the two lives of lydia bird by josie silver

Her writing innately shows a character who has functionality but flaws, and who knows her shortcomings but also gives into temptation. The amount of growing that Lydia does is incredible and very well recognized by the author Josie Silver. I feel as though this could have been written for us, being incredibly close sisters, among other things within the story. Knowing the premise of the story - a widow who delves into another world where her husband is still alive - hits close to home with our family, my sister specifically. Having been a huge fan of One Day in December I was beyond excited to hear about this book coming out, and the 15 months I waited was well worth it. Because there’s someone in her new life, her real life, who wants her to stay. But there’s an emotional toll to returning to a world where Freddie, alive, still owns her heart. Lydia is pulled again and again through the doorway to her past, living two lives, impossibly, at once. A life where none of the tragic events of the past few months have happened. So, enlisting the help of his best friend, Jonah, and her sister, Elle, she takes her first tentative steps into the world, open to life - and perhaps even love - again.īut then something inexplicable happens that gives her another chance at her old life with Freddie. But Lydia knows that Freddie would want her to try to live fully, happily, even without him. So now it’s just Lydia, and all she wants is to hide indoors and sob until her eyes fall out. On Lydia’s 28th birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. They’d been together for more than a decade and Lydia thought their love was indestructible. Written with Josie Silver’s trademark warmth and wit, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird is a powerful and thrilling love story about the what-ifs that arise at life’s crossroads, and what happens when one woman is given a miraculous chance to answer them. What a beautiful, emotional gift Josie Silver has given us.” (Jodi Picoult) “I read The Two Lives of Lydia Bird in a single sitting. From the number one New York Times best-selling author of the Reese’s Book Club Pick One Day in December.

The two lives of lydia bird by josie silver