It should have been forever. But it wasn’t… Seven years later, the same man who asked me to marry him, asked me to walk away…
Why? I don’t know. I’m trying to pinpoint the exact moment it happened—the moment everything went wrong. But I can’t figure it out. I don’t know who I am without him.
Now, I’m on a journey to rediscover who I am. I’ve been part of an ‘us’ for so long that I don’t know how to be a ‘me’. The journey takes me to another country where I change, and grow, and learn to love myself. When I return home to the pieces of my shattered dreams, I find clarity. And somehow, I know how to put the pieces back together again…
Sometimes you have to fall in love twice to make it stick.
Shattered Dreams is a story about the private and hidden struggles inside a marriage, with a message that real love can overcome anything.
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Shattered Dreams – Rebecca Barber
Shattered Dreams is a true departure from the stories we’re used to from Rebecca Barber but no less brilliant.
Maggie and Drew have a wonderful life together until their world starts to unravel. They each have such a difficult emotional journey in this story but it’s definitely Maggie who struggles the most with her present and their future together.
So much angst but a very touching and honest story that will strike a chord with many people. A triumph of the spirit for these beautifully crafted characters and their heart wrenching story.
A definitive story that will extract every emotion from your soul. .
I love this book, it is an incredible read, beautifully written.
This story is an emotional journey that will stay with you for a long time.
The characters are so ethnic, that it could be you, a neighbor, a friend.
It is so realistic, that every emotions consume you, that makes you feel.
This was such an emotional journey! Maggie and Drew are married and living happily ever after, but are they? What if the one thing you want more than anything else in the world is not meant to be? How do you deal with the cards that you have been dealt? Does it make you stronger together or does it tear you apart? What a journey these two went on! Their story was heartbreaking, frustrating and ultimately uplifting. This story resonated with me and I am sure others on a personal level. It is not a story that anyone should have to have. Its a hard read but worth it.
Thank you for the privilege of reading this book! Well done
Maggie and Drew are married, and despite the love they have for each other, when life throws a curve ball into the mix, can these two overcome and deal with their troubles together, or are they on a journey of separate paths? This is a beautifully written story which contains both POV’s, and is an emotional, heartbreaking, raw, gritty, heart-wrenching, and humorous stories, with added angst, thrown into the mix, which had me enthralled throughout this touching tale. I cannot wait to read more from this gifted author, whose work I recommend for all.
A heart shattering must-read.
I wish I could come up with a review good enough for this book, but I can’t. Instead you’ll find my usual slurry of words that will tell you that you just have to read this book.
This is a very different story to what I have read from Rebecca Barber before, but the typical wit and humour are as present in this heart shattering book as they are in everything else that she has written. And, I can only say that this book is the spokesperson for so many lives, and may even be the paving stone to discussion between family members.
She has broken my heart, made me cry, laugh and spit coffee at my tablet as I’ve read my way through Maggie and Drew’s story. Dual POV is my favourite writing style, and in this book, Drew’s view was imperative reading.
I can’t even imagine the depths of devastation that a couple must feel when they fail to achieve that next step in a marriage, in lives that people take for granted. Through Maggie and Drew, Ms. Barber has given me a small insight into this often private heartbreak. Kudos and my heartfelt thanks to Rebecca Barber for writing this beautiful 5+ Star book