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On a warm June day, Maura Corrigan is walking with her nine-year-old son, James, as he rides his bike to school. The unthinkable happens: he darts onto the street and is hit by Alex, a 17-year-old neighbor. As if James's death isn't tragic enough for the Corrigan family, in its wake an intricate web of relationships, secrets, and betrayals begins to unravel.
Told through the perspective of four family members, Those We Love Most chronicles how this sudden twist of fate forces each of them to confront their choices, examine their mistakes, and fight for their most valuable relationships. It asks the age-old question: Why do we hurt the ones we love most? Then it shows us how we can, in the most difficult of times, forgive ourselves and others for our transgressions.
My thoughts:
When I want to read something with a good story, or good writing, I do try to go for fiction. Not that other genres do not have this, of course they do, but lit fic is just different from the other books I read. Because it is real ;D
And here it was sad, and made you think...
Maura is walking her kids to school when she looks away for a sec and her son dies in a traffic accident. She blames herself, and she is drifting away from her husband. Her husband Pete who drinks too much, and later drinks even more to drown his own sorrow. Can they ever find their way back to each other.
Then we have her parents, Margaret who is happy at home, and her husband Roger who works a lot and is seeing someone on the side. Margaret was old school who held her tongue and wanted things to look perfect. I could not have done that if I was her. Sure they still loved each other but still..
There are different ways to deal with sorrow, different ways to moving on. The book is not all SAD. Sure it was sad when it happens, but the book is not about death, but about coping with it. And about love, and forgiveness.
Conclusion:
I enjoyed it.
Cover
good
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published September 11th 2012 by Hyperion
Fiction
Own
I like that cover, too.
ReplyDelete:)
DeleteSounds like a book I'd enjoy too!
ReplyDeleteI think so too
DeleteI hear you :/
ReplyDeleteI love lit fiction too, Women's fiction in particular because its devoid of any romantic notions.
ReplyDeleteI just really need it sometimes
DeleteI love to weave in literary fiction and agree, it has a realism to it. I am glad it offered more then just sadness.
ReplyDeleteIt sure did. It's good to read now and then :)
DeleteOh the feels. I am reading a book that I worry that will make me feel feelings. 0.o
ReplyDeleteIf I really feel I cry, here, life happened, it was sad, but not SAD
DeleteThis one sounds really good.
ReplyDeleteRead it :)
DeleteThis is definitely a trip from what I'm used to seeing in your blog. I'm glad you enjoyed it, nonetheless!
ReplyDeleteI know! I have read too little lit fic lately. I am going through my own tbr pile and not a lot there
DeleteIt is about life I think. Sadness, joy all of it.
ReplyDeleteYes!
DeleteOh not an easy topic there
ReplyDeleteNo, it was rough
DeleteSounds like an emotional novel.
ReplyDeleteIn ways yes
DeleteOh, man! I don't think I could read such a story... I think all parents have irrational fears about their kids getting hurt, about that one moment of negligence when the unspeakable happens. It's a very hard thing to live with even as an irrational fear. Reading about an actual case? Not me. It does sound like a really good book though. I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
ReplyDeleteI worry about my cat so..yes. And then to have it happen. Worst fear as a parent.
DeleteBut it was different somehow, it was more than just that
I'm not great with sad stories so it's good that this one is more about the coping and moving forward.
ReplyDeleteYes! Sad is just sad, and dwelling is just sad
DeleteThis sounds like an emotional read, and I'd probably like it even if it did make me sad. I like lit fic too because it is more realistic and not everything works out.
ReplyDeleteSad is a part of life. It's good to read about
Deletemy type of read, I like the cover too.
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