Many thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for gifting me a digital copy of this wonderful memoir by Mary Laura Philpott - 5 sparkling stars!
The author and her husband are happily married and the mother of two children. Life was good, even though Mary Laura is a self-professed worrier since childhood. But in the early morning hours when they found their son having a seizure on the bathroom floor, all those worries seemed to come true.
Every once in a while, you read a book and when you're done, you just want to hug it. And then thrust it immediately into the hands of everyone you know. This is that book. While my circumstances aren't hers or any one else's, as stated in the book, everyone has something. So everyone will be able to relate to this book. We are all doing the best we can to go through life, worrying and trying to protect those we love whether friend, spouse, child, parent or even a stranger. I laughed out loud at so many of these essays - the cholesterol one had me reading passages out loud to my husband, who is going through the same issues. But I also cried, felt hopeful and understood. Which is why everyone needs to read this book. And then read it again.
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