OUR REVIEW:
Whistler is such a good read and yet when you try to describe it, it sounds like a book about nothing, really. And maybe that's why it's so good--because it is a book that seemingly not much happens, and yet you walk away with thoughts and feelings and emotions. I think it's Eddie. He's magic. He's such an interesting character-the way he loves Daphne and her sister and their mother...it's so personal and profound...and exactly what you'd want in a father. And Daphne's mother? She's also an interesting concoction of self-determination and selfishness and love. And the sisters-I love their bond. Even Daphne's dad, I come to understand. Despite some really crazy things that happen, and some really normal things that happen, I found there interactions and aplomb so very satisfying and admirable.
I really enjoyed this novel and all of its sentiments on love and family, so much so that I now want to read more of her backlist.
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SYNOPSIS:
The acclaimed, prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling writer returns with a moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time.
When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they notice an older, white-haired gentleman following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, her former stepfather, who had been married to her mother for a little more than year when Daphne was nine. Now fifty-three, Daphne hasn’t seen Eddie for many years, not since the fateful event that changed the direction of both their lives. Meeting again, time falls away; while their relationship was brief, it had a profound impact on them both, and now that they are reunited, they have no intention of ever being separated again.
Whistler is a story about two adults looking back over the choices they made, and the choices that were made for them. It’s a story about bravery, memory, the often small yet consequential moments that define our lives, and the endless stream of loss that in time comes for us all. Beautiful in its simplicity, it is ultimately about how love endures, and how the feeling of being known by one other person, even for a short period of time, can change everything.
When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they notice an older, white-haired gentleman following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, her former stepfather, who had been married to her mother for a little more than year when Daphne was nine. Now fifty-three, Daphne hasn’t seen Eddie for many years, not since the fateful event that changed the direction of both their lives. Meeting again, time falls away; while their relationship was brief, it had a profound impact on them both, and now that they are reunited, they have no intention of ever being separated again.
Whistler is a story about two adults looking back over the choices they made, and the choices that were made for them. It’s a story about bravery, memory, the often small yet consequential moments that define our lives, and the endless stream of loss that in time comes for us all. Beautiful in its simplicity, it is ultimately about how love endures, and how the feeling of being known by one other person, even for a short period of time, can change everything.
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