โ๐โ๐บ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐โ๐๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ.โ
Itโs May 2024 and Iโve officially found a book that has made me sob this year! Iโve never resonated with a character more than I have with Charlotte. Itโs easier to emotionally remain at the tip of the tallest tower and only give a man half of ourselvesโthe intimacyโ instead of allowing them full access to our hearts. Though all we want is that one person who is willing to knock all the walls down and rebuild a house together, its terrifying; and instead, when itโs time to face the, โwhat are we?โ we create chaos and run the opposite way. We fear the future because what we want may not be physically in the cards for us. However, thereโs always that one man who still loves us through what we feel are flaws. For me, itโs my husband and for Charlotte, itโs Payne.
Kelly expressed the emotional turmoil of infertility so raw and precise. The walls Charlotte built to protect herself and the one she loved out of fear were true to her characters depiction. As someone who was told Iโd struggle to get pregnant when I was eighteen, for years, I too felt wild and crazy when it came to relationships (29 year old me still canโt believe I birthed my son). I was fearful of not being able to give the man I loved a family and it was easier to engage in sexual relations rather than be serious and sustain a growing relationship.
Itโs rare to read stories where a character struggles with fertility so itโs a breath of air to see this being discussed along with possible outcomes and the notion that one does not need to birth their own children to have a family.
Out of all the Poplar Falls books, Crazy Hearts definitely is the spiciest! I feel as if it couldnโt go any either way and fits Charlotte and Payneโs relationship dynamic perfectly.
