new motto

our time together is short.

new wise thought to tide me through difficult encounters. how often i forget and slosh my way through the mire of discontent resentment and offense.

so, on the aspirational end, bonhoeffer reminds me that Christ comes to me in my neighbor. at the other end i remind myself of the above.

grown ups - marian keyes (2020)

i haven't enjoyed fiction as much (speed reading the bridgertons doesn't count) since the rosie project. this is a well written intricately crafted satisfyingly full if perhaps a tad-too-long book. it is a book you are dying to finish and then you feel bereft when you do. and because her style effortlessly entangles you you don't notice how many characters there are; you simply add them uncomplainingly to your mental model.

it is the story of how a picture-perfect family implodes in a totally believable way. i love the way she deals with the psyche of addiction. as well as the power balance in a relationship. as well the tribe of reasonable children. although the parents-from-hell are a bit over the top.

this is book umami.