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A review by glassesgirl79
This Body: A Novel of Reincarnation by Laurel Doud
3.0
I found this a fascinating book with the intriguing premise of two women who die on the same night and the older woman wakes up a year later in the body of a women seventeen years younger than her.
Katharine Ashley is a thirty-nine year old wife and mother of two who dies of sudden cardiac arrest. Thisby Bennet is a twenty-two year old rich, skinny young woman whose drug habit leads to an early death.
When Katharine dies, her soul somehow finds it’s way into Thisby’s body and the remainder of the novel focuses on Katharine discovering that life has gone on without her as well as learning to navigate her world as a recovering drug addict.
This book was interesting in that while Katharine worked hard in her life to make sure that her family was taken care often, she did this at the expense of her our health and well being. As Katharine embraces her new life as Thisby, she soon realizes that appearances can be deceiving and that although Thisby seems close knit, her parents are actually quite aloof.
Overall, this was a satisfying read and an provided answer interesting twist on the life after death story.
Katharine Ashley is a thirty-nine year old wife and mother of two who dies of sudden cardiac arrest. Thisby Bennet is a twenty-two year old rich, skinny young woman whose drug habit leads to an early death.
When Katharine dies, her soul somehow finds it’s way into Thisby’s body and the remainder of the novel focuses on Katharine discovering that life has gone on without her as well as learning to navigate her world as a recovering drug addict.
This book was interesting in that while Katharine worked hard in her life to make sure that her family was taken care often, she did this at the expense of her our health and well being. As Katharine embraces her new life as Thisby, she soon realizes that appearances can be deceiving and that although Thisby seems close knit, her parents are actually quite aloof.
Overall, this was a satisfying read and an provided answer interesting twist on the life after death story.