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PS I Love You: Synopsis A young married couple, Holly and Gerry, have a joke between them: If anything ever happened to him, he'd have to write her a list or else she'd never be able to cope without him. "The List" grew to encompass advice for any eventuality, a joke all their friends shared. When Gerry's severe headache is diagnosed as brain cancer and Holly tragically loses him in a few short months, she is devastated and unmoored. She hasn't just lost her husband, she's lost her very identity. And then it arrives: a package marked "The List." Gerry has kept his promise, and inside this package are ten envelopes to be opened over a period of ten months. Each letter offers specific instructions to guide Holly through grief, and ultimately grant her permission to return to life. Of course each letter ends with PS, I Love You. The novel includes a cast of raucously funny and memorable characters, including Holly's best friends and four siblings who range in personality from the pink-haired world traveler Ciara to stick-in-the-mud Richard. Set in Ireland, the book has a wonderful Irish atmosphere reminiscent of Maeve Binchy and Marian Keyes. PS, I LOVE YOU is a warm, witty, heartfelt and romantic story about the blessings of friendship, family and the eternal nature of true love.

Little do I know about the author, Cecilia Ahern, hence, I don't know what to expect with her work. I know this book also had a movie which I'm just going to watch on DVD if there is already. So now you know I'm really clueless of her work and that my insight would be based purely on my objective and subjective view point of the book that I had read. But regardless of that I'm still going to give you an honest to goodness insight on what to expect on this chic lit.

First at hand, the plot. The plot may appear to be common if you're just going to skim it, but after I had read it from cover to cover, all I can say is that it's the first time I had encountered such a story. Sure thing a lot of books tackle about romance and death, but little does a lot of authors took notice that there is still a spice left to bring about a good story and that is grieving.

The main plot of this story is of course grief and the ability to move forward after a demise of a very important person. How many authors have you seen delve into this subject matter?

Second, the characters. Though there is nothing I could complain about their roles to help the protagonist; their appearances in the story sure makes it a bit confusing. Nevertheless, it wouldn't be hard to understand what their participation on the story would be.

Lastly, my subjective insight. With all honesty, I really love this book, despite that I can't relate to it, since I had never experienced losing some one so dear to me that I had strong emotional ties with. More so, little do I know about how these people cope up after that kind of tragic event, and that the author had shed light on how majority of the people move on. The author's ability to encapsulate the feelings and pen them makes it even more amazing to read this book. It's like your also a part of it trying to extend your arms to comfort and to mend the wounds brought about by such abrupt event.

This is one special book that would touch your heart and make you cry. Hence I recommend this to all of you.

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