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Der Sehnsuchtsbaum
by Holly Kennedy, Mechthild Sandberg-Ciletti
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While the start of this is highly realistic- a man blaming his wife for not being any fun anymore as she’s trying to take care of everything at home and a child with cancer while he’s out living his best life - the end is infuriating.
All the blame is relegated to Mom from her husband and her child for the downfall of the relationship- that the husband walks out on. She then has an epiphany at the end that if she was just more fun and goes back to the person she used to be everyone can live happily ever after? So of course, she goes back to him with the realization that yep, it was all her fault.
It was well written, the characters are multi-dimensional, and the ending makes me want to burn the book.
While the start of this is highly realistic- a man blaming his wife for not being any fun anymore as she’s trying to take care of everything at home and a child with cancer while he’s out living his best life - the end is infuriating.
All the blame is relegated to Mom from her husband and her child for the downfall of the relationship- that the husband walks out on. She then has an epiphany at the end that if she was just more fun and goes back to the person she used to be everyone can live happily ever after? So of course, she goes back to him with the realization that yep, it was all her fault.
It was well written, the characters are multi-dimensional, and the ending makes me want to burn the book.