A Single Light

I must admit that I would never have thought I would be reading a story about a world wide pandemic based in Nebraska while living through a world wide pandemic in Nebraska. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

More than the story of the pandemic, it's the story of the protagonist Wynter Roth who is having to learn how to live life in a new normal. The forces of our inner voices that whisper fear and doubts, the external voices that tell us who we should be, the realities that threaten to take away that which we treasure. Being able to see past these to who we really are, the treasure of the people in our lives. Fear enslaves us while love frees us. These are the messages that spoke to me and have enriched my mind during this real life pandemic.

2021 re-read/listen

4 stars. I liked this one slightly less than the first, but it's still full of Hold-On-To-Your-Butts goodness. The end seemed kind of abrupt; I wanted more. I think if the author wants to travel back to this story, she could do several more books from the point of view of other characters or even new characters. I'd definitely read.