In fact, everything would be just perfect if Emma was who she said she was. Leo was adopted as a baby, and this noisy, joyous little family is the first place he has ever felt he belongs. They are happy, crammed into the tiny house her grandmother left her. Now Emma, a marine biologist, has her perfect little ecosystem. Seven years later came Ruby, their daughter, and then John Keats, their rescue dog. But then she met an obituary writer, Leo, and within months, they were engaged.

Emotional, compelling, utter brilliance.The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh – a ReviewĪmazon / B&N / Kobo / Google Play / Apple / BAM / Book DepositoryĮmma was quite certain she’d never fall in love again. I know it's going to be one that will be in my favourites forever more. RW has hit such a fantastic high standard with this. I still needed the words to drink as if it water and I was absolutely dehydrated. I obviously carried on and finished it of course. It would not take away the height and depth and utter insight this book has given already. It could have gone either way in numerous situations.

I'll tell you straight at 85% in it didn't matter the outcome. You are every single character involved in this story of life. Honestly, the thickening in your throat and the constant dry gulps to try clear it only make trying not to allow the feelings of those words on the pages of TLOML drip down your face.Īs a parent, a partner, a daughter, a friend and foe of some this is a traumatic and life altering dive. This is honestly one of the most heart wrenching, gut turning, absolutely devastating books I've ever read. * The New York Times top ten bestseller * īut first, she must tell him about the love of her other life. When the very darkest moments of Emma’s past life finally emerge, she must somehow prove to Leo that she really is the woman he always thought she was. But as he starts to unravel her past, he discovers the woman he loves doesn’t really exist. Leo is an obituary writer and Emma is a well-known marine biologist, so, when she suffers a serious illness, Leo copes by doing what he knows best – reading and writing about her life. But almost everything she's told them about herself is a lie.Īnd she might just have got away with it, if it weren’t for her husband’s job. A dog, a house.Įmma loves her husband Leo and their young daughter Ruby: she’d do anything for them. I have held you every night for ten years and I didn’t even know your name. From the bestselling author of The Man Who Didn’t Call, The Love of My Life is a story about what happens when you discover the person you trust most in the world isn't who they say they are.

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