Finding Audrey

by Sophie Kinsella

[layawaydragon]

I flew through this book in one sitting. I woke up early on Saturday before work since my sleep scheduled was all messed up for the weekend. I had just finished the audio book of Torch Against the Night and was WRECKED. I need to get my mind off of it and relax, I needed happy and light.

Feeling depressed and anxious more than usual because of work, which just caused my doctor to increase my meds last week actually.

I picked Finding Audrey pretty much randomly and wondered if I made a good decision when I remembered Audrey's dealing with some heavy shit.

Quickly though I found myself laughing so hard I was crying. My daughter was playing Robux on my computer and kept asking me if I was laughing at her and what I was laughing at. Finding Audrey doesn't sound like a funny book. It's not, really. It's a young woman recovering from a traumatic experience with a hectic, loving, outrageous family and falling in love for the first time.

The writing and dialogue though made me laugh. How spot on Audrey's thoughts and reactions were to the medication, the therapy, and people made me appreciate the experience more and relieve some stress for me. Kinda like if she could find the funny and appreciate it being funny, even if her body wouldn't relax enough to laugh, then I could to.

Finding Audrey had been sitting on my shelves for so long and was there when I didn't even know I needed it. It's funny, true to life, cute, sweet, romantic...Just a great read for mental health rep with a stable loving family and boy/girl romance.

I'll update later with some quotes I loved. I'm away from home right now and just wanted to update GR real quick before I forgot and found myself writing all this...