I’m now reading Her Fearful Symmetry ~ Audrey
Niffenegger.
He [Robert] was not ready for her absence; no one he had loved had
died, until Elspeth. Other people were absent, but no one was dead. Elspeth?
Even her name seemed empty, as though it had detached itself from her and was
floating untethered in his mind. How am I supposed
to live without you? It was not a matter of the body; his body would carry on as usual. The
problem was located in the word how: how he would live, but without Elspeth the flavor, the manner, the
method of living were lost to him. He would have to
relearn solitude.
She has a way of capturing the
essence of a feeling. She draws it out and leaves me fascinated.
How do you relearn solitude? That really is the hardest
thing to do… it’s what makes loss of a relationship/loved one/work whatever you
hold dear, difficult. You can never quite imagine not having someone or
something anymore. Sometimes it is that very knowledge that keeps people in
jobs and relationships they shouldn’t be in, in the first place. You wanna go,
leave and not look behind but the fear of solitude holds you back. It takes
balls and a made up mind to go and stay gone and break all contacts.
That book pulled me in, left me
in suspense!!!! It’s about Eddie and Elspeth who switch identities after
Eddie falls pregnant with Jack. Valentina and Julia are born. ‘Elspeth’ dies
and leaves everything to them. Becomes a ghost and later kills Valentina and
takes her body. Robert is tormented and eventually leaves her.
The things people do for this
thing called love is insane… This is a fictional book and it is amazingly
great. It captures your interest. Makes you feel their emotion and read as if
you are living their life.
