Saving Meghan by DJ Palmer

    

 Becky Gerard is a loving mother to her very ill daughter Meghan. Meghan is a bit of a medical mystery. Becky spends all of her time taking care of her daughter, and trying her best to figure out what’s wrong with her, on her own. She has created a large online group, mainly for her daughter, but also for others who have children with medical issues. She even met a friend through the group.
    One day, Becky is boarding a plane, heading to visit her mother one last time before her mother passes away. While the plane is preparing to take off, Becky receives a call from her husband Carl, informing her that their daughter has had an incident. Becky makes a huge fuss and gets off the plane and gets home to her daughter. And that is where the story starts to take a very interesting turn.
     This story is told from the point of view of 3 people. Becky, Meghan, and the doctor Zach. Each perspective lets you in on a different secret. We learn from Becky that her own mother faked illness to receive disability. We learn from Meghan that maybe everyone has a secret. And we learn from Zach, that your own experiences can always help someone else.
    This book had me hooked from the beginning, and took me for a ride I was not expecting. As I read, I thought I knew what was going on. I thought I knew who had ulterior motives. I thought I had it all figured out. I was wrong. This book will send you on a whirlwind of a twist. I promise you will not expect it, even if you get a hint (and there’s a small hint, but trust me, that went right over my head.)
   After I finished this book, I had to tell my mom about it. She doesn’t read much anymore, but the topic was right up her alley, so I asked if I could tell her about it. Well, I tried. I don’t think I did the book justice. The story, the characters, it was all so good. I gave her a summary, but I will save you from the very choppy summary I told her, and just tell you to please read this book. Please go pre order it, so you can have it in your hands the second it becomes available. You will not regret it.

Here is a link to amazon where you can buy this book for yourself.

Little Girl Crying by Belinda Rose

      This book came to me wrapped like a present. And what a present it was. I have struggled with disordered eating before, and it’s a slippery slope to eating disorders, and I have a really good relationship with those. As a younger woman, in my very early 20s, I spent a lot of time on forums where eating disorders were the topic. I formed many friendships, and watched many of those friends suffer. I have since distanced myself from that community, and developed a better relationship with food. But this book, let me feel all of those emotions again. I felt like I was back in that community. This book, made me cry both happy and sad tears. It was truly a gift to me. And I just know I will be reading it again.

      Belinda Rose offers us the glimpse inside the mind of someone who is struggling not just with an ED but also some mental illness. The parts of the book that were about mental illness were really difficult for me to read. My brother was given the same diagnosis that Belinda was given, and reading how she felt, and the thoughts she was having broke my heart. And made me weep for my brother. I can’t even begin to imagine how tiring it is. And I just want to fix it all for everyone who is suffering.

  The images used in the book are stunning, and I wish I could rip them out to frame and hang on my wall. But I don’t like to destroy books, so I’ll just have to flip though it when I want to see them. Which isn’t a bad thing. I think even just flipping through this book, you can stumble upon bits and pieces that can touch you. The cover was beautiful, and I love a book that looks good on the shelf, because I love to display my books.

   I blew through this book. It was incredibly easy to feel close to the author, and incredibly easy to feel like I was listening to a friend. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to read this book. I think it would be a blessing to other people, and that anyone who is struggling, or knows someone who is, can benefit from reading it.

    I recommend this book to everyone and if you would like to grab a copy for yourself, please do, you won’t regret it.

This book was given to me by bookcrash in exchange for a review.