Grace
A story to enjoy through and through. This book follows three characters: Ashlyn, a book store owner specialized in rarities; Belle, author of "Forever, and Other Lies"; and Hemi, author of "Regretting Belle".
Ashlyn gets both books at her shop, and without a name, copyright info or else except for the characters' names she gets the need to dig as deep as it takes to find the authors, and forgive herself and move forward in the process.
I particularly enjoyed how both books weave in and take me as a reader to a journey between both POVs during WWII, when marriage for convenience, and antisemitic ideas were defining to some people's lives. One might think it has been so long but it has been less than a century, and even in today's world we still live it. It does take courage to confront that and make a change forward, and Belle does just that by informing herself of the war and it's effects, specifically in children's lives, rather than staying in her cozy life -as Hemi put once.
I also loved how Ashlyn starts to peel the layers to find the truth around 43 years worth of deception, resentment, regret... and finally look for a closure. There are so many things happening, but all making sense and building for the very end... that it's just such a masterpiece in the execution of the idea and plot development.
Definitely a beautiful read!
A story to enjoy through and through. This book follows three characters: Ashlyn, a book store owner specialized in rarities; Belle, author of "Forever, and Other Lies"; and Hemi, author of "Regretting Belle".
Ashlyn gets both books at her shop, and without a name, copyright info or else except for the characters' names she gets the need to dig as deep as it takes to find the authors, and forgive herself and move forward in the process.
I particularly enjoyed how both books weave in and take me as a reader to a journey between both POVs during WWII, when marriage for convenience, and antisemitic ideas were defining to some people's lives. One might think it has been so long but it has been less than a century, and even in today's world we still live it. It does take courage to confront that and make a change forward, and Belle does just that by informing herself of the war and it's effects, specifically in children's lives, rather than staying in her cozy life -as Hemi put once.
I also loved how Ashlyn starts to peel the layers to find the truth around 43 years worth of deception, resentment, regret... and finally look for a closure. There are so many things happening, but all making sense and building for the very end... that it's just such a masterpiece in the execution of the idea and plot development.
Definitely a beautiful read!