Debut
One needs to suspend their rational mind as they journey along with the Grapes as they are unwittingly set off to sea. This wasn't a favorite book of mine, as I felt it dragged in parts and there was a little repetition, but I appreciate and value the important message behind the story. A book that makes you ask yourself: What risks have you avoided? What dreams have you given up? What past guilt/blame/heartbreak/tragedy/loss/failure/fear has prevented you from taking those risks, living those dreams?
Summary from Goodreads: On the highest point of an island, in a house clinging to the edge of a cliff, live Mary Rose and Harold Grapes, a retired couple still mourning the death of their son 35 years before. Weighed down by decades of grief and memories, the Grapes have never moved past the tragedy. Then, on the eve of eviction from their house, they’re uprooted by a violent storm. The disbelieving Grapes and their home take a free-fall slide into the white-capped sea and float away.
Quotes: "Life is a movement. A precarious equilibrium that can change in an instant."
"I can't waste the life I've been given by standing still and lamenting the past until my days run out....The only reason we are given life is to live it."
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