Book Review: ‘The Book Of Silver Linings: A Novel’ By Nan Fischer

Constance Sparks is a good person with a big heart, always helping out people when they need it. She volunteers at a no kill shelter, fosters animals and is looking for love. When she meets Hayden, they fall in love and 8 months later he asks her to marry him, with a big expensive ring. She says yes, and wants to know the history of the ring. She soon finds out it’s from a man during WWI, and there’s a book at the library with letters he wrote home from overseas. She’s emotionally invested in the book, and starts leaving notes in it, and when she goes back to read it, the notes have been answered. Things in her life are not going so great, she’s not sure about Hayden (she’s keeping a big secret from him), and he is keeping secrets from her, her boss overworks her, and the shelter is going to have to go out of business. But the letters she gets from beyond the grave make her feel better, and she forms a plan to get her life back on track, and getting things right for a change. A feel-good novel to end the summer months with. You root for Constance as she goes through her life, her setbacks, and new beginnings. It will have you smiling by the time you finish it.

You can pick up The Book Of Silver Linings in stores on Tuesday, August 15th from Berkley.