Michelle's Musings

07 August 2022

August book pick

My August book pick is late because I have been at work, I apologize for that. Still, this book is worth waiting for. I have always been a big fan of Jamie Ford, always. I read his first book (On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet) because it was the local "meet the author" event at our local community college. The book was spectacular!! Jamie sent out a digital book on one of the characters from that book and with those two books, I knew I was going to read anything he would write from now on.

Fast forward to November 2021, this book was scheduled to be published in early 2022 and I got ahold of an advanced reader's copy. I just adored it!!! The book got delayed and I read it again because I loved it so much. I decided that when it was published, it would be my monthly book pick. The day has finally come, and before I could tell you how much I loved it, Jenna Bush Hager picked it for her monthly book. I am telling you, it is spectacular!!!!!

Here is what I wrote on Goodreads:

First of all, this was a complete departure from anything I have ever read. Secondly, once I started reading I did not stop until I finished the book, it just sucked me right into its grasp. I was a bit wary of keeping all the women straight, but I worried for nothing because the book was written so that you didn't get lost in the characters, you got lost in the story. Dorothy is our main character and she struggles with life, mentally. Dorothy is a former poet laureate and married to a man that she really doesn't love (maybe doesn't realize it), and absolutely adores her little girl. Her problems arise when her husband tries to make her feel she is inadequate and she feels haunted by the past (enter all the other characters). The book takes you on. the journey of how Dorothy seeks therapy and experimental treatment that is supposed to help her connect these bridges to her past (and the other characters).