Review by KT Sullivan
Jennifer
Wright decides her life with husband Max is boring. “Is this it?” seems to be
her attitude toward her life. She finds herself asking ‘what if’ questions.
After an accident leaves her in a coma for a while, she reexamines the
relationship decisions in her life. She recalls past boyfriends and imagines
different outcomes. She’s having a midlife crisis based on romances lost and
found. Will she find happiness or does she have it and doesn’t recognize it?
The story
bounces around in time before and after her car accident plus recollections of
the men in her life. Many women have wondered what happened to ‘the one’ from
high school. Now, searching the Internet is standard procedure. I found the
questions in the back of the book the most interesting part. One point is that changing a substantial part of your life has a ripple effect on everything. If
Jennifer didn’t marry Max, she wouldn’t have her children, live in her house,
or know certain people. Swapping out the guy doesn’t solve the ‘blandness,’ it
creates different situations and problems. Depending on a spouse to make the
other’s life happy or fun shifts the burden and takes away responsibility.
There is a partnership aspect to marriage and a meeting in the middle of
priorities.
This
story delves into how to change an unhappy life. With hard work and effort, it
must come from within.
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About the Author:
Becoming a Mum was a big life change. But it wasn’t until my second baby was about
six months old, that I unearthed my book which I’d written over the course
of about three years whenever I’d been in between jobs (out of work).
Taking a deep breath I sent it to a publisher and the day I got my book deal
was one of the happiest of my life. These days I’m a single mum (with a lovely
boyfriend) and am busy writing and presenting. My third book, If You’re Not the
One, came out in February and the film rights have been optioned by Working
Title Films. It is also coming out in the States in June 2015. Meanwhile, I
have just finished my fourth book which is due out next spring and am currently
brewing ideas for a fifth.
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If You’re Not The One
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