A memoir of love and grief and the winding paths that mourning takes. Candid about complicated relationships and the power of place to heal, this memoir takes its time, revisiting the past, excavating the present. Blending her story with the comfort (and conflicts) she finds in a very small town in Northern Ireland, Schaap’s ability to reflect and interweave lives and loves enchants and can break hearts as well as heal them.
The Slow Road North by Rosie Schaap, (List Price: $29.99, Mariner Books, 9780358097457, August 2024)
Reviewed by Jan Blodgett, Main Street Books in Davidson, North Carolina