It's You takes you on a journey from Scottsdale, Arizona to the Napa Valley and finally to Germany, but you also travel on an emotional journey with Ali as she copes with the suicide of her fiancee , the recent death of her mother and her father's aging. The story begins in Scottsdale, Arizona where Ali is treating patients with her fiancée's father at his thriving dental practice. She receives a call that her father, who is now living in a retirement village, has fallen and injured himself. She decides she should take some time off and visit him in Napa, California. While there, Ali meets Edie, her father's feisty and outspoken bridge partner. Ali discovers there is more to Edie than just her brash personality.
Ali is a very relatable character and the author does an excellent job conveying the stages of grief Ali is going through. The grief and sometimes the anger Ali feels is palpable throughout the book, just as it would be in real life, for someone who had suffered two losses of that nature.
I appreciated the author shedding light on the German Resistance during World War II. I have read many historical fiction novels on WWII, but most haven't addressed the Germans who were part of the Resistance.
I received this book as part of the BookSparks Summer Reading Challenge 2015.
I enjoyed taking this journey with Ali.
Ali is a very relatable character and the author does an excellent job conveying the stages of grief Ali is going through. The grief and sometimes the anger Ali feels is palpable throughout the book, just as it would be in real life, for someone who had suffered two losses of that nature.
I appreciated the author shedding light on the German Resistance during World War II. I have read many historical fiction novels on WWII, but most haven't addressed the Germans who were part of the Resistance.
I received this book as part of the BookSparks Summer Reading Challenge 2015.
I enjoyed taking this journey with Ali.
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