courtneyreadsitall 's review for:

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

4.0

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“There isn't a handy grief blueprint. You don't get over losing someone you love in six months or two years or twenty, but you do have to find a way to carry on living without feeling as if everything that comes afterward is second best. Some people walk up mountains, others throw themselves out of planes. Everyone has to find their own way back, and if they're lucky they'll have people who love them to hold their hand.”

I enjoyed this so much. The only reason I took a star off was I found the ending predicatable - I guess what was going to happen pretty early on in the book.