👶👶👶👶👶: Count the Ways, by Joyce Maynard

Many thanks to partner, TLC Books Tours and William Morrow Books for including me on this awesome book tour!

Wow, this book... so much to take in, so much to embrace. Joyce Maynard has tackled a lot in this novel, so be ready for a brimming cup. There were times I thought there was no way she could offer closure for the myriad of situations, but once again, she didn't disappoint. Maynard is queen at presenting impossible dilemmas that really make readers think, and boy did it make me contemplate my life as a mother. And as much as you want to hate the people and the situations they're in, as much as you want to kick them for their decisions, you end up instead with a much different perspective than you would imagine. This author has a way to make the reader's empathy grow, and that, in my opinion, is solid gold.

2 weeks later, I still haven't stopped thinking about this novel... there is so much to unpack, and so much of it just lingers, in a very powerful, yet melancholic way. It has evoked long-lasting emotion. Read it... you'll understand...

Thank you @therealjoycemaynard for sharing such amazing work with your readers.

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Read 8/27/22