Sara My Sara: A Memoir of Friendship and Loss by Florence Wetzel

By Emma Fitzgerald -
Thank you @KellyALacey @lovebookstours #Ad #LBTCrew #BookTwitter For letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. Sara My Sara: A Memoir of Friendship and Loss front cover is beautiful and simple which I would definitely be drawn to this book and would pick it up and purchase it. This memoir is beautiful written and pulls on your heart strings. Florence talks about her Mother and her friendship with Sara, who came to work with them but came more of a friend and part of the family. I like how Florence has set the pages out which is set like poetry and I found it easy to read this way. Florence is very brave to talk about her Mum and Sara illness and I like Florence is very honest with how she was feeling all the way through the memoir. This is a heartwarming read that will make you cry, but will also make you smile due to the lovely friendship between these women. Which is lovely to see and read. Sara MY Sara is a powerful read that is very difficult to put down due to how easy it is to read and how moving this memoir is. 5 stars! Blurb This is a book about making a friend and this is a book about losing that friend. Yes there is sorrow but there is also joy as well as black coffee a glamorous mother and several dogs. So fix a warm drink get comfy on the couch and come meet Sara Sara my Sara. An intimate and moving exploration of friendship, unexpected loss, and the gifts revealed in grief’s aftermath. Author Florence Wetzel is delighted when her elderly mother Marion develops a close bond with Sara, her new housekeeper. When Marion falls ill, Florence and Sara work together to take care of her, forging their own warm friendship in the process. Eighteen months after Marion’s death, Sara is diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer called glioblastoma, with no more than two years left to live. Florence does her best to enjoy the remaining months with Sara, while at the same time watching helplessly as her beloved friend disappears. When Sara dies, Florence finds herself mute with grief. Amid the chaos of the global pandemic, she embarks on a journey throughout Europe, trying to find a place in the world after her many losses. Laced with humor and filled with beloved dogs, strong coffee, and even a touch of Botox, Sara My Sara is an honest exploration of a warm friendship, the devastation wrought by cancer, and the unexpected gifts in the middle of grief. Buy Links https://amzn.to/3UtC8Hk Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216639423-sara-my-sara

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  1. Flo21 January 2025 at 03:43

    Emma, thank you so much for being part of the tour and writing this lovely review! I was really touched by what you wrote.

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