Experienced some significant life changes recently including the loss of a close relationship, nearing the end of my professional schooling and having to choose a career, being single and alone in a a city, having aging parents and dealing with their health issues, having my sibling move away, coming to terms with the fact that my mental health is in the gutter and having to constantly be managing with it, hoping that I can grow as a person and not let my painful experiences define me, hoping that one day I’ll be okay, that I might even find happiness.
Been missing everyone lately, all the time. Been feeling like I’m undate-able or unloveable because I’m too much.
Been feeling uncertain about who I am in the world, how to navigate my messy emotions when I just feel like a raw, exposed nerve ending. And then occasionally I see a baby, or a sunset that takes my breath away, and I’m suddenly in tears at the beauty of the world around me.
I’m looking for a beautifully written fiction book that will make me viscerally feel the grief and joy of it all, and maybe give me some hope and new perspective.
I loved Americanah, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Being Mortal by Atul Gawande. Would prefer literary or contemporary fiction.
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