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This Is Not The Story You Think (2000)

by Laura Munson(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 1

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review 1: I think it was the honesty in the reflections of the writer that made me like this book the most. I am always a fan of a woman who puts it out there. I appreciate that she made a written document of her pain and decorated it with the things she cherished - the memories of her grandmother and father, the rides with her horse, her children and her husband. She painted a picture of a backdrop - Montana- that was too awesome to imagine and made my heart swell for its beauty. Mostly, i liked the message in here. It is a good and kind message. We could all stand to be good and kind to ourselves and the ones around us - and let those 'sheila's' go suck a lemon!
review 2: Laura Munson wrote this story as her 15-year marriage was unraveling as a way to work th... morerough the grief, confusion, anger, and sadness. But it's less about her marriage and more about the choice she made to put an end to self-suffering and to playing the victim. Her tough, sometimes heartbreaking, and often courageous journey made Munson realize that she was the only one responsible for her happiness, for creating her ideal reality. Relying on people, places, and things outside of her control to make her happy was a losing battle.For me, this was one of those books where, on the surface, I didn't think it held much for me. It wasn't until a few days after I had finished reading that Munson's message began to sink in. I have spent quite a bit of time contemplating her story and reflecting on how it could impact my own life. It's a must read.A few quotes from the book that resonated with me."Sometimes we just have to let ourselves be misunderstood.""I'm just waking up to the fact that I'm in the middle of my life. This is it. I'm a forty-two-year-old who wants to be in a twenty-year-old's body, and it's not working.""I'm going to get out of it what I want. I'm not waiting around for anything anymore. If I'm a garden and I need to be tended, then I'm going to do the tending.""Instincts are everything, especially when it comes to crisis." less

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