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Maybe Once, Maybe Twice
by Alison Rose Greenberg
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Loved the idea of this book - Maggie made a promise to marry two different men when they turned 35 if they were still single. And they both came back into her life about the same, but there were so many complications.
I listened to the audio and I missed most of the chapter titles that told her age, so I got really confused where we were at in the timeline. I feel like I would (for this reason) recommend print over audio for this book.
This book is pretty spicy throughout 🌶️ 🌶️🌶️ maybe out of 5. It also used the g-damn phrase a lot, which I am not a fan of. It must be her favorite cuss word.
“My father’s absence was different, and the ache shaped me. I was strikingly aware of the gap between what my father gave me and what a daughter deserved. So, I let hope fill in the middle. Hope was my drug of choice. It dulled a painful, fatherless reality.” Ch 17
“Hope’s always the last friend to leave.” Ch 18, 19, 20, 56
“Thankfully, the outside breeze blew the lust out of my lungs…” ch 20
“It’s not the heartbreak that defines who we are, it’s how we react to it.” Ch 26
“You… will never be 35 alone…” Ch 26
“ I was alive with the ability to rise and grow out of my own trauma. I refused to be stuck in a moment when I had a lifetime ahead of me.” Ch 35
I listened to the audio and I missed most of the chapter titles that told her age, so I got really confused where we were at in the timeline. I feel like I would (for this reason) recommend print over audio for this book.
This book is pretty spicy throughout 🌶️ 🌶️🌶️ maybe out of 5. It also used the g-damn phrase a lot, which I am not a fan of. It must be her favorite cuss word.
“My father’s absence was different, and the ache shaped me. I was strikingly aware of the gap between what my father gave me and what a daughter deserved. So, I let hope fill in the middle. Hope was my drug of choice. It dulled a painful, fatherless reality.” Ch 17
“Hope’s always the last friend to leave.” Ch 18, 19, 20, 56
“Thankfully, the outside breeze blew the lust out of my lungs…” ch 20
“It’s not the heartbreak that defines who we are, it’s how we react to it.” Ch 26
“You… will never be 35 alone…” Ch 26
“ I was alive with the ability to rise and grow out of my own trauma. I refused to be stuck in a moment when I had a lifetime ahead of me.” Ch 35
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape