Decisions & Consequences
The Woman Who Met Herself by Laura Pearson is a most charming contemporary novel that I thoroughly enjoyed.
This is a novel about families and life. Families can be complicated affairs. We meet a mother who has given her whole life to raising her twin boys but now they are in their thirties she is struggling to discover her own identity.
A chance doorstep encounter opens up a whole new life but also a can of worms as there are more questions than answers.
The other lead character is childless but struggling with the sudden loss of her husband. Now she needs to discover who she is as a newly single mother.
We see that some lives just attract others to them. Brief meetings can soon turn into new friendships.
The theme of motherhood is a major one. We see that motherhood is very different in the 1960’s. A young mother struggling with her mental health gets little support. “Back then [1960’s], mental illness was a shameful secret.” She makes a monumental decision that will still be impacting lives in present day. A secret in 1962 is finally unlocked in present day, to the shock of all concerned.
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