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Wednesday, September 9, 2009 | 12:38 AM
musings from the roc i know it's been a while since this site has seen action and frankly speaking, i'm rather surprised that i decided to pen my thoughts down after such a long hiatus. old habits die hard, i guess. here're some random entries that i'd keyed into my trusty itouch while on a month long exercise in the roc (that's taiwan to those not in the know). -- Apr 3 2009 7.34am Maybe it's because I've finished reading all my 5 books, or that I've got nothing better to do at 6.51 on a friday morning. Maybe I'm resisting falling into bed again or it could very well be that I'm just a big ole romantic at heart. So while others around me are engrossed in the PSPs or caught up in their card games, I shall write. After what happened with Nicholas Sparks in South Africa last year, I really should have know better than to pack yet another potential weep-read with me. Unfortunately it was a spur of the moment decision that resulted in Dorothy Koomson's Goodnight, Beautiful accompanying me on this trip. Devouring the book on the back of a landrover might not have been the best way to relish it (and definitely not doing the author justice), but the emotions I felt were no less strong nor compromised. Here's the blurb which I shamelessly copied from the paperback. "Everybody has secrets . . . will this one break somebody's heart? Eight years ago, Nova Kumalisi agreed to have a baby for Mal and Stephanie Wacken. Halfway through the pregnancy, the couple changed their minds and walked away, leaving Nova pregnant, scared and alone. Eight years ago, Stephanie was overjoyed at the thought of becoming a mother - until she found a text from Mal to Nova saying, 'Goodnight, beautiful'. Terrified of losing her husband to his closest friend, Stephanie asked him to cut all ties to Nova and their unborn child. Now, Nova is anxiously waiting for her son, Leo, to wake up from a coma, while childless Stephanie is desperately trying to save her failing marriage. Although they live separate lives, both women have secrets that will bind them together for ever . . Incredibly moving and powerfully written, Goodnight, Beautiful is a tale of love, friendship and new beginnings." Falling in love with your best friend might be an often used them in chicklit, and trust me, I've read my fair share of them to provide a (somewhat prejudiced) view. Dorothy manages to weave this together with coping with loss, the illness of loved ones and how to stay strong when everything in your world is falling apart and the only thing you felt like doing was to crawl into bed and never come out again. But I believe that our self-defense mechanism is much stronger than that. Yes, we might shed tears or even break down in times of adversity, but we always bounce back stronger. Scarred and wounded, but stronger. As usual, I had to take deep breathes and rein myself in throughout the climax of the story to preview myself from tearing. But a good read's always a good read. And I'm passing it to the bf pronto when I get back. |