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Don't Make Me Turn this Life Around by Camille Pagán, Camille Pagán
5.0
Wow I could not put this book down, I had so many different emotions while reading this. I understood Libby on so many levels I have felt the same emotions she was feeling , and as a mom we have the habit of putting on the face that everything is ok while internally were falling apart.
The book is narrated by Libby, she’s at the doctors awaiting her cancer results, thirteen years ago she was diagnosed and then beat cancer going on ten years now. The doctor tells her she’s cancer free she doesn’t jump for joy she feels depressed she recently lost her father and she just feels let down. Her husband Shiloh is being distant, her teen daughters are never happy and have constant attitudes and one of the twins is learning to live with a recent diabetes diagnoses, Libby’s brother Paul’s marriage is falling apart. Libby feels alone and when she goes to call her dad she remembers she can’t anymore. Libby decides the family could use a vacations she books a trip to Puerto Rico, it’s where she and Shiloh fell
In love. The trip doesn’t go to plan and it’s disaster after disaster especially when they get stuck in a hurricane. Maybe the hurricane will bring them closer and Libby will face all the issues she’s been burying inside. I’m giving this book five stars. I wish I could meet Libby she’s a friend I would love to share a glass of wine with, she’s human and I felt such a connection to her story!
The book is narrated by Libby, she’s at the doctors awaiting her cancer results, thirteen years ago she was diagnosed and then beat cancer going on ten years now. The doctor tells her she’s cancer free she doesn’t jump for joy she feels depressed she recently lost her father and she just feels let down. Her husband Shiloh is being distant, her teen daughters are never happy and have constant attitudes and one of the twins is learning to live with a recent diabetes diagnoses, Libby’s brother Paul’s marriage is falling apart. Libby feels alone and when she goes to call her dad she remembers she can’t anymore. Libby decides the family could use a vacations she books a trip to Puerto Rico, it’s where she and Shiloh fell
In love. The trip doesn’t go to plan and it’s disaster after disaster especially when they get stuck in a hurricane. Maybe the hurricane will bring them closer and Libby will face all the issues she’s been burying inside. I’m giving this book five stars. I wish I could meet Libby she’s a friend I would love to share a glass of wine with, she’s human and I felt such a connection to her story!