A review by colleengeedrumm
Life and Other Near-Death Experiences by Camille Pagán

3.0

What a delightful book about hard-pressing human issues. When Libby gets handed two unwanted life-altering events, she needs to realize how and why to work through it. Great humor and nice one-liners. Very well done I thought. I love the title and cover too.

Thanks to Goodreads and Lake Union Publishing for the opportunity to read this novelist with a free hardcover copy.

Life is like the surf, so give yourself away like the sea.

The only things I needed for spiritual redemption were sand and water, authentic Mexican food, and buckets of margaritas.

Well, the publisher doesn't accuse me of being mentally disabled, so that's a start.

I didn't know what to do with myself, so as bitter and medicinal as the (dirty) martini was, I set about drinking it as though each sip would make it more appetizing. Which proved to be true.

Control's an illusion.

Don't look back too much, you know? You're not going that way.

Gotten over? More like developed urinary incontinence and a consortium of ulcers.