Review by Review21 -- In Hindsight
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Review by Review21 -- In Hindsight
[Following is a volunteer review of "In Hindsight" by Sharon Bonanno and Lisa Scott.]
Sharon Bonanno & Lisa Scott travel together side by side like railway tracks, parallel to each other watching each other, feeling and caring for each other, but never meeting till a junction approaches and the tracks cross finally to bring them together. As their journey on parallel tracks continues each of them looks back along their side of the track at the distances they have traversed, the darkness and the light that crossed their path, the hills and ravines they had to pass through, and a continuous battle with destiny. In Hindsight, the story of their lives unravels and reveals a love-hate relationship, a cry for help in sickness, attempts to escape reality, yearning for fatherly love, and denial of everything including sickness through the use of drugs. In Hindsight is all about how one sister fights off sickness, addiction, and hate and reforms into a mother and a wife and the other sister plays the perfect role of an elder sister protecting, helping, and reforming her younger sister. Sharon Bonanno & Lisa Scott describe their journey in their perspective but amazingly their narration matches and there appears to be a little discrepancy in how they perceive each other's actions and reactions.
The happenings in the book are no different from any household plagued by sickness and addiction. That is how it should be especially when sisters are involved. There are however instances in real life where boys turned addicts would be given up by the family and condemned even thrown out of the house.
In Hindsight is simply a narration and recount of what transpired during the difficult journey of the family. A review of what transpired and how things were sorted out. A common happening in households across the world.
One begins to think if addiction was an outcome of sickness. We also wonder if the loving and helping attitude by the elder sister and family against addiction to drugs was due to the combined effect of illness and addiction. Would the attitude be different if it was an addiction to drugs alone?
A very significant variable affecting the handling of the situation is a broken home with the Father not participating or helping. Lisa the victim of sickness and addiction, seeking help had a secret longing for her father's presence which later turns to hate as the stepmother steps into the scene.
Comparing COVID-19 to drugs and addiction combined with a life-threatening illness seems rather far-fetched. In the latter situation, individuals are in full control of their addiction whereas in this modern world diabetes at any stage is controllable. It took the most advanced nations of the World one year to develop vaccines with desperate attempts to control the virus. There is no match. As a closing chapter therefore a comparison with COVID-19 was not needed.
I liked the book for its unique and different approach that requires an interpretation of the perception of the sisters in handling the situation.
I would rate the book 3 out of 4 stars.
I would recommend the book to families combatting illnesses and addiction amongst their kids and siblings in situations that are not quite normal such as a broken home.
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In Hindsight
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Sharon Bonanno & Lisa Scott travel together side by side like railway tracks, parallel to each other watching each other, feeling and caring for each other, but never meeting till a junction approaches and the tracks cross finally to bring them together. As their journey on parallel tracks continues each of them looks back along their side of the track at the distances they have traversed, the darkness and the light that crossed their path, the hills and ravines they had to pass through, and a continuous battle with destiny. In Hindsight, the story of their lives unravels and reveals a love-hate relationship, a cry for help in sickness, attempts to escape reality, yearning for fatherly love, and denial of everything including sickness through the use of drugs. In Hindsight is all about how one sister fights off sickness, addiction, and hate and reforms into a mother and a wife and the other sister plays the perfect role of an elder sister protecting, helping, and reforming her younger sister. Sharon Bonanno & Lisa Scott describe their journey in their perspective but amazingly their narration matches and there appears to be a little discrepancy in how they perceive each other's actions and reactions.
The happenings in the book are no different from any household plagued by sickness and addiction. That is how it should be especially when sisters are involved. There are however instances in real life where boys turned addicts would be given up by the family and condemned even thrown out of the house.
In Hindsight is simply a narration and recount of what transpired during the difficult journey of the family. A review of what transpired and how things were sorted out. A common happening in households across the world.
One begins to think if addiction was an outcome of sickness. We also wonder if the loving and helping attitude by the elder sister and family against addiction to drugs was due to the combined effect of illness and addiction. Would the attitude be different if it was an addiction to drugs alone?
A very significant variable affecting the handling of the situation is a broken home with the Father not participating or helping. Lisa the victim of sickness and addiction, seeking help had a secret longing for her father's presence which later turns to hate as the stepmother steps into the scene.
Comparing COVID-19 to drugs and addiction combined with a life-threatening illness seems rather far-fetched. In the latter situation, individuals are in full control of their addiction whereas in this modern world diabetes at any stage is controllable. It took the most advanced nations of the World one year to develop vaccines with desperate attempts to control the virus. There is no match. As a closing chapter therefore a comparison with COVID-19 was not needed.
I liked the book for its unique and different approach that requires an interpretation of the perception of the sisters in handling the situation.
I would rate the book 3 out of 4 stars.
I would recommend the book to families combatting illnesses and addiction amongst their kids and siblings in situations that are not quite normal such as a broken home.
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In Hindsight
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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