Apex Review Of The Bride Of Manhattan (Rachel Astarte Piccione)

June 6, 2011 - PRLog -- The Bride Of Manhattan
Rachel Piccione
ISBN: 9781604818727
Wordclay
Reviewed By Morgan Drake

Official Apex Reviews Rating: 5 Stars


Having relocated from her hometown of New York City to Santa Fe, twenty-seven-year-old Garden Crawford begins to have second thoughts about the direction her life has taken. On the morning of her 28th birthday, Garden suddenly realizes that she hates who (and what) she’s become, prompting her to make plans to divorce her husband and return to her native NYC roots. After moving in with her mother in Manhattan, Garden soon starts to feel overwhelmed by the sudden, drastic turn her life has taken – but deep down, she knows that she’s in just the right place to find her true self...exactly how she’ll go about doing that, though, remains anybody’s guess...

Equally humorous and insightful, The Bride Of Manhattan is quite the entertaining read. Throughout the pages of her engaging true-to-life tale, author Rachel Piccione presents the reader with the compelling portrait of a conflicted soul in constant flux – both internal and external – and she struggles to establish her identity in the midst of an ever mercurial world. As we all often do, Garden soon finds that the fleeting convictions of our youth don’t often stand the test of time, and with age we tend to seek firmer, more fulfilling ground upon which to stand. As such, her eye-opening spiritual sojourn is one to which many a reader is sure to relate – particularly those who find themselves in the same position of “Saturn Return” (as Garden’s friend explains, the age between 28 and 30 when your life literally gets flipped upside down).

Rife with profound sagacity and piercing wit, The Bride Of Manhattan is an enlightening, well written reminder that life, ultimately, is truly what you make it. A highly engaging read.

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