Ache
Eliza Henry Jones
Harper Collins
ISBN: 9781460750384
Description:
A year ago, a devastating bushfire ripped Annie’s world apart – killing her grandmother, traumatising her young daughter and leaving her mother’s home in the mountains half destroyed. Annie fled back to the city, but the mountain continues to haunt her. Now, drawn by a call for help from her uncle, she’s going back to the place she loves most in the world, to try to heal herself, her marriage, her daughter and her mother.
A heart-wrenching, tender and lovely novel about loss, grief and regeneration, Ache is not only a story of how we can be broken, but how we can put ourselves back together.
My View:
I have had great difficulty trying to find the right words to describe my reaction to this book. It was an amazing read – written so beautifully, the writing seducing the reader to read more and more…and the feelings it evoked…an abundance of feelings. The characters so credible and the situations they face almost unbearable at times and almost unbearable to read such is the empathy I felt for these paper people.
Survivor guilt, grief, PTSD…this book covers it all yet despite the challenging scenarios presented in this narrative it is not a negative or depressing read, in fact it is full optimism. Read and discover your new favourite author.
Reading, Writing and Riesling 
It sounds a very powerful read, Carol. I can only imagine the trauma that something like that might cause, so I can see how there’d be lots of room for the author to explore the healing process.
Margot- such a well written engaging heart breaking but ultimately optimistic read. Even if you never experience a bush fire there is plenty of humanness to explore here.
Sounds like a soul satisfying read 😊
So well written too Anne
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