Helpful Score: 3
This is an absorbing glimpse into the lives of those who have to go on after an unthinkable tragedy blindsides them. The stages and layers of grief both separate and join those who are left to deal with the aftermath of a devastating loss. Ayelet Waldman writes beautifully and convincingly about the unexpected strengths and fallibilities of human beings in their darkest hours.
Helpful Score: 2
Oh, Wow. At first, I thought this book was slow- but it really wasn't. I just spent the last two hours ignoring my family and finishing it. Wow. Waldman once again gets the characters pitch perfect, and does a tragic but hopeful story without any schmaltz.
