Delightful
Given only one month to live, 50 year old Ambrose Zephyr decides to take his wife, Zipper and travel around the world A-Z.
This is a love story first and far most. The destinations around the world are secondary and in fact they end up having to cut the trip short due to Amborse’s failing health. It is also about coming to terms with the inevitable loss.
Richardson’s prose jumps off the page while reading this poignant little story. It is funny, sad, and intelligent all at the same time. The only problem with it is that I wanted to know more. I wanted to know more about Ambrose and his wife’s history. This book was only 139 pages though it could have been still under 150, but our curiosity about the past could have been quenched.
I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading more by CS Richardson!
4/5
I’m glad you liked the book. I loved it also.
N.,
That shows that we both have good taste in books!
Thanks for stopping by.
This sounds wonderful (although a little sad). Definitely going on the TBR list!!
Nice review!!
I’ve read so many clunksters lately that you had me at 139.
Stephanie,
It’s short, sweet, and worthwhile.
John,
I usually read a lot of clunksters also. I decided to cut back on them this year. That said, I just started Hawaii, my first clunkster of the year.
i found you via the tbr challenge!
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eden
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I also loved this book. CS is also a very talented Designer for Random House Canada. It’s nice to see the industry producing some great talent from within the ranks!
Yes it is Kirbic. Thanks for stopping by!
I have read a newspaper article, about a man who did similar trips with his wife, after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. He said, that he felt she actually improved and the disease was slowed down with all the stimulation, that the trips provided. What a loving idea, but I couldn’t help thinking, how much more his wife would have enjoyed those trips, if her husband had taken them with her, when she was still normal and they would have meant more to her being.
He had to stop the trips too, when his wife’s dementia got too bad.