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    Learning to Live
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    Learning to Live

    By R.D. Cole

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    Being alive and living are not always the same.

    Trudy Love is used to being on her own and has rarely been shown affection. Between growing up in foster care and her abusive boyfriend she has no idea what life can be. At 19 she goes through something no one should ever experience and is left alone once again. Six months later she moves to Mobile, Alabama where she meets someone whose eyes bring back memories of the one person she misses everyday. Too late she finds herself caught in a storm of emotions that are unwanted, but she's determined to fight them off.

    Jaxon Coleman has a good life, and for him to attend one of the finest Med schools in the country and follow in his dad's foot steps is a dream come true. However, dreams can change in life and when he meets Trudy he knows his will never be the same. Jax knows she has secrets she is unwilling to share, but he's never given up on something he wants and he wants Tru.

    Can Trudy stop resisting her feelings and welcome the chance to live a different life than she pictured or will her defiance and haunted past eventually take her out of Jax's reach?

    After tragedy living is not easy, but with the right person it can be learned.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR.D. Cole
    Release dateAug 28, 2013
    ISBN9781491038352
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    Learning to Live
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    R.D. Cole

    I live in Alabama and grew up an army brat. My family traveled a lot until we finally settled down along the Gulf Coast when I was 4. My husband is 9 years younger so I guess that makes me a COUGAR. I have a 9 yr old little girl who’s blind as well as autistic. My life is not boring with them two in it. Believe me.I’ve always loved creating and I would constantly draw on my walls. My two hobbies growing up were painting and reading. Writing is something I wanted to do but didn’t think I could, until I woke up at three a.m. a few months back and started.After that, the story took over. Even though some pieces of my life experience are within it, it is Tru and Jax’s story now. I have truly fell in love with this story and hope you all do too.

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    • 5/5
      Warning: this is an ugly cry book! A beautiful story of doomed love, this story will move you. Ciera has been the object of the bullies for as long as she can remember. Her single mom works hard just to keep a roof over her and her siblings' heads. When the bratty, rich A-team kids gang up on her, she just wants to hide away. Topher is the leader of the A-Team (though they have no idea they're called that). His girlfriend, Sophie, is Cieras biggest tormentor. Then one day, everything changes: people change, priorities change, lines get blurred. So, go grab some tissues and read this book!
    • 5/5
      This is a special love story. While I didn't like the dirty language or the sexual content, this story is partially from the standpoint of a girl in high school with a brain tumor. There are a lot of feels in this story and you might want to keep tissue handy. I voluntarily chose to review this and I gave it a 5* rating. I'm not sure the under 18 readers, would want to read this. This was worth the read.
    • 5/5
      This book broke my heart first as a women second as a Mom. In the beginning of this book we find a beaten Trudy Love, pregnant and in an abusive relationship with a drug addict. She was a foster child abandoned at 6 years old and tossed around the system until she was kicked out at 18. She is striving to make a better life. She has a scholarship and plans to take her baby and leave. When the boyfriend finds out he freaks and does the unthinkable. She wakes in the hospital no longer pregnant. Fast forward 6 months she’s at school in Mobile Alabama.Jaxon, is the son of a doctor whose family is made up of mismatched kids from all different walks of life. His little sister Jazz just happens to be Trudy’s new roommate. Jaxon is immediately taken with Tru. Tru is trying to avoid Jax. This doesn’t exactly workout for her. As they build a relationship Jaxon has to overcome all of Tru’s demons. Slowly but surely Tru begins to heal but there’s something from her past that just doesn’t want to let go.Jammie I don’t know about you but this book hurt to read. In a good way I was holding my boys a little tighter after reading the first chapter. Tru’s strength was breathtaking and Jaxon’s patience with her was heartwarming. I loved that this book didn’t have the stereotypical love triangle BS that is so popular with a lot of YA books these days. There is plenty of angst and the nightmares made me gasp and cry for the pain that she had to continue to endure. As the plot continued to build I knew what was coming but I still wasn’t prepared for it when it happened. The only thing I didn’t like was the side story about Benji He starts out as a fun flirty kinda guy and ends up tragic. I know it was setting the stage for the next book in the series and that’s okay with me I don’t mind when an author does that I just wasn’t expecting it at all. I loved the relationship between the siblings and how quickly everyone in the family falls in love with Tru. This was a dynamic read that was fast paced and kept me turning the page. I can’t wait to read the next one. I want to know what happens next.LisaI have to say I agree, this book gripped you from the first moment! Ripped your heart out and then it just left you standing there bleeding. Trudy was beaten but refused to be broken. Determined to make a better life for herself, so that everything she suffered wasn’t in vain. Then we meet Jaxon, and he is in love with the first glimpse he gets of Tru. And it seems to be the most sweet and understand love. I agree with you Lisa, I hated when that final twist came. But unlike you I did like Benji, I think he had a bigger story than what was told. And hopefully maybe we will get a little glimpse of that story. Yes he obviously had some deep issues but where did they come from? I can’t wait to see what’s next!Jammie

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