Rating: 3 out of 5

Fascinating to read about the trials and tribulations of living life with an aphasia spouse. The progress made is remarkable. The challenges faced and acknowledged I’m sure would provide hope to people in similar situations. I didn’t get into the writing style tho and found it challenging in places. I was so busy trying to understand the words and sentence structure that I didn’t get to feel the emotions. And that felt like a shame.

I actually want to give this 3.5 stars I think

Highlighted passages:

On our first real date, we had drinks at his house, talking nonstop until dawn - and I stayed for forty years

couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points

he collected words like rare buttons

hugs delivered voiceless words

I told myself that there were going to be shifts in my relationships, meaningful shifts, and that those who loved me would shift along with what was going on. That was my hope

The Korean language for instance uses different words depending on if an objects fits snugly inside something (letter in an envelope) or loosely (golf balls in a pail). And as a result Koreans are better than other cultures at discerning a tight fit from a loose one

I’d felt picked over by the gulls of worry

Originally posted to my Goodreads account