She needed a break from her monotonous life. So she committed adultery.
Linda was in her thirties, married to a loving husband and had kids and a fairly successful career being a journalist in a fairly quite place of the world, Geneva.
One day her work led her towards her past, her ex boyfriend, Jacob Konig who was campaigning for being the President of France. The interview ended with oral sex.
Linda was sure that she wasn't depressed but needed a new zeal and vigour to live her life. She was tired from her repetitive days of her life. She was doing well at work, and at home the kids and husband were happy. She didn't spoke about her being unhappy. Actually she didn't even admit it herself at first.
Her fling with Jacob went well . They went to exotic places for lunches bearing less exotic taste but at an expensive price. Visited hotels for intimacy and quick sex. She needed someone to listen to her thoughts. At a time she thought their cover was blown.
Her husband as she thought didn't confide in her his feelings and emotions and even might have an affair. She was wrong for the latter part. Instead was infidel herself. But that was all in childishness. She thought that Jacob could be hers as if they were still in high school.
Jacob was no saint either. He had an affair earlier and his wife acted quite normally to it. Linda knew about it. She was shocked by Jacobs wife normalcy to the situation.
I wouldn't say that I loved the book. It was slow paced and at times even boring. The ending was nice. She rekindled her passion for life.
What she was missing was adventure in her life. At times she felt guilty of being in a physical relation with Jacob. Maybe she needed that phase in her life to find herself a reason to live her remaining life.
That fling led to Linda talk to her husband freely. She opened up about her emotions and so, even her husband did. They went to hike in the Alps with their family. Around that time her affair ended.
And then later on for a mini vacation with her husband. A sort of honeymoon. They did para gliding. She feared it. But still she gave it a try.
While gliding down she felt like a bird. She couldn't explain the feeling but that changed her life.
Everyone needs or has had a point in life which changes them completely.
Linda found her new starting point.
Being unknown to the authors past work, I decided to give this book a try. I wasn't greatly disappointed but wasn't impressed either. But you might love it as a matter of fact.
I really liked the ending of the book. It was mostly about truth, love and peace. She didn't anymore bother to think about Marianne and Jacob. That phase of hers had passed. She began her remaining life with new passion and zeal.
Linda was happy.
Hope you like the review.
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