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Bezig met laden... Pack Up the Moon (editie 2021)door Kristan Higgins (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I must admit, I really wondered if I wanted to read this---it seemed just too depressing amid all the current problems in the world. However....I really loved the characters Joshua met and dealt with as the story of his wife's death progressed over time. And SO many detail along the way. He was a little unbelievable in terms of his Asperger's -- perhaps surprisingly low on the spectrum in many aspects although his explosive potential was significant. In some ways there was almost too much "love" --- as Lauren's condition continued---would it really be possible for anyone to be over 100% committed to that kind of care? It would be wonderful if it was as believable as the book seemed to describe. Although I wondered IF the book could have been shorter? Hard to imagine because there were so many details that kept fitting in along the way. Not sure how this found its way to me, but though it dealt with the death of a partner, through several perspectives, and could have been really sad or really bad, it was neither. Having a chronic illness that can take you out in a moment is definitely an adjustment. I don't think I am as together about it as Lauren was (I know I'm not), but her thought process and plan were interesting for me to read. Plus there is a mention of Ehlers-Danlos in the narrative, which I also have, along with potential time bomb of my own. 2021 pandemic resurgence/Delta variant read. (Please wear a mask, get vaccinated, and stay safe.) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Fiction.
Romance.
Historical Fiction.
Every month, a letter. That's what Lauren decides to leave her husband when she finds out she's dying. Each month, she gives Josh a letter containing a task to help him face this first year without her, leading him on a heartrending, beautiful, often humorous journey to find happiness again in this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins. Joshua and Lauren are the perfect couple. Newly married, they're wildly in love, each on a successful and rewarding career path. Then Lauren is diagnosed with a terminal illness. As Lauren's disease progresses, Joshua struggles to make the most of the time he has left with his wife and to come to terms with his futureâ??a future without the only woman he's ever loved. He's so consumed with finding a way to avoid the inevitable ending that he never imagines his life after Lauren. But Lauren has a plan to keep her husband moving forward. A plan hidden in the letters she leaves him. In those letters, one for every month in the year after her death, Lauren leads Joshua on a journey through pain, anger, and denial. It's a journey that will take Joshua from his attempt at a dinner party for family and friends to getting rid of their bed...from a visit with a psychic medium to a kiss with a woman who isn't Lauren. As his grief makes room for laughter and new relationships, Joshua learns Lauren's most valuable lesson: The path to happiness doesn't follow a straight line. Sometimes heartbreaking, often funny, and always uplifting, this novel from New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins illuminates how life's greatest joys are often hiding in plain sig Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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However, as the story switched back and forth between their relationship as it progressed forward in time and Lauren's life from her death backwards to their meeting, I felt different towards each of them as I learned more about them individually. There are some very emotional moments and hard-to-read parts. ( )