Jane Isay

Without giving away any spoilers, I feel like this book would be beneficial to most people with grown children. So many different scenarios are given that I feel like it is highly relatable. I was impressed with the advice given. The hardest part was concentrating on the characters. I like to read a book in one or two sittings, and each chapter had multiple stories, each time with new characters, so I got bogged down in names and not letting my mind wander back to a previous story. I think if you read this book, you might even save yourself some counseling! Maybe this book will save or revive a lot of relationships. I like to think of it as "It ain't over until the fat lady sings." Basically, if your loved ones are still alive, there is always hope. This book brought me a lot of personal peace and insight. I HIGHLY recommend it, even if your relationship is perfect. This may ward off problems, or it may help you to have peace of mind to work toward resolving them.… (lisätietoja)

Interesting premise: on her 9th birthday, a girl can suddenly 'taste' the feelings of the person who made the food she is eating. This leads her to various discoveries of her family and friends real feelings and turns out to be a very mixed blessing, in fact she actually searches out food that has been made in factories that are almost completely mechanised in order to avoid 'tasting' what is happening to folk. Revolving around this is the story of her family and their various 'problems'.

It's a nice little story and a quick and easy read, but so much more could have been made of it and the final chapter struck me as being the author suddenly realising that she needed to have an ending and just pulling something together that 'would do'.… (lisätietoja)