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Book Review of Necessary Madness

Necessary Madness
Necessary Madness
Author: Jenn Crowell
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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As she loses her husband to leukemia, Gloria Burgess vows not the "fall apart", for her own sake and that of her young son. somehow, far from the States, she'll preserve the pleasant life she and Bill created for themselves in London. Yet, despite her bravest efforts, Gloria will be swept up in a remarkable rite of passage. it will plunge her into a shattering exploration of her parents' unfulfilled marriage. It will entwine her destiny with the life and passions of artist Jascha Kremsky. And, ultimately, it will force Gloria into an utter reinvention of herself, transmuting her grief and anger into love and forgiveness, across the undiscovered border where the end is really the beginning...