Unfinished Business by Susan Law Corpany

Review by Valerie J. Steimle


Unfinished Business is the first book of a trilogy of three books about Beverly who lost her dear husband, David early in their married life. Heartbreaking as she delivers their son without her husband with her.  It is the unfinished business of her love that she must continue on living and raising her son which is expressed in Susan Corpany's writing.

As a widow myself, I was hesitant to read this book but as I read, it helped me to heal. Susan Corpany captures the essence of what a young widow feels after the passing of her husband. The story holds you captive to the end and then you want to read more. Very clean and not slobbery in romance but a good read to escape your world.
Susan Corpany continues the saga in the next book called Push On  and the last book is called Are We There Yet? Susan then wrote a prequel called Brotherly Love that tells the story of how Beverly and David got together.


To buy Unfinished Business see:
http://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Business-Susan-Law-Corpany/dp/0971291500/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1302656285&sr=8-1

Simply from Scratch by Alicia Bessette

This Women’s Fiction novel was not a book that I plowed through, reading it in one sitting. I took the time to consider the differences and similarities in Zell’s mourning process and my own. Granted when we mourn, we all traverse each of the five stages of the mourning process. And believe it or not, we all travel at a different rate and often in a different order across the stages of denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

I enjoyed Zell’s “widow style,” wondering if I could pull off khaki green or if I would look like the loved one I mourned. I enjoyed the unexpected friendships Ms. Bessette introduced. (No, I won’t introduce them here.)

In Simply from Scratch, Zell seems to stay longer in a stage of depressed denial than I have. Mind you, Ms. Bassette’s writing is not depressing. It is carefully crafted to include just the right mixture of humor and warmth with a generous dose of hope. Take the time and travel with Zell. Find pleasure in the little things, for one day they might be gone. Of course it never hurts to hope.

If reading is your pleasure…if you have ever had a friendship that spanned the participant’s years of experience… if you have ever lost one you love… read and enjoy.

This novel does not contain gratuitous sex or violence—just a scrumptious recipe with a ‘pinch of love.’