I didn't know what to expect from "Ten Thousand Rocks," but I do know I got a lot from it. If that sounds trite, it's because this audiobook touched on so many points. And when it ended, I had to ponder what I'd heard and its emotional impact on me. First, the author does a remarkable job of describing the current turmoil of health care, whether it's the insurance companies making medical decisions or specialists doing their best. In this case, Laura and Will are struggling to keep their marriage going. When Will is left paralyzed after a car accident, Laura feels it's her duty to stay married, even after Will says he hates her. His caregivers try their best, but Will is so angry! After he comes home in a "suck and blow" wheelchair, well, his life begins to change. I don't want to give away the novel's secrets, so just know that it touches on spirituality, feelings about race and disability, and the learning that sometimes you have to build a life one rock at a time.

Listened to the audiobook via Netgalley. It was a middle of the road book for me. More to do with the relationship between Will and Laura, love, forgiveness or guilt? Delves more into the characters than the plot.

Laura is deservedly angry when she finds out her husband will quit his job at the medical practice without telling her. Not only that he wants to move back home and this is something he also didn’t discuss with Laura. But then when he gets in an accident and changes both their lies forever they have to learn to walk differently and that’s only if they could get through wills anger at Laura for letting him stay alive. Can they make it through the trauma of wills handicap and can she forgive him for his totally selfish behavior and his mistreatment of her. I really enjoyed this book way more than I thought I would I listen to the audiobook and found the narrators voice really good, but the recording sound like he did it in a cave. I did get used to it though and listen to the whole thing and I enjoyed it I found well to be quite selfish and Laura to be kind of spineless but by then I was rooting for both of them. I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher but I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

Will and Laura are a young couple whose marriage they’ve kept hidden from his parents for ten years. When Will is involved in a serious car accident, life changes for everyone, relationships will be tested and nobody will be the same. I did like the story. It took a bit of time to get into. I wasn’t expecting it to end the way it did. I felt the author could have dug a little deeper into the characters throughout the book instead of waiting until the end. Overall it was a great and easy read and I’d definitely recommend.


**huge thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.