A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
“She brought all this texture into their lives, and he never needed to be creative or experiment with new personas. He was like an evergreen next to a tree that transformed itself brilliantly every season—he looked good because she was near him.”
Ethan Joella is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. The characters he creates are so layered and real and deeply human that it’s not possible to not fall in love with them.
This is the story of three people: Chuck, Ella, and Kirsten, each of whom is struggling with a loss. One lost his wife, the other her father, and the third her daughter. They are all suffering and learning how to build their life forward within this grief. As their lives overlap and interweave in unexpected ways, they help rescue each other in ways that only strangers can.
This book is full of heart and it will stay with you long after you finish it. I cannot recommend it enough.
with gratitude to netgalley and Scribner for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
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