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The Most Wanted
The Most Wanted
Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard
A naive teenage girl in south Texas falls in love with her prison pen pal. The object of her affection--a charming, dangerously handsome young felon who romances her through his letters to her. After a love affair that defies all conventions, they marry and have a child while the father is still imprisoned. But when he escapes prison to claim hi...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780670878840
ISBN-10: 0670878847
Publication Date: 6/1/1998
Pages: 448
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 96 ratings
Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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scrapbooklady avatar reviewed The Most Wanted on + 472 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
I read the "Deep End of the Ocean", and I must admit, it didn't touch me, as this book did. "The Most Wanted" is a title that fits the book for many reasons, but mostly because this book is all about being wanted: as a daughter, a criminal, a lover, a mother, and a wife. To where you feel the most wanted, and who you feel the most wanted with is where you'll be the happiest. The main message is if you're not the most wanted, find somewhere you will be.
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Helpful Score: 3
Surprisingly good. The story of a teenager who foolishly marries a prisoner and the attorney who becomes her mentor. This book was paced well and the characters were written well.
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Helpful Score: 2
Great book ! Fast read, makes you want to finish !
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Helpful Score: 2
From the back cover: Arley Mowbray is young, smart and lonely. Very lonely. And then she strikes up a correspondence with a prison inmate--and, under the spell of his poetic, seductive letters, falls helplessly, stubbornly in love.

This is a fantastic story--a real page turner.
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Helpful Score: 1
A young, smart and lonely, very lonely woman stikes up a correspondence with a prison inmate. She hires Annie Singer, a tough Texas attorney to help unite Arley with her beloved. Annie does - against her better judgment. Good one!
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a great read!! i found the characters believable and realistic. you will experience an array of emotions while reading this story. i read it over and over again and i doesn't get old :}
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EXPLORES THE RECKLESS DESIRE THAT CAN SEIZE THE MOST SENSIBLE GIRL AT A VULNERABLE MOMENT
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A naive teenage girl in south Texas, Arlie falls in love with her prison pen pal--a handsome and charming young felon who romances her through his letters. After a love affair that defies convention, they marry and have a child--all while the father is still in prison. But when he escapes to claim his family, what started as a passionate romance turns into a terrifying ordeal of obsession and desire. Arlie's only hope is a fiercely dedicated public aid lawyer who is more of a mother figure than Arlie has ever known, and the only one who can avert impending disaster.
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In the 1990s, a teenager from a small Texas town and a disfunctional family, becomes the bride of a charming, psychopathic killer, a prisoner she met through correspondence. The bride wrote poems for him about what her life might be but it really becomes a nightmare. She married him against the wishes of all around her and became pregnant. Consequently, her mother kicks her out of their home. Meanwhile, her husband, Dillon Thomas LeGrande, 25, manages to break out of jail, join his 15 ye ar old wife, and goes on a killing spree.

Told from two perspectives, that of Arley (Arlington Mowbray LeGrande), the bride, and Annie, an attorney, who represents her in court, the reader reads about the romantic lives of both women and what happens when their lives converge. The relationshop that develops is like that of mother and daughter. Annie protects her from Dillon and fills the gap left by a mother who demonstrated little love. Nevertheless, neither recognize Dillon's persistence to obtain his child.
SusanRVT avatar reviewed The Most Wanted on
Uncomfortable subject matter at times. Beautiful writing, both description and flow.
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I really enjoyed this book. I didn't want to put it down! The plot is fresh and keeps my attention. I highly recommend it!
ladycholla avatar reviewed The Most Wanted on + 2081 more book reviews
Good read, good author


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