Long Enough to Love You by Kirsten Pursell

I've been so busy reading books that I haven't had a chance to write reviews in quite some time. Let's see how many I can get done this week!

Long Enough to Love You is written by Kirsten Pursell. I received this as an ARC via Netgalley.

Whilst being a mum and a wife, Jenn has lost what SHE is. Jenn has been so busy raising their children, helping them to carve out their niches, find their purpose, find their reasons for being, creating a map for them to circumnavigate their lives - that she has lost herself in the process. With the children now leaving the home she has built and taken care of, she's starting to question her whole existence and trying to find Jenn, not the mum, not the wife, not the house keeper.

Throughout the time of the children growing up she let her happiness play second fiddle to the overall harmony of her family. And as she points out, she would do it all over again as she loves her family including her husband Mark who's always loved her just enough. But she's now starting to realise that perhaps just enough isn't enough anymore. Also, staying in the marriage is safe, but it is no longer enough; Safe was good enough before, when her life was full.

For so long, her happiness has been defined by her family’s contentment. With them gone, what is she now? Throughout the book we are presented with Jenn's thoughts and also snippets from her diaries B.C. (before children).

Some loves last forever, others last long enough. Sometimes it’s knowing when to let go, move forward, limit resentment that makes the opportunity to live a happier rest of your life key.

Thought provoking, eye-opening and heartfelt.

The struggle is real.

#LongEnoughtoLoveYou #NetGalley

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