Read me, you'll be happy you did!

Today our book is:

Still Life with Chickens (starting over in a house by the sea)
by: Catherine Goldhammer

I first read this book about a year ago. When I picked it up in a little bookstore in Cannon Beach, Oregon, I was looking for something light. Something to read that night in a hot bubble bath in a house by the sea.

It never made it to the hot bath time. I devoured it that afternoon sitting on the couch.

Catherine Goldhammer finds herself newly separated and at a cross roads in her life. Forced to move, she moves into a dilapidated cottage by the sea. Where the only thing separating her from the ocean is a large salt water pond.

Her and her twelve year old daughter embark on a new life. She begins the transition by purchasing six baby chickens.

While the book is about starting over, it is so much more. It is about finding grace and hope in the most unusual of places. That what is around us, while important, is nothing compared to what is inside of us. Her humor comes shining through in the tale.

I read this when I thought I had it all. When I thought I had played the game and won. Little did I know what was around the corner. Now I have read it again. And it is just as fabulous the second time as it was the first.

This is what I plan to do. Leave this life and head to the calming, rejuvenating ocean waves. A different life, a healing life. My life. Finally.

Even if you are not at a crossroads in your life, this is an excellent read. Catherine writes with such style that you are engrossed right from the get go.

After I finished it, my son read it. And loved it! which is saying something, as we couldn't agree on a book if we tried. To this day it is one of his favorite books, as it is mine.

Plus, you will end up knowing a lot about chickens. Which you can then use to wow your friends. Always fun.