Something Blue

Something Blue, by Emily Giffin, is a novel about a young beautiful women, Darcy, who is left by her ex-fiance, for her life long best friend Rachel. Darcy doesn't think she can become more lost and confuse until she finds out she is pregnant, with her ex-fiance's bestfriend's baby. In her whirl wind of trouble she quits her job and tries to make the situation work with her baby's father, Marcus. Darcy takes Marcus home to meet her uptight and judgmental family which Marcus clearly does not fit into. Darcy's family grows to hate Marcus very quickly and so Darcy and Marcus leave to return home. Shortly after their return home Marcus leaves Darcy. She now has no one. She lost her best friend, her fiance, her family, and now the father of her baby.
With no where else to go Darcy decides to go to England to stay with her friend from high school, Ethan. Ethan is hesitant about this because he was only friends with Darcy in high school because of Rachel and he thinks poorly of Darcy. She is only worried about herself and is consistently putting people down so she can be more powerful then they are. Once Darcy got to Ethan's house in England Ethan spent much of his time avoiding Darcy. Eventually Ethan got so fed up with Darcy one day and just snapped. After that day Darcy was never the same.
Darcy begins to better herself and her life. She goes to the doctor for her babies and discovers that she is pregnant with twins. Darcy is very upset about this because she does not want to be pregnant at all. She does not let this stop her of her quest to become a better person though. She meets a few friends at a coffee shop and is very genuine and friendly to them. Darcy begin to look for jobs and volunteer oppertunitis. She becomes more focused on herself and her baby boys on the way then her image and what everyone else sees her as.
After many months are working at being a better person, things just fall together for Darcy. She makes amends with her family back home in the US, is the best of friends with Ethan, and has an amazing doctor boyfriend who loves her. She proves herself again when she breaks up with the doctor because she realizes her feelings for Ethan.
In the end Ethan and Darcy end up getting married and even her ex-bestfriend and ex-fiance, who are now married with a kid, and her entire family come to the wedding in England. Darcy has the twins and they keep a strong healthy and happy family.
I can not relate to this story in many way but there are a few characteristics in this novel that I feel a connection with. I feel like I can relate to Darcy because I sometimes become to self centered and focused on my image instead of other important factors. Even since I came to college I have been trying hard to being a better person and trying new things. Just like Darcy, a major change in my life was needed for me to realize that I needed to do something about the person I was.