A review by emilyinherhead
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

"I'll never know, and neither will you of the life you don't choose. We'll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that didn't carry us. There's nothing to do but salute it from the shore."

This book is a warm, reassuring hug. Obviously not every letter and response will be directly relatable to every reader, but Sugar answers such a wide variety of people that there's bound to be something here that speaks to you.

I found myself tearing up a few different times, just at how thoughtful and tender Cheryl Strayed's advice is, how stern but also how gentle her voice. She obviously cares very much about everyone who writes to her, and a lot about her own life comes out in the process of writing back, which makes her even more admirable and trustworthy as someone giving counsel to others. She's been there, she gets it, and she wants better for you. Her writing is also excellent on a language level—I wrote down a few sentences to remember just because they were beautiful.

This book is one I've had on my shelf for a while. I'm so glad I finally read it, and I will absolutely be revisiting it in the future whenever I need another dose of Sugar's wisdom.
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