The Unfinished Journals of Elizabeth D

 The Unfinished Journals of Elizabeth D

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       November 26, 2014

 

Author  Nichole Bernier

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ISBN:                 978-1-74331-122-6
Publisher:         Allen & Unwin
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When Kate inherits her best friend’s series of diaries, she is reluctant, yet immensely curious to look into and learn about the life of a person she had loved as a friend until her untimely death.

Using the families extended summer holiday on Great Rock Island she begins reading the diaries only to find she is drawn deeply into her friend Elizabeth’s life, a life she had no idea about, even though they had been friends for many years.

Touching on the tragic, the rebuilding, the hopelessness of love unrewarded and the challenges of creating a life from the emotional debris of crushed hopes and dreams Elizabeth, in her diary becomes a confrontational person with a life that, as the pages turn, starts to effect Kate in a way never she had never expected: making her begin to confront her own fears and the way she had begun to live her life in the months since Elizabeth’s death.

 Bitter sweet, touchingly written, you join Kate as she unfolds Elizabeth’s life, peeling back time, layer by layer and learning as she reads that while we think we really know someone , do we really.

Bernier shows her deep and real understanding of people as she unfolds this poignant look into much more than one woman’s life, creating characters who will live with you for a very long time.

In creating the life of Elizabeth and Kate, Bernier would, it could appear, encourage you to look at what the intricacies of friendship and love can really be all about.

A beautiful story written from the heart and touching the heart, of all who join Kate on her journey to understanding herself through the pages of Elizabeth’s diaries.

Fiction