January 13th, 2008
P.S. I Love You
Do you want to sit down to a good book and cry? That’s what I did last night. I poured myself a drink and delved right into “P.S. I Love You” by Cecelia Ahern. Right now, there is a movie out based on this book. I originally wanted to the see the movie, but I figured I may want to read the book to really love it. (Case in Point: “A Walk to Remember” by Nicholas Sparks, much better book than movie. I did like the movie, but the book more)
This is a story of Holly and Gerry, a married young couple who learn devastating news. Gerry has a brain tumor and is not going to make it. The book opens with Holly, alone a couple months after Gerry’s death. She is barely functioning without her soul-mate. The author makes you feel what Holly feels, the loneliness, the anger, the regret.
But one day, she gets a call from her mother saying there is a package that came for her at her parents house. There is a note on the box that says “The List.” Years before, Gerry and Holly had jokingly made up a list of things that Holly would need to live if he were to be gone. Like “Get a bedside lamp” or “Never wear an expensive white dress.” She rushes to her parents and finds that for each month until the end of the year, Gerry has left her a note for each month of tasks she must perform.
You laugh with Holly on her 30th birthday party, you cry with her on her first Xmas without Gerry, you get angry with her at all the people who judge her. I love a book I am just transported into. It is a long book, about 470 pages. But if you like a good book and don’t mind a bit of a cry, this book is for you. Now I am just waiting for the movie to go into budget so I can compare.
