“With or Without You is a moving novel about twists of fate, the shifting terrain of love, and coming into your own. With tenderness and incisive insight, Leavitt spotlights a woman's unexpected journey towards her art.” —Madeline Miller, author of Circe
After almost twenty years together, Stella and Simon are starting to run into problems. An up-and-coming rock musician when they first met, Simon has been clinging to dreams of fame even as the possibility of it has grown dimmer, and now that his band might finally be on the brink again, he wants to go on the road, leaving Stella behind. But when she falls into a coma on the eve of his departure, he has to make a choice between stardom and his wife—and when she wakes a different person, with an incredible artistic talent of her own, the two of them must examine what it is that they really want.
Unapologetically honest and intimately written, With or Without You is a contemporary story of what happens to relationships as the people in them change, whether slowly or in one cataclysmic swoop.
My Rating - 3.5 Stars!
Caroline Leavitt's With or Without You is an emotional story.
It's a story of people changing and growing apart, first due to life itself and then due to trauma.
I wanted to love it, but I didn't love the pace. As well, I hated the repeated use of "he said," "she said," throughout the dialogue. And it's so damn depressing.
But in the end, I am glad I kept reading. It delivers an important and fantastic life message. Definitely check it out when you're in the mood for realistic and deep. But skip it if you're looking for happy and romantic.
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