Simon Choice How can a father ever let go? Charlotte Castle Books
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"But Daddy, who will live with me in heaven?" Doctor Simon Bailey has everything a man could ever want. Then his beautiful daughter is diagnosed with Leukemia. He can almost accept her impending death. He can almost accept the fact that he will have to live without her. But he cannot stand the thought of his little girl having to face death alone. He answers her innocent question in a moment of desperation, testing his marriage, his professional judgment and his sanity to the limit. As cracks form in Simon's previously perfect family, we wonder, as do his loved ones ... will he really make the ultimate sacrifice? Combining poignant moments of both humour and pain, 'Simon's Choice' is a penetrating account of parenthood at the sharp-end.
Simon Choice How can a father ever let go? Charlotte Castle Books
I was a little apprehensive about reading Charlotte's book. Would I feel far too empathetic and find the subject of a child's death and imagining how it would be as a parent, too difficult?Regardless I turned to page 1. Two days later I have finished this brilliant book. This story has it all, emotion, light hearted moments and ultimately, although it is surrounded by death, has a `happy' ending which left me smiling and it was a total surprise.
I felt angry at Melissa for being so spiteful. I was annoyed at Simon for shutting his wife out. My heart swelled over Sarah's courage. Charlotte has delivered powerful, memorable and lovable characters who during the worst of times show depth. These people felt real to me.
The cleverly interwoven back stories helped me learn more about Melissa and Simon and why they made the choices they did during Sarah's last weeks. How would you react during such a horrific moment in your life, the thought of losing a child?
It has been a long time since I have finished a book in such a short time but from the moment I opened this book I couldn't stop reading. Every spare moment I read another page or chapter. I wanted to know what Simon would do, wanted to live every moment with these characters as they experienced this tragic story.
This is clever, at times witty, heart warming and original, delving into human emotions with finesse.
I highly recommend this book by Charlotte Castle. I believe we will be seeing more of her.
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Simon Choice How can a father ever let go? Charlotte Castle Books Reviews
Simon's Choice by Charlotte Castle is a wondrous ride through the comedy and terrible tragedy of family life and death. The dialog's spot-on, from careless remark, to kindly encouragement, to condemnation and despair. The background is picture-perfect England. The characters are entirely believable, and the agony all too real. It's a novel that will leave you crying at the end, and remembering forever. If you want to know how you would feel if a child were dying, if you want to know why "I'm sorry" is so inadequate, and "Life goes on" so like a dagger to the heart, or if you just want a marvelously powerful uplifting read, this is the book for you.
"I should have thought you would need an unswerving faith to think those bloody hens are going to lay," says Simon near the start. He's sharing a drink of whiskey with the pastor, just before the bad news arrives. But sometimes it's a swerving faith that shows where we need to go. Simon's Choice swerves expertly, painting pictures of a dying child seen through the eyes of her father as his almost-perfect marriage falls apart. The author balances painful present images with delightfully pleasant memories, creating a surprisingly complete and sensitive picture. The story's very real, right from its hopeful, careful, Sunday-morning, true-blue British start. And the thread of agony never winds too tight.
Bald daughter, bald chickens, contraband pizza and tears; there's boarding school and a regular English church in here, with vicar, wife and animals, and cub scouts; there's a God who isn't after all just the grand puppeteer, a Hindu wedding, and a spiritualist performing down at the pub; there's ritual, comfort, everyday life, and a world that comes crashing down. In the end, how much faith does it take, to encourage a child?
Simon's Choice lightens faith with memories and darkens it with depression. I found myself asking who I would be in this story. Would I offer help with one hand and keep my children away from Sarah (protecting them of course) with the other? Would I ask "How are you?" and hope to be told "I'm okay" so I wouldn't have to act? Would I choose who to blame and take sides while Simon's world fell apart? But it's Simon's choice that matters, and it's other people's actions, maybe God's as well, that steer his course.
I cried when I finished this book. It's not for the faint-hearted--too vitally real for that. It's not for readers who pale at the thought of alcohol and the odd swear word. But pain and love and healing and faith are real and vital and true. In the end the choice is perfectly made, the story perfectly concluded, and the meaning is deeply embedded in the reader's heart.
This book is absolutely heartbreaking. The loss of a young child is something that no parent should ever have to endure. Unfortunately, it does in fact happen. I have personally dealt with the loss of a child as the result of a tragic accident. I cannot fathom watching a child die a long death from a horrific disease. It was bad enough watching my father go through something like that.
Simon and his wife have gone through varying degrees of devotion over the course of their daughter's illness. They have grasped onto their faith as if it is the very life blood that is keeping them going. They have doubted the purpose of God and questioned His decision to take away their precious daughter. They have discussed the idea of Heaven. Unfortunately, they are rarely on the same page at the same time.
And then their daughter, who is going to soon be leaving them, asks about her eventual transition to the other side. The conversation between Simon and Sarah is one that socked me in the gut.
What would you say to your daughter if you knew she was going to die? What would you say when she wants you to go with her? Ponder these questions as you examine your own faith while reading this story. And keep a box of Kleenex on hand. You will need it.
I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Fantastic book. Delicate subject matter handled extremely well.
Thank you, Charlotte.
I was a little apprehensive about reading Charlotte's book. Would I feel far too empathetic and find the subject of a child's death and imagining how it would be as a parent, too difficult?
Regardless I turned to page 1. Two days later I have finished this brilliant book. This story has it all, emotion, light hearted moments and ultimately, although it is surrounded by death, has a `happy' ending which left me smiling and it was a total surprise.
I felt angry at Melissa for being so spiteful. I was annoyed at Simon for shutting his wife out. My heart swelled over Sarah's courage. Charlotte has delivered powerful, memorable and lovable characters who during the worst of times show depth. These people felt real to me.
The cleverly interwoven back stories helped me learn more about Melissa and Simon and why they made the choices they did during Sarah's last weeks. How would you react during such a horrific moment in your life, the thought of losing a child?
It has been a long time since I have finished a book in such a short time but from the moment I opened this book I couldn't stop reading. Every spare moment I read another page or chapter. I wanted to know what Simon would do, wanted to live every moment with these characters as they experienced this tragic story.
This is clever, at times witty, heart warming and original, delving into human emotions with finesse.
I highly recommend this book by Charlotte Castle. I believe we will be seeing more of her.
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