A Sorrow Named Joy - Iridescent Reads for Aotearoa Bookwyrms

eBook

Published Jan. 10, 2022

ASIN:: B09Q5NYWB3

(1 review)

Joy desires nothing more than her husband's happiness. She spends her days creating the perfect life for him in their idyllic suburban home. Everything is neat, predictable, and in its place.

When Joy finds a picture that hints at a past she cannot remember, the facade cracks. As secrets are revealed, Joy realizes her blissful life is crumbling and to find herself, she must first lose herself.

Perfect, after all, is only an illusion.

1 edition

Tattooed_Mummy reviewed A Sorrow Named Joy by Sarah Chorn

A sweet tale

4 stars

Content warning Mild spoilers

I didn't find the twist much of a twist to be honest but the story is no worse for that. A woman contemplates her life and its meaning, she feels happy but also slightly lost - her life seems only to please her husband. And then a chance discovery of a photo changes everything, her husband can no longer look at her the same and she wonders why she exists at all. The finish sees her happy in a life of her own making while her husband is finally able to move on with his.