When You Least Expect It by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
When You Least Expect It
by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
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My Ratings 4.4/5
Synopsis
Avid competitive rower Holly is seventeen. There is nothing she wishes for more than to compete in the Olympics. When she fails to make the rowing team that is going to Europe she is shattered. Her dream has exploded and she is left dealing with the disappointment. She is also confronting a new reality at home: she and her mother have moved in with her mother's boyfriend and his two sons. And then her mother announces she is pregnant. . . a situation she has been hiding from Holly.
This news is a blow to the close relationship Holly thought she had with her mother. And it provokes her to conceal secretly taking up training as a single-scull rower with a coach who has his own tragic story. And when Holly starts seeing someone who could become a significant romantic partner, she hides that from her mother as well. How long can you keep secrets like this? This page-turning story is enhanced by fascinating detail of what it means to be a competitive rower -- as well as an emotional core that is powerful and compelling.
My Thoughts
Do you have what it takes to keep going, and make it today, in this moment? Self-realization is like running a marathon, not just once, but again and again, as many times as possible so that each time, you realize more of your potential, and you keep on going. It's not because you have to get to the finish line, but that you're doing it to realize more of who you are—your higher self, your "spiritual being". You understand that the marathon—the journey of self-realization—is never ending. That's why the quote, "It's not the destination, but the journey," is so resonant. Because it's true. It is the journey that teaches us who we are, and that means every step of our journey.
If you are a competitive athlete and you are not out there reading this information and learning what might work best for you personally to improve, then guess what? When You Least Expect It by Lorna Schultz Nicholson is just what you want. This brilliantly written book is one of the most impactful I have read this year. Its truly a masterful, truly original work which includes pain of relationships , love , life and other disappointments. Lorna Schultz Nicholson delivers laser-focused prose . . . and a touching, twisted tragic story that plays out in ways you'll never see coming.
It's been a long time since a novel sucked me in and kept me turning pages the way this one did. Exceptional
Highly Recommended!
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