Book Review: Songs For the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari

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SONGS FOR THE BROKENHEARTED
Ayelet Tsabari

You're scared. Scared to erase them from your surroundings because all that is left of them are their things and your memories of them. Afraid that you didn’t really look at them when they were alive. Didn’t really see who they really were. Upon their death you realize it is much too late to fix anything, much too late to make things new again. Much too late for forgiveness to be shared.

Forgiveness will be for you and you alone.

Zohara has just buried her mother. This is the beginning. She doesn’t really know who her mom is. As her child she was too busy being annoyed by her, embarrassed by her nature, too busy wishing she were like someone else to see who she was.

Her mom was a woman before the birth of her. Had a life worth living before giving her hers. Saida had a big life, a few big loves, and a voice so big it outshined her.

SONGS FOR THE BROKENHEARTED is about discovering who people are outside of your perception of them. It’s about finding out your parents were people before you and accepting who they are outside of your allowance of them.

It was an excellent read and an excellent reminder that accepting and loving who others are ultimately is how you learn to fully accept and love yourself. Learning and understanding others is how you learn and understand who you are.

So good!

Thanks to Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group - Random House | Random House for the advanced copy!

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