Sandi K W. (Sandiinmississippi) reviewed on 9/16/2014 + 265 more book reviews

I wish I could 'like' the author more! I agree that the book is intended to be deeply personal, perhaps a cure-all for the various sad events which she experienced. We all have loss and tragedy - hers came all together in such a way that her seemingly perfect life collapsed and overwhelmed her. Her honesty about her actions is often hard to take as we observe her using people in some of the same ways her deceased husband had done. She feels empty and tries to 'fill herself up' with others. She makes all the mistakes and mis-steps others make when overwhelmed. I just didn't connect with her properly I guess. The book felt exploitative; can one exploit oneself? Interesting enough, but in the end she simply had a dead husband who had acted like a horse's ass in life and successfully hidden it from her. The choices she made would not have been mine, or perhaps I simply would not have been 'brave' enough to admit them? It does make one think.

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