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The Other Side Of Heartache (2013)

by Sarah Jo Smith(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Sarah Jo Smith

review 1: This is a moving novel with a strong plot and engaging characters. The Other Side of Heartache explores complex issues, including how we grieve and the impact of our grief on those we love, the assumptions we make about those we love, and our beliefs about what constitutes a family and what sort of family will make us happy.Grace, like many young women, tended to simplify her mother (Penny). Consequently, immersing herself in Penny's diaries (after Penny's death) is an eye-opening experience, to say the least, not only in adding depth to the woman Grace thought she knew, but in revealing choices Penny made that directly impacted Grace, choices Grace doesn't necessarily agree with but learns to understand.In reading TOSOH I found myself identifying with Grace on many levels... more and rooting for her to triumph over the many challenges in her life. I was not disappointed. The Other Side of Heartache is a well-written book that is absorbing and thought-provoking.
review 2: What a great book. I couldn't put it down. The story starts off with Grace giving birth to a stillborn boy. Her heart is broken and she seeks solace with her mother. But life gives Grace another blow, soon enough, her mother dies. It was felt that she died of a broken heart (which later on, with the aid of the diaries that her mother kept and Grace finds, is corroborated. Dying of a broken heart is actually real. It is called Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (this condition was recently recognized and named by the American Heart Association, and I happen to be a two-time survivor, so the book spoke to me even deeper.Anyway, I digress. I couldn't put this book down. I just hungered to discover and find how Grace uncovers her family skeletons. And each discovery, led to another discovery. Each discovery led to deep thoughts about our social norms and how we can ruin people's lives with prejudgment.I won't say much because I don't want to spoil the reader. Just bear in mind that this book is like the Maxwell House coffee commercial: It was good to the last drop. less

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