This book starts in Israel and travels to Thailand and is about a beautiful middle aged woman names Maya who finds herself in a sad routine, in a revolting marriage with a man that sees her more as a bitter child rather then a troubled, injured woman. And she sees him as the total opposite of an sympathetic husband; who feels he needs to put her life in order like she is one of his psychiatric patients. She feels the only right thing he has done and the only good thing he has done for her was to tell her to go to Thailand and so that she could relax and possibly screen write something she feels is more worthy then ripping up and tossing in a waste basket.... that and a business card.
She loves her pre-teen Tamar and a mother who passed away from cancer dearly. But since her mother's passing she has not been able to cry and instead has allowed it to harbor and fester deep within her soul . She slowly suffers in silence and misery. You can see all of Maya's pain and envy as she observes other couples.
You find yourself along side Maya and see very person moments including falling flat on her face... literally. Little by little you see what she has been through and you understand why she makes such irrational spontaneous decisions ... Like meeting a man on the plane and fornicating with him then and there.Maya's obsession with this total stranger that she meets on a plane sends her into an unforeseen turmoil and destroys herself worth at times. Soon as Maya works on her self-confidence and control, she finds that this stranger who is fooling with her emotions is not all he is saying he is.
I felt the author chose this title because most of Maya's difficulties were not that she had been through something but rather how she dealt with the situation during and prior. People tend to say "Oh, that is just the way it is in life/love, relationships or as a parent". Rather then trying to stop and actually emotionally help a person. Sometimes we forget that life is not a robotic environment and people don't handle thing in a perfect way all the time. There are moments when we need a break from "our lives" and need to be spontaneous, these times can find us in paradise situations or under a bus. But it is always about learning. That is what I took away from this book. That regardless what you have been through you can't really use that to allow yourself to make bad choices. Life is too short and should be enjoyed.
Knowing nothing about this book or who birthed it prior to reading it I would have liked to know she was from Israel in the beginning and that that is where the story starts. It took me awhile to adjust and I had to rewind the story in my mind to make geographic and cultural adjustments but I did enjoy the book. I would recommend this book to someone who would like to read about a Character over coming self doubt and learning what it is they really want in life.
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Not A Word About Love
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Hana Goldberg is a Lifetime Achievement Award winner from Israel's Association of Authors and Composers (ACUM), a bestselling and critically acclaimed Israeli novelist and poet and an A-list lyricist with hundreds of popular songs and many #1 hits. Hana has written many bestselling books and she is a frequent guest on Israeli television shows and has her own column about literature in Israel's most popular web portal - ynet.co.il. Since her first book at the age of seventeen, and through her bestsellers and hundreds of songs, Hana has been a strong and original voice in Israeli culture.
-http://en.hanagoldberg.com/
I received this ebook from tomoson.com in exchange for a honest review.
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