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A review by cgj13
The Optimist's Guide to Letting Go by Amy E. Reichert
5.0
I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.
This book had me going from laughs to tears, all while making me hungry for grilled cheese and brownies.
Amy Reichert develops characters that are wholly realistic. From the mother who keeps secrets from her daughters and lives her life based on a carefully curated societal image to the struggling relationship of a teenage daughter with her mother.
The underlying sadness in this story is that Gina's life is traveling down a path parallel to her own mother's, but she doesn't even know it. And her mother, so caught up in maintaining her country club image and lifestyle. This sets her down a path that is unfortunately causing a rift between her and her daughter, May. Both May and Gina are grieving the loss of father/husband privately. Gina, because she is trying to be strong for May, and May, because Gina is not showing any emotion regarding the loss, she feels isolated by her grief. When they finally come around and are honest with each other, my heart cracked open, and the tears fell openly.
Its a beautiful story of how loss and grief affect you, but you truly have a choice in how you want to live your life.
This book had me going from laughs to tears, all while making me hungry for grilled cheese and brownies.
Amy Reichert develops characters that are wholly realistic. From the mother who keeps secrets from her daughters and lives her life based on a carefully curated societal image to the struggling relationship of a teenage daughter with her mother.
The underlying sadness in this story is that Gina's life is traveling down a path parallel to her own mother's, but she doesn't even know it. And her mother, so caught up in maintaining her country club image and lifestyle. This sets her down a path that is unfortunately causing a rift between her and her daughter, May. Both May and Gina are grieving the loss of father/husband privately. Gina, because she is trying to be strong for May, and May, because Gina is not showing any emotion regarding the loss, she feels isolated by her grief. When they finally come around and are honest with each other, my heart cracked open, and the tears fell openly.
Its a beautiful story of how loss and grief affect you, but you truly have a choice in how you want to live your life.