It's been a while since I gave a book 5 stars, but this one definitely deserves it. Robin Snow is a star athlete and an Olympic hopeful to run the marathon. One day when she's out for her usual run, her life takes a dramatic turn for the worse. This beautifully written story follows each family member's journey through this crisis and shows how they grow, individually and as a family, through this terrible situation. There's a lot going on in this story, but it is beautifully woven and it all ti...

Rating: 2.5To sum up my thoughts on this book, it's like a grown-up version of My Sister's Keeper. Love that book? This book should be your next read. Hated that book? Avoid (or not, I'm not the boss of you :P). The mother was a terrible mother and a card-carrying bitch. Like every time she showed up I wanted to throw the book across the room, so I just skimmed.She blamed her daughter on the fact that her speschul snowflake daughter had a heart attack. Also acted like a primadonna in the ER, cal...

More of a 2.5 for me. There was just too much that Delinsky tried to cram into this book--too many people, too many issues. I really didn't feel like I knew the main characters or understood their motives.

Summary: Young woman is rendered brain dead from a heart attack; family sits by the bedside for days agonizing about whether to take her off life support and donate her organs; they decide to do it.That's a situation, not a story. It should not constitute a full-length book. And it's obviously written by someone (yes, I know she's a popular writer) who has never been through this.I'm super critical, because my own daughter, Kaitlyn Arquette, 18, was chased down in her car and shot twice in the h...

2.5 starsThis isn’t a badly written book but it was just so mediocre and mundane that I was apathetic when reading it. The story didn’t do it for me. The issues around end of life when someone you love is on life support weren’t carved out enough. I think there was potential to go deeper into the dilemmas and emotions one experiences. So it is a book that I didn’t really enjoy but also didn’t dislike. It was just meh...

Writing quality of a soap opera. Blech!

My review: Robin is the star athlete of the Snow family. All family activities revolve around her running. Molly is the younger sister, always feeling second best to Robin. Even as an adult, Molly continues to struggle living in Robin’s shadow. It’s not until Robin’s last run, that the Snow family will finally face the reality of their dynamics.One that fateful day, Molly was supposed to be with Robin during her long run. True to Robin’s fashion, she changed her running plans at the last minute

Olympic level marathoner and egotistical Robin Snow does not get along, for the most part, with her less athletic, younger sister Molly, a horticulturist. Though they share a sisterly bond, especially when things go bad for one of them, Molly resents her older sibling’s fame and accompanied gloating haughtiness, so she refuses to run with Robin as she trains. When Robin, running alone, suffers a heart attack that leaves her comatose, Molly feels guilty for not being there for her.As Robin's heal...

I feel like the synopsis of this book doesn't quite do it justice. It says Molly's cherished ideas about her sister are shattered, but in the end I think she cherishes her sister more than ever, or finally realizes how she has always cherished her. In the end, I felt worst for Robin and how little the world around her really knew about her. In the end, with Robin's accident and death, her family finally learns about her and learns to value and love her as they never could before. Though "asleep,...

So many of the familiar Delinsky elements are here: a major character thwarted from her career path, a tangled family relationship, sibling tension. This is both a good thing and a bad thing.What makes this book so wonderful, however, is the tightness of the narrative. It takes place over a very short time (compared to some of her other titles). As each day passes, the tension increases until the characters finally have to make the confrontations they've been dreading.I have a sister that I love...

Goodness, I had thought this book sounded so good when I read about it. So I contacted the author to see if she'd be kind enough to send me a copy. I have to say that this book is the most amazing book. It's going on my list of favorite books of all time! While the premise of the story is one we've heard before, I could never have imagined the depths that it would uncover. The emotions that it evokes are complex and will have you really feeling a bit raw. All of us have wondered at one time or a...

This was the story of a family faced with a daughter who has a heart attack out running and is on life support. It is the story of how the family copes and grows through the experience. I found this a good read, this issue was explored compassionately and the characters grew in the experiece.

Olympic hopeful Robin has a massive heart attack while training. Now brain dead, her sister Molly, their parents and brother wrestle with personal and family problems while awaiting the inevitable.I read WHILE MY SISTER SLEEPS years ago and remember enjoying it, so when Kindle had it as a daily deal for $1.99, I figured I’d reread. Barbara Delinsky, a prolific writer, is at her best when writing about relationships. I didn’t enjoy WHILE MY SISTER SLEEPS as much as my memory of the book, perhaps

I really didn't like this book. I didn't like any of the characters. The story revolves around a family who owns some famous nursery in New England where they all work except for the oldest daughter who is a famous runner training for the Olympics. She winds up having a heart attack while running which causes severe brain damage. The story basically involves the family members coming to terms with what happened as well as with each other. The characters are painted in such broad strokes that the...

It's a very emotional book. The secrets we keep!!!

The Snow sisters - Molly and Robin - are as close as two sisters can possibly be. Like most sisters, the women share a bond that has sustained them through the good times and the bad. Throughout their childhood, and now as adults, the women's love for each other and their friendship has endured, and is just as strong as ever. Their careers are flourishing - Molly is a horticulturist and Robin is a world-class runner - and they are both in the prime of their lives. So when Molly receives the news...

What a tearjerker!!!

I really enjoyed this book. I read it in one sitting on a beautiful day at the cabin a couple of years ago. It grabbed me in the first few pages. The Snow family have a very tangled relationship filled with secrets, rivalries, and resentments.Robin Snow is the star athlete family and her younger sister Molly has always felt second best to her. Even as an adult, Molly struggles with living in Robin’s shadow. On a fateful day Robin goes for a run alone. Molly was to accompany her but at the last m...

Everything happens for a reason according to Nana and even though some things might not make your happy, they do have to happen. Potential Olympic runner Robin Snow is out on a run and has a heart attack. This leads to a week of anguish for a family but yet each of them grows in their own way. This book is tragic from the very start to the very end yet it is bittersweet. How is the Snow family going to cope with the tragedy of Robin's heart attack and what are they going to decide. Very sad book...

I liked this book, the way the author writes, I found myself eager to read and not wanting to put it down. However I was disturbed to see Teri Schiavo name used in the book and compared to the character in this book, who is brain dead and left going by machines. Teri Schiavo was awake, alive, breathing on her own, and especially loved and wanted by her parents. Yes she did have a feeding tube inserted, because of her possibility to aspirate. Teri Schiavo was starved to death. She was like a chil...