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"Connections and Why They Matter"
Most of what happens in our life will spark a connection. Life connects with what has been found in books. Books connect with what happens in life. Use the connections to help you see more clearly. A love of reading and writing is what motivated the creation of this blog. Thank you for coming to the blog.
Jack Armstrong is living out his death sentence, an incurable disease, and is determined to use his last bit of strength to stay alive until Christmas Day so he can spend this last one with his wife, Lizzie, and their three children. On Christmas Eve, Lizzie decides to drive in a blizzard to refill his medicine and is killed coming back in an accident. Jack cannot care for his children alone, so his choices are grim. His mother-in-law makes everything even more complicated, splitting up the family from coast to coast, leaving Jack in a care center to die alone. Then a miracle happens, and healing takes place, not just physically. As Jack gets better, he finds new strength and is determined to reunite his family. He gets a clean bill of health and then takes his children back and leaves to go to the summer home where Lizzie grew up; through the summer, he struggles, but he finds himself and his family.
The plot is predictable and is nothing like Baldacci’s usual thriller books, but the characters seem real, and it still holds your attention.
Quotes
“Life is crazy and maddening and often makes no sense.”
“Because life doesn't work that way. You can do everything perfectly. Do everything you think you're supposed to be doing. Fulfill every expectation that other people may have. And you still won't get the results you think you deserve. Life is crazy and annoying and often makes no sense.”
