While there she meets and falls for Ryle, a thriving neurosurgeon who is determined to be the best in his field. I have so many emotions right now that it's hard to know where to start, but I think everyone should read this book. I kept trying to guess what I thought might happen next and in classic Hoover style she managed to surprise me.

if you enjoy crying your heart out while reading at 2 in the morning, here’s some recommendations 🥲 📖 a thousand splendid suns: wowow… this novel centres itself around the tragic Afghanistan war and follows the story of 2 women, Mariam and Laila. EDIT: I read this book when it first came out (as an ARC) and did love it, however, with the continuation of the story I feel like it has tainted (or just changed) my view on this one. The book focuses heavily on human relationships and the effect us humans can have on one another, especially in a romantic sense. Little gems of honesty about human nature and relationships that are all the more painful because of their resounding truth. Knowing where an author gets their ideas from can change your whole outlook on a book, and this one.It also got me thinking a lot about how places change you as well, how they retain stories and secrets, and how you somehow get an imprint of that when you’re living in a place, and somehow it can resonate with you or not.

It was my outlet, my excuse for the tears that wouldn't go away, the tears that kept falling despite my desperate protest.

Twenty minutes to take out the uterus that carried my three beautiful babies for a total of twenty eight months. It does not excuse the abuse and I think it’s gravely concerning for people to blame the abuse on his trauma. This began as one of my most highly anticipated books of 2016 and it is now of my top favorite books of the year. I can acknowledge this may not have been the intention, but the elaboration in the authors note does not absolve this book of its reckless and irresponsible marketing. Tiendo a no procurar mucho tiempo a mi lectura pero por fortuna este libro llegó para decirme que necesitaba dar más y valió 100% la pena.