⭐⭐☆
A mid-life coming-of-age is an interesting, and very, very
real, situation. Robeson takes this unusual period and explores the mind and
heart of a woman in her thirties who is discovering herself.
Thair is 31 and her boyfriend has just broken up with her.
She retreats to her safe place, which happens to be a small Greek island. As a
part of her therapy, she starts writing what she calls ‘stories’ but is
actually a meandering diary of recollections about her beloved grandmother,
mother and later, herself.
Thair is obsessed with the old Greek mythological story of
everyone having a soulmate and her life is a search for that one person
who completes her. Spread across five years of self-exploration, Thair
discovers her sexuality (she could be bisexual or pansexual) and finally finds
love.
The writing is gentle and at times meandering, but
surprisingly, somewhere after a third of the book, became engrossing. There is
a lot of explorations of concepts, ideas and feelings. Though Thair is
searching for romance, the whole romance by itself is not the main focus – the
focus is Thair’s journey.
This is a slow, almost introspective read for a lazy
downtime.
⭐⭐☆
