I highly recommend The Scenic Route by Binnie Kirshenbaum .
As I write this blog post , I keep on coming up with all the reasons why I enjoyed the book. And then, My browser crashes..
Of course, I didn’t save it , while i was composing. So I start over and I find other reason why the book is so special.
This is amazon’s description:
Divorced, alone, and unexpectedly unemployed, Sylvia Landsman flees to Italy, where she meets Henry, a wistful, married, middle-aged expatriate. Taking off on a grand tour of Europe bankrolled with his wife’s money, Henry and Sylvia follow a circuitous route around the continent—as Sylvia entertains Henry with stories of her peculiar family and her damaged friends, of dead ducks and Alma Mahler. Her narrative is a tapestry of remembrances and regrets…and her secret shame: a small, cowardly sin of omission. Yet when the opportunity arises for Sylvia and Henry to do something small but brave, the refrain “if only” returns to haunt her, leaving Sylvia with one more story of love lived and lost.”
To me , Binnie Kirshenbaum Book is like a very good bottle of wine. It is simple but complex with lots of layers.
