Review: Heartbreaking but uplifting at the same time
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 28, 2012
I bought this book when it first came out, but it has been languishing on my Kindle until I had the courage to read it. I knew from the book description and the early reviews that I would have a tough time reading it because these days I generally have trouble with books about loss and grieving.But I finally found my courage last night and read about half of it before I slept. I woke up this morning from a dream in which the characters from the novel were featured. That's a pretty rare occurrence for me.Amy Lane just keeps getting better and better. No one else writes emotion the way she does. When her character feels flat and dead inside, so do you; when he mourns, so do you; when he is joyful, so are you. I hate feeling emotionally manipulated (after 30 years, I'm still pissed about Terms of Endearment), but I'm happy to say that with "Mourning Heaven" I could trust Amy Lane to help me feel, without leading me over a cliff.