It appears that he ascribes to Tennyson’s affirmation “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”People love, they suffer loss, they try to stand back up and try to move forward but it is hard, really, really hard.
When you have love consider yourself fortunate to have been able to feel so strongly for another.
He thinks “maybe loving someone so deeply means accepting the fact that they occupy a specific, clear place in you.” He explains that the price that you pay when you love so much and lose that love, feeling ripped asunder makes sense. Joella doesn’t exactly define love but he lets the reader know that he believes that is a necessity we all need. Everything about this book spoke to me, each of the characters, each of their losses, the ways they tried to get through each day and keep on. Your heart can break in so many ways and Ethan Joella has found three of the most perfect, sympathetic foils to express love and loss. Emotionally riveting and infused with hope, “the soothing tone and warm worldview of this grown-up bedtime story will be good for what ails you” ( Kirkus Reviews). In this beautiful and profoundly moving novel, three parallel narratives converge in poignant and unexpected ways, as each character bravely presses onward, trying to recover something they have lost. But as time passes, old dreams and new romantic interests begin to surface-and Kirsten finds herself at another crossroads. Ella adjusts to life in a new apartment and answers every call on her phone, hoping her daughter will reach out.Īfter the sudden death of her father, Kirsten Bonato set aside her veterinary school aspirations, finding comfort in the steady routine of working at an animal shelter.
Now, just months after Cat’s death, Chuck finds that he can’t let go of her belongings-her favorite towel, the sketchbooks in her desk drawer-as he struggles to pack for a trip he can’t imagine taking without her.Įlla Burke delivers morning newspapers and works at a bridal shop to fill her days while she anxiously awaits news-any piece of information-about her missing daughter. Set in a close-knit suburb in the grip of winter, A Quiet Life follows three people grappling with loss and finding a tender wisdom in their grief.Ĭhuck Ayers used to look forward to nothing so much as his annual trip to Hilton Head with his wife, Cat-that yearly taste of relaxation they’d become accustomed to after a lifetime of working and raising two children. From the author of A Little Hope-a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick-comes another “heartwarming, character-driven” ( Booklist) life-affirming novel about three individuals whose lives intersect in unforeseen ways.
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