Roberta Raye

Open with Love: a Novel of Discovery Roberta Raye

Publisher Marketing: "Are you willing?" asks the mysterious letter writer and when newly divorced mother of two Grace Nash answers "yes," she begins a journey to the core of her very self, emerging stronger, wiser, happier and more alive than she imagined possible. Written for women whose families and lives make it impossible for them to run away in order to "Eat, Pray, Love" this novel gives the reader access to a deeper and richer experience of everyday life. Foreward Clarion Reviews gives it 4 of 5 stars and says: "Though it might seem belittling to compare this story, a spiritual journey, with that of Bridget Jones's Diary, the similarities are apparent. Grace has a self-deprecating sense of humor and a self-battling demeanor that intrigues her audience from the first page. An eccentric acquaintance sends her letters, each of which triggers an awakening. Grace finds these handwritten messages more disruptive than helpful. In the early stages of reinventing herself, she resents this intrusion on her desultory existence. Every painstaking change is awkward, uncomfortable, and frightening... personal and raw, the stylistic presentation on every page deserves high marks for ingenuity and sincerity. Grace escapes from an artificial role dictated by society and emerges an honest woman-recreated by herself and no one else." Review Citations: Foreword 11/08/2011 (EAN 9781453733660, Paperback)