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Days of Awe
Days of Awe | Lauren Fox
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Celebrated for her irresistibly witty, strikingly intelligent examinations of friendship and marriage, Lauren Fox ("An immensely gifted writer--a writer adept at capturing the sad-funny mess that happens to be one woman's life" --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) has written her most powerful novel to date. Days of Awe is the story of a woman who, in the wake of her best friend's sudden death, must face the crisis in her marriage, the fury of her almost-teenage daughter, and the possibility of opening her cantankerous heart to someone new. Only a year ago Isabel Moore was married, was the object of adoration for her ten-year-old daughter, and thought she knew everything about her wild, extravagant, beloved best friend, Josie. But in that one short year her husband moved out and rented his own apartment; her daughter grew into a moody insomniac; and Josie--impulsive, funny, secretive Josie--was killed behind the wheel in a single-car accident. As the relationships that long defined Isabel--wife, mother, daughter, best friend--change before her eyes, Isabel must try to understand who she really is. Teeming with longing, grief, and occasional moments of wild, unexpected joy, Days of Awe is a daring, dazzling book--a luminous exploration of marriage, motherhood, and the often surprising shape of new love.
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WanderingBookaneer
Days of Awe | Lauren Fox
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Listening to tagged book and I spy #YetiCat napping on my pillow.

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GirlWellRead
Days of Awe | Lauren Fox
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Fox is a really good writer, and there were many wonderful passages to linger over - she has a gift for capturing emotion. That being said, I did find the the book a bit on the long-ish side and felt that her relationship with her mother and the mother's back story was just extra (it was interesting, but for me just added to the bulk of the book). And if you are waiting for a big finish, the book just kind of fizzles out.

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Sharpeipup
Days of Awe | Lauren Fox
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Finished my 1st hour and my 1st book of #24in48 #readathon so I will get a little 😴.
Thanks @Booksandcooks for the read!

Megabooks You're welcome! 7y
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Sharpeipup
Days of Awe | Lauren Fox
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Let's get this party started! @24in48 #24in48 #intro

1. Reading in/around the Twin Cities
2. My 2nd readathon
3. Litsy
4. Excited to finish all the books I left hanging during our recent move
5. I might have an addiction to gummi bears. 6. I'll be here on Litsy documenting all the fun.

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emilyesears
Days of Awe | Lauren Fox
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I didn't really get the point of this book. It's about a woman who gets divorced and loses her best friend in a car accident in the same year. The main character Isabel is 43 years old and terribly immature. She has a strange belief that her grief is the most important, even more that the grief of her friend's husband. The timeline of the story jumps back and forth and sometimes you don't know whether an event is before or after the death.

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literarychica
Days of Awe | Lauren Fox
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This part resonated with me. A story about divorce, yes, but also about the messy parts of life and friendship and parenting.

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LizGrear
Days of Awe | Lauren Fox
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Quite possibly one of the best books I've ever read. 🖤🤓

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LizGrear
Days of Awe | Lauren Fox
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A little rose and some fiction to give me goosebumps before I finish Christmas shopping.

"All the sad things that have happened are different in scope, in quality, in fact, from all the sad things that haven't happened yet. There is comfort in pausing."

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LizGrear
Days of Awe | Lauren Fox
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"I started thinking maybe it wasn't so bad. I glanced at one of the bouncy houses, all the flailing little arms and legs...and wondered if you could mark the exact moment in your life when jumping around on bright inflated plastic stopped being enough."

This book gives me more goosebumps than this 10 degree Chicago air does.

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LizGrear
Days of Awe | Lauren Fox
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The more I read the more bitter I am that I did not write this brilliant and powerful and real book myself. And my bitterness stems from pure joy, really, because this book is probably one of the most well written books I've picked up in a long time.

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BittersweetBooks
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You can't preserve anything; every happy moment is already on its way to become nostalgia 🍃

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Booksbabiesandcoffee
Days of Awe | Lauren Fox
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The first few pages were a little tough to get through, but before I knew it I was 100 pages in and couldn't put this book down. This book is about relationships. Friendships, marriages and family. It is about loss in all forms and the grieving and healing process. The only thing is that's I wished it had ended a little bit differently, but all in all this books is great for a rainy weekend or to take on vacation.