Total Page : 352
Publisher : Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
Publication Date : 2010 04 01
>> I m not really sure what I actually thought this was about
Somewhat like listening to a good friend going through major issues in her life
Basically this is a story about a woman who literally marries the man of her dreams They both came from well to do backgrounds and chose to leave those lifestyles behind Instead they considered themselves golden and were intent on traveling and being happy
She is a writer basically doing columns and desperately trying to get a book published They both start out doing jobs such as working restaurants ect They move to Portland where he takes a job in a micro brewery He loves the job and she is incredibly happy there
By now they have children and he is offered a job in Montana She is not happy about living in the middle of nowhere but they go The job turns out to be a major disappointment throwing him into a desperate depression He starts by sleeping in the office at night
So after a wonderful 20 years together he announces one morning that he s not sure if he still loves her and for that matter if he ever did He wants to move out She outright tells him that she s not accepting that
Written like a journal she tells us of her feelings about everything thinking back through their relationship
Basically she does what I or anyone I know would probably never do She gives him space She is there for him when he needs her She doesn t argue and by trial and error she manages to find out what sets him off and what is actually keeping him with the family
She grows to love this small town in Montana getting release from riding her horse To the outside world she appears as if nothing is wrong
It is amazing how this woman sticks with and handles this situation confident that she will get through this family in tact
Written with much sincerity and very little self pity it turns out that aside from finally getting a publisher interested in one of her books she actually turned this one in for publication as well I m glad she did
This is a great book for any woman in a long term relationship giving a unique perspective on an issue many of us have had to face at one time or another
Recommended with a Smile
Thank you
MEF
>> BETTER AS AN ESSAY BLOATED AS A BOOK
What was originally a somewhat intriguing newspaper piece about a woman who refused to accept her husband s assertions that he no longer loved her and wanted out of their marriage has not been improved by being expanded into a book The author s prose style is the first drawback to the book lifeless choppy cliche ridden it very nearly made me stop reading just a few pages in Structurally the author takes several hundred pages to really get to the story she is trying to tell and the points she wants to make Was this book even edited
Unfortunately for a memoir the author comes off as less than forthright and very self aggrandizing Her premise that she is responsible for her own happiness is referred to pretentiously as The End of Suffering is not any kind of breakthrough concept and the author can t explain how to do this or convince us that she managed it herself Those looking for advice on how to keep a marriage together should go elsewhere unless the vague instructions of giving the husband room and waiting him out seems like useful strategies A very one sided and self serving book dull as a memoir and nearly useless as a self help book
>> THIS IS THE STORY YOU NEED TO READ
Laura s story is real Laura s story is the story that my mother should have written about her own life but never did Laura s bravery is the bravery that I wish my mother had shown with my father but didn t I was overwhelmed by how relevant Laura s story is to my own life also but did not even know it until I read hers
I highly recommend this book you will not be able to put it down and the bonus is the imaginative writing style a REAL PLUS
cathleen
