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A review by candacesiegle_greedyreader
Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
3.0
This novel is harrowing, but having a beloved sister with mental illness is not an easy thing. Miranda and Lucia struggle over the years. There's a child and several foreign countries involved over the years, as well as several very decent men.
But I wanted someone to get a break. Lucia does find some peace, briefly, at least, in Ecuador and with Yonah, her real soulmate. Miranda's whole life is spent on tenderhooks, waiting for the next call about her sister's condition. Mira Lee does a fine job of expressing mental illness in the experience of the person dealing with it. How everything seems great, until suddenly, it isn't. But it's all within you, so it seems completely normal. It's the people on the outside who see the changes.
This is a very assured debut from Mira Lee. You have the be in the right place for this story, in the mood to be reading a hard story about a family's struggle to maintain balanced life when a beloved member of that family is involved in a battle every day that is daunting to understand.
But I wanted someone to get a break. Lucia does find some peace, briefly, at least, in Ecuador and with Yonah, her real soulmate. Miranda's whole life is spent on tenderhooks, waiting for the next call about her sister's condition. Mira Lee does a fine job of expressing mental illness in the experience of the person dealing with it. How everything seems great, until suddenly, it isn't. But it's all within you, so it seems completely normal. It's the people on the outside who see the changes.
This is a very assured debut from Mira Lee. You have the be in the right place for this story, in the mood to be reading a hard story about a family's struggle to maintain balanced life when a beloved member of that family is involved in a battle every day that is daunting to understand.