Member Review
Review by
Amy E, Reviewer
The Secrets of Love Story Bridge is a charming book about love, grief, and the healing power of hope.
The Secrets of Love Story Bridge opens to find Mitchell cutting locks off of a bridge. Due to an extremely popular song, people have begun declaring their love by placing padlocks across a bridge. These locks are causing all kins of issues to the bridge and are an eyesore for the city workers. Mitchell has to cut all of the love locks off, which suits him just fine, because he has no room in his life for romance.
After becoming a widower three years ago, Mitchell is finding life not so much about living as surviving. He fills his and his daughter's days with tasks and schedules to keep from ever having the time to face the loss of his wife, or his own guilt surrounding her death. That is until he saves a woman in a yellow dress on the bridge. Though he's able to prevent her from being swept away in the water, he can't prevent himself from being swept up into her life.
The story here takes a turn from the expected, as The Secrets of Love Story Bridge does not center around the woman in the yellow dress, but rather her sister Liza. In trying to find the woman in the yellow dress, and help Liza, Mitchell finds a new purpose in life and the road to self forgiveness.
It's a very cute, quick read story, full of beautiful imagery and really emotional letters. It was nice to read about book about letter writing set today, when so very few letters are sent. It's quickly becoming a lost art, but I still love the idea of people being able to write to each other, because it leaves behind tangible evidence of a loved ones thoughts and feelings long after they are gone. There is something almost magical about touching the paper they touched, tracing your fingers along their looping script, and feeling like you can make a physical connection through time.
A letter can bring the dead among the living for the briefest moment, offering a particular type of comfort that is otherwise unavailable.
The Secrets of Love Story Bridge sometimes seems to meander a little bit, and I felt like it could have used a little more depth or action to the story to keep it moving, but it was an emotional and pretty story of a man's recovery.
Thanks, Netgalley, for the copy to review.
The Secrets of Love Story Bridge opens to find Mitchell cutting locks off of a bridge. Due to an extremely popular song, people have begun declaring their love by placing padlocks across a bridge. These locks are causing all kins of issues to the bridge and are an eyesore for the city workers. Mitchell has to cut all of the love locks off, which suits him just fine, because he has no room in his life for romance.
After becoming a widower three years ago, Mitchell is finding life not so much about living as surviving. He fills his and his daughter's days with tasks and schedules to keep from ever having the time to face the loss of his wife, or his own guilt surrounding her death. That is until he saves a woman in a yellow dress on the bridge. Though he's able to prevent her from being swept away in the water, he can't prevent himself from being swept up into her life.
The story here takes a turn from the expected, as The Secrets of Love Story Bridge does not center around the woman in the yellow dress, but rather her sister Liza. In trying to find the woman in the yellow dress, and help Liza, Mitchell finds a new purpose in life and the road to self forgiveness.
It's a very cute, quick read story, full of beautiful imagery and really emotional letters. It was nice to read about book about letter writing set today, when so very few letters are sent. It's quickly becoming a lost art, but I still love the idea of people being able to write to each other, because it leaves behind tangible evidence of a loved ones thoughts and feelings long after they are gone. There is something almost magical about touching the paper they touched, tracing your fingers along their looping script, and feeling like you can make a physical connection through time.
A letter can bring the dead among the living for the briefest moment, offering a particular type of comfort that is otherwise unavailable.
The Secrets of Love Story Bridge sometimes seems to meander a little bit, and I felt like it could have used a little more depth or action to the story to keep it moving, but it was an emotional and pretty story of a man's recovery.
Thanks, Netgalley, for the copy to review.
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