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To Sicily with Love by Jennifer Probst
5.0
This is not my first Jennifer Probst book, but I must say it is my favorite (so far). Aurora's story of growth, self-acceptance, and awakening is full of tenderness, emotions, and finding what has always been missing from her life.
While this is classified as a romance, it is nothing like your standard meet-cute book. It has depth and breadth of the many characters. Yes, there is romance, but it's not the love is not just for another person, but learning to love yourself in spite of any past mistakes, downfalls, and choices and loving others as they are. A major theme is grief: how it can encompass your body and soul, make you feel as though your life is imploding. It teaches us that loss can bring good things into your life and that your mental pain can also bring you pleasure.
There is a line with "raw, honest, vulnerable" in it which has so much depth when you read it in context and pretty much sums up the book in three words. It's almost as if this is a fiction "self-help" book! Other key concepts throughout the story are love, faith, growth, grief, and most of all family.
This would make an excellent book club choice!
While this is classified as a romance, it is nothing like your standard meet-cute book. It has depth and breadth of the many characters. Yes, there is romance, but it's not the love is not just for another person, but learning to love yourself in spite of any past mistakes, downfalls, and choices and loving others as they are. A major theme is grief: how it can encompass your body and soul, make you feel as though your life is imploding. It teaches us that loss can bring good things into your life and that your mental pain can also bring you pleasure.
There is a line with "raw, honest, vulnerable" in it which has so much depth when you read it in context and pretty much sums up the book in three words. It's almost as if this is a fiction "self-help" book! Other key concepts throughout the story are love, faith, growth, grief, and most of all family.
This would make an excellent book club choice!