A review by howifeelaboutbooks
Love Anthony by Lisa Genova

5.0

I don't even know what to say about this book except "five stars." I absolutely loved it. The narrators are two women who live on Nantucket; both are struggling in their marriages, trying to find their purpose in life, and they both find it in different ways. Beth is trying to heal after her husband cheated on her, and turns back to her love of writing. Olivia, a former book editor, photographs families on the beach as if trying to replace what she lost when her autistic son died. The two characters meet, but the way their lives intersect is beautiful - they don't become best friends or anything hokey, and it works perfectly. Genova's characters were so real I wanted to go to their houses and talk about every aspect of their lives with them. I wanted to know Olivia's son, I wanted to read Beth's book.