notinjersey 's review for:

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

4.0

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Josie Silver is the author of One Day in December, which was very popular in the book world so I wanted to read this one as well. This book is about loss and grief, as well as healing after a loss. Lydia has dreams of her life as it would have been if Freddie hadn’t died and her dreams are basically like living another life. There are things happening in that other life that may not be worth Lydia retreating there permanently. This is a unique way to look at how a bereaved woman copes with loss and learns to continue living in the real world.