Half A Life - Darin Strauss (2011)
It was a cold and blustery day here in Wellington, and after a stomach full of Yum Cha it seemed ideal to be able to wander down to the library and browse the stacks. I really shouldn't as I already had a pile that threatens to topple off the bedside cabinet and smother me. When I found this one, even at a 177 pages it was a small book that only took an hour to read. So I curled up in a library chair and got it read, before going to get the groceries and head home.
When he was 18, Darin Strauss was driving his friends in the car, when approaching a group of cyclists, one swerved into his path, and the young student cyclist was killed. Even though he was told it was an accident he found that it haunted his life, thinking of the what ifs, and trying to escape the pain that followed him. The book was able to show how such an incident might never be understood, the reasons never explained and how you have to learn to adapt. Life may never be the same, and we all wonder how we would cope when faced with the same experience.
4/5 - small and memorable.
1 comment:
Mom said she like the last bit you wrote about this book " how you have to learn to adapt. Life may never be the same, and we all wonder how we would cope when faced with the same experience. " Mom total agree, We may face the same experience everyday, But we may make it difference by the way we look at thing.
Interesting Book, and thanks for your review
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