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Two little, pink lines should have been a good thing, but for Kendall Wright, it felt like the end of the world. Especially when her career as a successful romance novelist had only just begun to take off.
But with the acceptance of her flaky boyfriend, and the help of a friendly bartender, she begins to see how those two little, pink lines could actually be a blessing.
Except pregnancy isn’t always what it’s cut out to be, and sometimes, things can take a turn for the worst when you least expect it. And after an emergency C-section, the premature birth of her son, and the loss of that flaky boyfriend, Kendall begins the hard, rewarding, and oftentimes traumatic life of NICU parenthood alone.
But soon, she realizes that, where there is darkness, there is usually light.
And there are always friendly—and very attractive—bartenders.
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“Sounds like the premise of one of those chick flicks or something.”
Who would've thunk that such a beguiling, light hearted line would set premise for a heart-wrenching story to follow.
Kelsey is a sensitive, compassionate writer. her prose is poignant and emotionally saturated on a good day. But when she decides to write from a personal, harrowing experience, it gets more Laden with guilty sentiments and awe-inspiring courage.
"I loved using my stories as a way to tell the truths no one likes to speak."
It broke my heart at most places, twisted in some, giving me brief smiles in between.. A true to life dramatic story which should be read by all women, mothers or not. The excruciating pain that only a mother can feel is highlighted tenfold, till tears flowed heavily from my eyes and my hands tried to clench the tiny hands in the Isolette.
It starts off innociously as a fluffy romantic tete-a-tete between Kendall Wright, an author, who's had her world just turned on it's head and the sexy, burly bartender with reddish brown hair, Eric "Goose" Nevard.. So Very Viking!!
"Of all the bars I could've stumbled into that day in September, I happened to stumble into his."
She needs to vent and drink and he's the perfect ear for heavy hearts and a concocter of killer drinks.
Their talks begin and one thing should've led to another but alas, both are tied up in their respective corners. Him with a girlfriend, she with a boyfriend and a baby on the way.
The story dips in lowest of lows of human despair and helplessness and peaks in superhuman efforts of bravery and hope. There's a whole spectrum of tears and laughter in between. Simple joys of life with pets, fierce loyalty of families and disdainful lack of morality on some characters parts.
Goose is big in size and bigger by heart. He's a caretaker, a rock that holds solid amidst the raging storm in Kenny's world.
"Those are your silver linings, Kenny. Don’t lose sight of them, even when everything else gets really dark and ugly. That’s what’s important, and as long as you remember that, you’re gonna be okay.”
She's a scrappy girl, who's stuck in an unwanted, unfortunate situation of not her choosing.but giving up and walking away is not in her constitution. She steps up, despite the overwhelming odds against her.
I've only ever read her book, Where We Went Wrong and it's somewhat tied to that book by a tiny, flimsy thread.
Kelsey documents daily struggles and slow progresses and debilitating setbacks in harrowing details. Just reading it gave me palpitations and to think that she went through something similar in real life, just made me appreciate her strength as a human being so much more. Only a mother can fight so hard by holding onto tiny hands and never give up.
Huge round of applause for Kelsey for such a remarkably valiant story of a resolute and tenacious woman, she fights the Gods and..wins!!!
5 stars for Unexpected Friendships
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