Dr. Sherry Markel's Reviews > Guesswork: A Reckoning With Loss

A generous slice of life

Beautiful sentences weaving thoughts into an impressionist painting, a gestalt of life... this was not a mystery, not a thriller but equally impossible to put down and the book was over before I was ready to let go. Each death is a loss and for a daughter that loss of a mother is writ large in the heart. This author was not ready to let go any more than the rest of us. All of this against the lush foil of her sabbatical in Italy as she elaborates on the delights of each of her senses. This book is a rich adagio with beauty and drama and love. My loss is that the book is done. There are so many word painted images that linger. Wonderful book.