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Paperback Rules for Life Book

ISBN: 1551433508

ISBN13: 9781551433509

Rules for Life

When her mother died two years earlier, Izzy thought the world would change in some identifiable way, but it didn't. It didn't even slow down.

Along with constantly watching her brother, Jason, to ensure he didn't repeat his involvement with drugs, Izzy has managed to get through school and the rest of her life using her mother's endless "rules" as guidance, even making up some of her own as she goes along.

When her father starts dating again and then decides to get married, Izzy is unprepared. She is convinced she will hate this intruder in her ordered life and is certain that their family is complete as it is. When her father's new girlfriend becomes pregnant, and her health is threatened, Izzy finds that there might just be room in her family for Anne. And while trying to save her brother and stay true to the "rules," Izzy realizes that family involves more than blood and that rules aren't always absolute. A touching, often funny, story of love and acceptance, Rules for Life is a reminder that while we can't choose the family we are born with, we can choose the people we take along for the ride.

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Fiction Teen & Young Adult

Customer Reviews

2 ratings

Wow-Very moving book

I found this story to be extremely moving, with wonderful characters, completely believable plot, told from the point of view of a 16 year old girl, Izzy. It begins with a lot of humor, but takes a very realistic turn toward drama and suspense, with unexpected results. Just when you think you know what's going to happen, it doesn't. I highly recommend this book to people of all ages, not merely young adults. I'm in my 50's, and enjoyed it immensely. I hope another one follows. Frank

Amazing Story

Darlene Ryan's "Rules for Life" was a very touching novel. I enjoyed it very much. Izzy goes through many everyday problems that ordinary people are faced with and that is what makes the novel so remarkable. Izzy matures throughout the story and realizes that family involves more than blood and that rules are not always permanent. She learns that her family may have been complete before, but can still be complete with added members. "Rules for Life" was a touching, often funny story of love and acceptance.
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