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Title: Both Sides Now

Author: Barbara Ferrer

Narrator: Alex Hyde-White, Susan Hanfield

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-07-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

For fans of Elizabeth Berg's Talk Before Sleep and the novels of Jodi Picoult comes the provocative new novel from Barbara Ferrer.

In grief they find each other. Through loss they find love.

They meet in a hospital corridor. Libby is there for Ethan, her mentor, her best friend, her husband. He's dying, and she's struggling to survive. Nick is there for Katharine, his reason for living, the love of his life, his wife. She's dying, and he holds on all the tighter as she slips away from him.

They can't do this alone. But maybe they don't have to.

From that chance meeting grows a fast friendship, one of gallows humor, of life in South Florida, of shared experiences in their marriages - the fights, the quirks, the love. Libby and Nick become for each other what no one else can: the person who understands, who hears with the same ears, who sees with the same eyes. In stunning prose Barbara Ferrer maps the sacred terrain of Libby and Nick's connection as it develops from one of necessity to one of possibility.

Deep and powerful, this nuanced, elegiac portrait of two marriages, of sickness and survival, and of the healing power of human connection will resonate with listeners for years and showcases Ferrer in all of her brilliant insightfulness.

Members Reviews:

This book is about finding joy in the midst of sorrow

This book is about finding joy in the midst of sorrow, and sorrow in the midst of joy. The main characters are well-rounded and interesting, with quirks and back stories that make sense. They meet under difficult circumstances, and what happens between them is an emotional roller-coaster ride with highs, lows, and a lot of honest feeling. There's just enough detail about minor characters, setting, and background, and the writing is graceful without drawing attention away from the story. The book is told from the point of view of both characters, who each narrate separate chapters, and they each have their own, distinct voice.

It's not a happy-ever-after story. Life is not like that, and neither is this book; instead, the ending feels hard-earned and true. I'm looking forward to Ferrer's next book, Between Here and Gone, which will be out in January.

If you are looking for one-dimensional characterizations and a happily ever after ending

If you are looking for one-dimensional characterizations and a happily ever after ending, this is not the book for you. If you are looking for human characters that have flaws, but don't let them define their entire world, then I highly recommend you pick up this book. Without spoiling the plot, bad things sometimes happen to good people, and those good people have to make choices when there is no right answer. Surviving in spite of all the forces working to wear a person down; remembering that love comes in many different forms; and realizing that some things were never meant to last forever... but at the end of the day, they are still alive and life goes on.

This story absorbs you...

When you start reading this, you just get pulled in and it's hard to put it down. It's a story mostly about being human, pulling through the hardest of times, and coming full circle. It's the human plight.

It's also a story written from the supporter's point of view. How does one cope with a major medical event? Well this story will tell the tale.

Very well done!

Mature Adults in a maturing relationship.