoing, lively kid. And Elizabeth’s life is about to change in wonderful ways she has only dreamed of.

With all the warmth and wit that fans have come to expect from Cecelia Ahern, this is a novel full of magic, heart, and surprising romance.

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  • If You Could See Me Now By Cecelia Ahern

    Can miracles occur? Is it possible to see the invisible or touch the intangible? Elizabeth Egan has never believed so. This 30-something single woman is an interior designer living in a small Irish town that she has always hated. Despite the fact tha ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

  • Bookreporter.com - IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW by Cecelia Ahern

    • Read an Excerpt • Author Talk -- January 2006 • Reading Group Guide Cecelia Ahern brings her amazing wit, gifted storytelling, marvelous writing and Irish heritage to her very touching third book, IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW. Readers often will talk ab ... (read full critics)

    bookreporter published on Sat, 28 Aug 2010

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  • Friends come in all different shapes and sizes, so‏ why should 'imaginary' friends be any different?

    I loved this book. It's about some of my dearest childhood memories: the so-called imaginary friends. Elizabeth Egan is 34. She is taking care of her sister Saoirse's child Luke, because her sister is an alcoholic. Her childhood has not been easy. Her mother was always running away and coming back f ... (continue)

    I loved this book. It's about some of my dearest childhood memories: the so-called imaginary friends. Elizabeth Egan is 34. She is taking care of her sister Saoirse's child Luke, because her sister is an alcoholic. Her childhood has not been easy. Her mother was always running away and coming back from what she called adventures, leaving her and her dad alone with a toddler sister to care for. Slowly her father became a very sad man, waiting for his wife to come home. Elizabeth by growing looked more and more like her mother and she knew her father couldn't look at her without sadness in his eyes. So she decided to prove him that she only looked like her mother. At 34 she lives in a home that looks perfect, with a six year old boy, whom she can't show any tenderness and a sister who has disappeared. She loves her job as an interior designer, though she lives in a cream and brown world of her own. The day Luke has a new best friend, Ivan, all her nightmares resurface. Just because only Luke can see Ivan. And fantasy has no place in her perfect world. Illusions, that can lead to disillusionment must be kept away from her nephew. So she starts a crusade against Ivan. Until she meets him. He will help her handle her condition, he will help her remembering lost truth of her childhood, he will help her bringing back the lost child in her, but most of all he will help her to live and after some embarrassing encounters, she finally discovers another truth: Imaginary friends do exist. If people would stop being scared of things they can't rationally explain then they could open their eyes and see so many things. Their minds would travel unknown places. Discover new worlds. If people would stop arguing about or trying to decide what is "normal", this would be a happier world. Because imaginary is only a name they've been given by dull people, who'd have a great potential of being fantastic if they only destroyed the mental walls they live within.

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    Katia Guido said on Oct 23, 2011 | Add your feedback

  • Elizabeth is a successful young woman, living in Baile na gCroìthe, a small village in the West of Ireland. Her mother left as she was 13 and she grew up her sister Saoirse. Now Saoirse is alcoholic, hardly at home, and Elizabeth is growing up her 6 years old nephew, Luke. But sb arrives. Ivan is th ... (continue)

    Elizabeth is a successful young woman, living in Baile na gCroìthe, a small village in the West of Ireland. Her mother left as she was 13 and she grew up her sister Saoirse. Now Saoirse is alcoholic, hardly at home, and Elizabeth is growing up her 6 years old nephew, Luke. But sb arrives. Ivan is the invisible friend of Luke. As his colleagues, he can be seen only by whom believes and needs him. And Elizabeth can see him too, although unaware of him to be an imaginary friend (nevertheless real). A strange love story that changes everything.

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    rubidu said on Aug 13, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • Not as good as I thought!

    Gatwick Airport, 20 pounds left and a couple of books I wanted to buy...after having bought them, I still had a few pounds left when I jumped on this book! Perfect, I thought, also because I knew Cecilia Ahern as being the author of the book which inspired one of my favourite movies: "PS: I love you ... (continue)

    Gatwick Airport, 20 pounds left and a couple of books I wanted to buy...after having bought them, I still had a few pounds left when I jumped on this book! Perfect, I thought, also because I knew Cecilia Ahern as being the author of the book which inspired one of my favourite movies: "PS: I love you".
    I expected nothing more than a chick lit, but this...is worst than a chick lit. A simple and quite boring plot about a love story between a girl and her imagined friend.
    Sorry Cecilia...no way. I'll read "PS: I love you" just to give you another chance and we'll see.

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    Camilla Zu said on Sep 4, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • A nice little story, not as intriguing as A place called here or passionate as P.S. I love you. At times quite a bit over the top and leaves too many unresolved issues. Fluent writing style and very easy to go through.

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    Embla said on Dec 14, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • it just makes me think of the British film called << opal dreams>>. Does this flick come from this book? They are all talking about an imaginary friend. what is yours? do you believe it is existing?

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    Gobs Chan said on Nov 10, 2007 | Add your feedback

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