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Grace After Henry
by Eithne Shortall
Grace After Henry is a beautiful Irish contemporary book about Grace - who, far too young, loses the love of her life Henry in a tragic cycling accident. Now left in the home they bought together alone, Grace doesn't know what to do or how to go on. And then there's a knock on the door from the man whose come to fix her boiler - and appears to be Henry's doppelgänger. Grace welcomes Andy into her life as she tries to deal with her grief but there's a lot of complications on the horizon.
This is a sweet book that is full of love but also full of grief and mourning. It's one that made me smile but also made me want to weep and I really liked all the emotions it made me feel. I think Grace's grief for Henry is so strong in the book, and there's never a point where Andy really replaces Henry, or makes that grief go away for Grace - but he helps her to heal, and helps her to process her emotions without feeling completely alone.
There were times in this book that I wanted a little bit more to the story, and it felt a bit simpler than it had to be but it flowed very well for me, and it had characters that I really enjoyed and could believe existed - like the three wise men in Glasnevin Cemetery.
I would have wanted a bit more to the ending of this book. I didn't feel 100% satisfied.
This is a sweet book that is full of love but also full of grief and mourning. It's one that made me smile but also made me want to weep and I really liked all the emotions it made me feel. I think Grace's grief for Henry is so strong in the book, and there's never a point where Andy really replaces Henry, or makes that grief go away for Grace - but he helps her to heal, and helps her to process her emotions without feeling completely alone.
There were times in this book that I wanted a little bit more to the story, and it felt a bit simpler than it had to be but it flowed very well for me, and it had characters that I really enjoyed and could believe existed - like the three wise men in Glasnevin Cemetery.
I would have wanted a bit more to the ending of this book. I didn't feel 100% satisfied.