Claire never understood the true meaning of depression nor was she open enough with a depressed person. She should have taken the time to be more open and communicate with Jay instead of running away to her art studio to avoid the problem. I'm bipolar and I know what it takes and what kind of person can handle me and be my partner to help me through my depression. Claire and Jay were simply not compatible with one another as soul mates should be. At first I thought jay was sleeping with his therapist and I was gonna be mad especially the picture that Claire painted for their one year anniversary and he gave it to his therapist? Never understood that. I think he was in love with his therapist. I liked this book but I didn't like Claire much. I think she was too blind and too nieve to see her husbands pain and the fact he was falling apart right in front of her eyes and she ignored it and got a gym membership "Couples were flowing into the restaurant, shedding furs and down jackets into the arms of the coat-check girl, snowflakes evaporating in midair.""Claire focused on the salt and pepper shakers in the bookcase. Shopkeepers and collectors had shepherded these pairs through the decades, making sure they were not separated, simply because they were jolly and sweet.""Her and Jay's house was a living organism, always changing, with a hundred seemingly important details in each room to sift through mentally. Building a model of it felt like trying to paint a portrait of someone who refused to sit still."
Wish I could this 3 1/2 stars. That's more along the lines of where I think it ranks.
—fagg0t
Started once, couldn't get into it.Retrying & am about half-way through.
—Talia
A young woman tries to come to grips with her husband's suicide.
—Aftab
not a smooth start so so book
—Jlpmggoodner
