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Bezig met laden... A Storied Life (editie 2018)door Leigh Kramer (Auteur)
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HTML: "Live your own story. Make every moment count." Olivia Frasier grew up under the guidance of her grandmother's mantra: "Live a storied life." The oft-repeated words gave her the courage to pursue art instead of working at the family bank until a mistake made in college altered the course of her life. Now, no one knows Olivia still paints. Not her friends. Not her staff at the art gallery. Certainly not her family. She can ignore the twinge of unease, the regret that surfaces when Gram's mantra comes to mind, the question of whether this is all life has to offer. When Gram announces she has terminal cancerâ??and names Olivia as her Power of Attorney for Healthcareâ??Olivia is thrust in to the world of hospice and dying wishes. Olivia may be the family's black sheep but she is determined to see Gram through this, no matter the cost. Faced with losing the one person on her side, Olivia clings to the knowledge that Gram's death will finally allow her to walk away from the family. And yet Gram is determined to impart one last lesson: let go of the past so she can live the life she's meant to lead. When Reagan walks into her art gallery, the timing couldn't be worse. He's everything Olivia ever dreamed of wanting but she has learned to settle for less when it comes to her relationships and career. At what point does owning your story outweigh the potential hurt? Weaving together grief and beauty, humor and romance, A Storied Life will make you rethink life, love, and loss. Please note: this book explores the death of a loved one by cancer and contains mentions of past sexual harassment and suicidal ideation that could potentially trigger certain audiences Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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A Storied Life follows Olivia, an art gallery owner, as she deals with her beloved Gram’s Stage 4 cancer diagnosis and her new status as Gram’s Power of Attorney for Health Care. The same day she learns of the diagnosis, she meets a new gallery client, Reagan, and the two begin to fall for each other. The book covers a long span of time from Gram’s cancer announcement to her death to several months after. We see Gram’s illness progress and Olivia and Reagan’s relationship develop. Olivia also has a difficult relationship with her family apart from Gram, and we see how the cancer changes those relationships.
While I enjoyed the book, there were several elements that did make it hard for me to fully engage in the story. I felt like the timeline was not clearly delineated—at the start of the book Gram states she has only 6 months or less to live so presumably the action would take place over that period. But the book never made me felt like 6 months actually passed. There would be these huge jumps in time, but they were dismissed in one sentence. Olivia and Reagan’s relationship felt very new, even at the end of the book when they had supposedly been together for months.
I also felt like there was a lot of talking in this book, especially about Gram’s health issues and hospice care. Leigh used to be a hospice social worker and she clearly knows her stuff, but it did get tedious at places.
My last issue is that Olivia of course had to deal with her grief, but that was it. There were no money problems, no worries about losing her job, no other issues besides the grief. It seemed very unrealistic, though the depiction of hospice was obviously very realistic.
I also felt that unnecessary drama was thrown in and then said drama was resolved very quickly (accompanied by another time jump).
I enjoyed the book and I appreciated Leigh’s accurate depiction of hospice. This was a new type of romance novel—one that showed the main character had a complex life outside of her romance. This would also be a good book for anyone who wanting to understand more about hospice care in a more engaging way. (