The Life You
Left by Carmel Harrington
Published:
June 19, 2014
Publisher:
HarperImpulse
Format: via
NetGalley
Rating: 4/5
Synopsis
Sarah, I’m not coming home
tonight.
If you love me, you will
give me the space I need…
Tell the children I love
them.
Paul
It started out like any
other day for Sarah Lawler; getting the kids ready for school, making the pack
lunches and juggling baby Ella’s feeds. There was no way of knowing that her
husband, Paul, would leave for work that morning and simply not come home.
Now the questions are
piling up quicker than the unpaid bills and, unable to answer her children’s
questions about where their Daddy is, Sarah is getting desperate. But it turns
out she isn’t quite as alone as she thought she was. When her beloved childhood
friend, Edward, comes back into her life, Sarah thinks she’s finally been
thrown a life line.
There’s just one problem
with Edward: no one else can see him. Edward is an angel. And he has a message
for Sarah that will change her life and the lives of others forever. For it is
only in the most difficult of times that Sarah can discover how strong she
truly is. Set in a small coastal village on the beautiful Irish coast, The Life
You Left is a story of redemption and the strength of love.
My Thoughts
Talk about a
read that pulls at the heart strings! This is an amazing read though it is
about losing someone it is also about finding your inner strength and finding who you truly are. For me this
book was all about the feels. While the story is wonderfully written I loved
the emotions more than anything. It has heart and that is what I’ve been
missing in a lot of books I’ve been reading lately.
Sarah is one
of characters that will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page. You
can’t help but feel for her and her children. While Sarah could’ve easily been
a sad and weak character she isn’t and I loved how she turned herself around
and became strong when she really needed to be.
This is one
of those books I will be telling everyone I can about, it’s simply that good. If
you want to read a book that hits all the right notes look no further than this
one, you won’t be disappoint at the least.
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