Home Safe

I have read a few of Elizabeth Berg's books. Open House and Talk Before Sleep. I have read Talk Before Sleep a few times. I am not sure why I have not read more of Berg's books. They are very good. I picked up the audio of Home Safe at the library. This is a great story. It would be a great story for a book club read. Many things going on in this book. This is about a woman dealing with her husband's death. She finds out before her husband died he withdrew most of the money from their retirement account. What did her husband do with the money? Why would he keep this from her? Helen makes her living writing and has writer's block. On top of everything else she is faced with money problems. If Helen cannot write, she will need to find a job. Since her husband died, Helen has become too dependent on her adult daughter. She is also facing her parent's mortality. I really wish I would have read this book instead of listened to it on audio. I am sure I missed details of the story. Unfortunately, driving can distract me from my books.

The main theme I got from this book was loss. How Helen was able to deal with so many losses. The loss of her husband. The loss of her passion of writing. The loss of her financial security. Her daughter becoming independent from her Mother. There are so many story lines with the continuity of loss. Helen has to come to terms with so many things in her life.

I am going to rate this book a 4. I am going to suggest if you are interested in this story read it. Too good of a story for audio.