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2/22/2011
Blood Moon by Bitten2ice
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On receiving the very thing she wants—a divorce and the power to sell their house—over which they have fought the past year—Anna Manning learns that Edward, her soon-to-be ex-husband is dying from cancer.
A faithful wife for three decades, and stay-at-home mother of four children, Anna endured Edward’s constant absence due to travel for his international real estate firm and numerous extra-marital affairs. With their children now adults, Edward has less than six months, possibly three, to live.
Anna takes him home to die in the house she has fought so vigorously to sell. But letting go of someone who has caused so much pain in your life doesn’t come easily. Edward has changed. There are Anna and Edward’s four children, three of whom who are married and struggling to endow their families with meaning and purpose.
News of Edward’s terminal illness provokes her to understand the present, rooted in a wellspring of the past and pouring into a future without him.
The House shows what happens when one adopts the belief that: All hold regret and are seeking forgiveness. Our salvation rests in the hands of others—most particularly the ones we love, and who have treated us wrongly.
Laina’s Book Review
When I first read the synopsis of The House I thought it might be similar to other stories with a similar plot. You know the type. Unhappy woman leaves her husband after too many years of trying to stick it out. She then for many reasons feels guilty and second-guesses herself, she takes him back, he changes, and they live happily ever after. Now I’m not saying that’ a bad thing but sometimes I get so angry that these women have given up so much of their life and they still give him another chance. Anyways I digress.
I was pleasantly surprised when I dove into this book and quickly realized I had assumed wrong. The main character in this book, Anna, is strong and as much as she can work to forgive she can’t forget. She does the right thing but NOT at the expense of herself. That is something to look up to.
What I took from this book is you can be a good wife and mother but you can do it without sacrificing your needs. Anjuelle did a great job showing us that. This book, The House, is a must read.
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(RE) Making Love: a sex after sixty story
By Mary Tabor
This is a fresh and candid look into the life of Mary Tabor as she navigated the waters of dating and sex after her husband of twenty years announced he needed to be alone and moved out. Had he just moved on completely and Mary going her own way there might not have been a story. But the fact that he wanted to stay tethered in some ways created a dynamic that pushed Mary to grow and find herself while also looking back to the past in case there was something there that could be fixed.
What I enjoyed about this book was Mary’s honest approach about what she did, how she felt, and at times mistakes she made. She showed that yes, we are only human, and it’s ok to screw up. But then you have to put your big girl panties on and move forward.
Bravo, Mary. Us ladies going through relationship issues can learn a lot from you!
Laina
