Review: A compelling love story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2013
Self-examination, heart-ache, addiction, infidelity, affairs, abortion, and the death of a spouse was the center of the well written plot. The moment we met Lizzie we became part of her life trying to make sense of her husband's untimely death. Left with all the doubts and the bad decisions she and her husband made to bring her at a place where she did not trust him, examine her own choices and wondering the what if's of her life. Wandering the town in a desperate attempt to connect with him. Her heart scattered as she tries to pick up the pieces. Yes she loved him with all of her heart, willing to fake it just to keep him close and at the end when she stared down the barrel of a gun life begins again.A gripping tale that leaves you with a smile as we walked through her marriage of thirty two years and  relive the choices and mistakes they both made. But we also learn about the unfailing love that kept them together as she drowns herself in drinks of Bloody Mary's to keep from missing him to much.Heartfelt and compassionate we got to know her family and friends, even the men that graced her doorstep. Compelled to read and discover the characters as each made their own choices. With all this said this is also a book of new beginnings, redefining yourself and at the end the cost was worth it.A love story that I enjoyed and can recommend.