I always recommend books to my students, so when a student recommends a book to me, I always read it. This one surprised me because it would definitely be considered "chic lit," my favorite of all genres, and it was given to me by a fourteen year old.
When we first meet Anna Walsh, she is living with her parents in her native Ireland. Her body is broken and her face disfigured, and she is being taken care of by her humorous and slightly overbearing mother. The first part of the book is told in a series of flashbacks: why she moved to New York; how she got the greatest job ever; and how she met Aiden, her husband who won't call her or email her back. Although the story is told in first-person, we do not know what has happened to Anna Walsh, and as the story unfolds we learn the tragic events that have interrupted and nearly shattered her life.
This book was probably one of the best chic lit books I have read. I hate putting it in that category, because I feel as though the storyline is so much more than that. It's not only a book about overcoming tragic circumstances that are thrown at us so often in life, but it is also a book about friendships and relationships, and the need that all of us have to be surrounded by people we love. I cried and laughed frequently while reading the book because Keyes is able to make Anna so relatable. Her reactions to those she is with and her emotions as she deals with the events in her life seem so real. The ending was wonderfully written; however, because I liked Anna so much, I didn't want the book to end. Definitely an amazing read.
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