This is the story of a woman who has undergone terrible tragedy. She just lost her brother - her twin and then, to add insult to injury, her husband leaves her. To deal with the tumult in her life, she decides to undergo electroshock therapy. During the treatments, Greta somehow slips to alternative lives taking place in 1918 and 1941, as well as her own time, 1985.In each life she finds all the people and places she loves. Sometimes they are altered and Greta imagines perfected somehow. What if you had a chance to glimpse your alternate lives, if such a thing were real? What if you could hold on to the ones you loved just a little longer?
This book is sweet and very quick and yet, it really makes you question and have real, philosophical thoughts. There were so many quotes in the this book that just really challenged me. I'm going to share a few here:
THERE ALMOST HAS to be a heaven. If other worlds surround us, just a lightning bolt away, then what would stop us from slipping there? If love has left us, well, then there is a world where it has not. If death has come, then there is a world where it has been kept at bay. Surely it exists, the place where all the wrongs are righted, and so why had I not found that place?
“Who are we when we’re not ourselves?”
This is a powerful little book that gives you lots to think about. It's magical. 5 out of 5 stars.
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