Mending Dreams eBook Bonnie Schroeder
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Susan Krajewski seems to have it all career, boyfriend, strong social network. She’s even stayed friends with her ex-husband Frank, despite the fact that he left her when he fell in love with another man. Beneath the surface, however, you’ll find a different Susan a woman masking seriously damaged self esteem and great emotional pain.
When Frank is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Susan’s carefully structured world begins to disintegrate. Although she’s convinced herself that she’s no longer in love with Frank, when he and his life partner, Clayton, ask for her help, Susan can’t refuse. She stands by Frank in his final days, juggling his needs with those of her boyfriend Noah, and with the demands of her career. Susan pays a steep price for her loyalty. Caught up in his own family crisis, Noah abandons her. She loses her job. Then Frank dies, and Susan is ambushed by a riptide of grief she can’t control. In the aftermath of Frank’s death, Susan quarrels with her best friend Margaret, who doesn’t offer the kind of sympathy Susan wants. But how could anyone know the depth of Susan’s loss? She’s worked hard at hiding her feelings.
As Susan sifts through the wreckage of her life, she wrestles with her fears and emotional scars and comes to accept that she can’t heal without help. She acknowledges all that she’s lost and realizes all that she still has. Along the way, she finds love and support in unexpected places, and as she begins to heal, she comes to understand that, painful as they can sometimes be, it’s her ties to others that make life worth living.
Mending Dreams eBook Bonnie Schroeder
Love is one of those flexible things... we don't always love who we're "supposed to" love, and despite marriage or divorce or other societal bonds, sometimes we are linked to those whom we "should not" still be emotionally tied to.Disclaimer: I'm personally acquainted with Bonnie Schroeder, who's an absolutely lovely person.
Susan still loves her ex, Frank, despite their divorce, despite the reality that Frank is/was gay, and left her for another man. Yet, with his terminal lung cancer, he NEEDS her in his life.
There are many excellent themes in this book, which will resonate with anyone who has deeply mourned someone they still loved, despite [whatever it was that was supposed to end that love]. However, the pace is slow, and the style (writing in first person) both limits and distances us from the main character, Susan, rather than making it/her more intimate.
I really liked that this was not one of those books that was formulaic and tied everything up with a bow, that Susan was trying to figure out her love life, with more than one false starts. And her despair/depression felt very real to me, not to mention made me want to go pour myself a drink, though things ended on an upbeat note.
This debut novel is not for everyone, but if you enjoy work that is off the beaten track, and are up for dealing with some darker subject matter, like loss of a loved one, and challenges within women's friendships, you will enjoy this book.
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Mending Dreams eBook Bonnie Schroeder Reviews
Bonnie Schroeder’s debut novel, Mending Dreams, is a contemporary story about a young woman’s journey to find herself amongst the ruins she might have created in her own life.
Susan Krajewski has a good job, friends, and a new boyfriend. But that is about to change. She hasn't gotten over the bitterness she feels about her husband leaving her for a man, but now her job security is in jeopardy when a new corporate strategy is about to weed out a lot of her co-workers and maybe Susan, too. Then her boyfriend starts making excuses to be with his ex-wife and their son.
To top it off, her ex, Frank Krajewski, calls and tells Susan he is dying. Susan has been putting up barriers for some time and she dreads Frank will ask her to do something she doesn't want to do. The call comes and now Susan has to rise to the occasion, but can she… will she? She is already snapping off heads at work, building a fortress around herself that won’t let anybody in. But the boss, a real creep, is crossing the line as far as equal employment standards go. It’s Susan’s job to know when the company is not in compliance. But will she care? She has her own job to consider.
When Frank does make that call, Susan gives in, reluctantly. She’ll do Frank the favor, but no more. But more is asked of her. Will she do the right thing?
She seeks out her friends, ladies she has known for years. They’ll help. But will they? Are they really her friends? Does she deserve their friendship? Then the woman she thought was her best friend leaves the country to help her wayward daughter get her life sorted out. Susan is devastated that Margaret didn't think of her. But should she?
Susan gets a chance to take a good look at herself through the eyes of her co-workers who depend on her wisdom, through the eyes of her dying ex-husband and his family; and through the eyes of her friends. But mostly Susan sees herself, who she really is. Will she like what she sees?
This is a beautifully written journey with heartbreak and anger and truth. It shows that we aren't alone unless we can’t find ourselves. A very good read.
I often find it difficult to search out books that really make me think and also make me feel something. This book pulled me in from the very first paragraph and didn't let go until the final sentence. Told in first person, the narrative was interesting, quirky and emotionally raw, wringing out-loud laughter as easily as real tears. The main character's journey through the shattering death of someone who had hurt her very badly, a long-overdue (and marvelously satisfying) upheaval in her professional life and the complex decisions that lead to an in-depth understanding of the constantly-changing nature of love, friendship and family kept me fully engaged and reluctant to put this book down until I absorbed every detail.
The story of one woman's journey through loss, doubt, and misunderstanding (not to mention a delightful come-uppance of a nasty boss) and her realization that friendship, love and even sex isn't always what you thought it was, makes for a literate and entertaining page-turner. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in an engaging story, well-crafted prose and insights into the human heart.
Contemporary Women's Fiction at its best. Susan's journey drew me in and made me care about what happened to her and the other finely-drawn characters in this book. A fast, hard-to-put-down read that I finished ahead of 2 others by well-known authors. Bonnie drew me into Susan's world, where she encounters problems so many face these days--fickle lovers, sometime friends, true friends with complex lives that leave less and less time for bonding and emotional support, family to love but not to understand or want to be with in more than small doses. And biggest of all, the ex who was and is still well-loved and needs that love at the end of life, when he's at his most vulnerable, and Susan is, too. She becomes a pillar of strength and a force to be reckoned with both in her private and professional lives. Character growth is exceptional in this book, and the reader gets to fight with Susan every step of the way to peace and enlightenment. The emotional depth of this book is truly exceptional, and the themes it explores will resonate with many in this modern world.
Love is one of those flexible things... we don't always love who we're "supposed to" love, and despite marriage or divorce or other societal bonds, sometimes we are linked to those whom we "should not" still be emotionally tied to.
Disclaimer I'm personally acquainted with Bonnie Schroeder, who's an absolutely lovely person.
Susan still loves her ex, Frank, despite their divorce, despite the reality that Frank is/was gay, and left her for another man. Yet, with his terminal lung cancer, he NEEDS her in his life.
There are many excellent themes in this book, which will resonate with anyone who has deeply mourned someone they still loved, despite [whatever it was that was supposed to end that love]. However, the pace is slow, and the style (writing in first person) both limits and distances us from the main character, Susan, rather than making it/her more intimate.
I really liked that this was not one of those books that was formulaic and tied everything up with a bow, that Susan was trying to figure out her love life, with more than one false starts. And her despair/depression felt very real to me, not to mention made me want to go pour myself a drink, though things ended on an upbeat note.
This debut novel is not for everyone, but if you enjoy work that is off the beaten track, and are up for dealing with some darker subject matter, like loss of a loved one, and challenges within women's friendships, you will enjoy this book.
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