The Art Of Losing Yourself
Katie Ganshert
WaterBrook Press, Apr 21 2015, $14.99
ISBN: 9781601425928
Family, friends and neighbors believe that Florida
panhandle TV meteorologist Carmen and coach Ben have the perfect marriage. However, both Harts know that their idyllic
life is a façade. Carman questions
whether they should have married and now has doubts in spite of her mother
Evelyn’s constant baptizing in Texas and the Sunshine State that God exists
after several miscarriages.
With Evelyn on another bender and refusing to stay with her dad,
Carman’s teenage half-sister Gracie moves into her Aunt Ingrid’s closed motel
near Navarre Beach. Learning of Gracie’s
residence and knowing first-hand what life is like when their mom binges on
alcohol, Carman takes her younger sibling into her Apalachicola home. As Carman struggles with regaining what she
and Ben lost, helping Gracie, coping with Ingrid’s dementia and recapturing her
belief in God; Gracie battles her own demons.
Rotating perspective between the emotionally hurting half-sisters,
The Art Of Losing Yourself is an astute engaging family drama; the siblings
learn that mental healing starts with acceptance of one’s roots. The support cast enhances the readers
understanding of the lead sisters; who begin to comprehend that DNA does not
make a family, but caring loving hearts and souls do.
Harriet Klausner
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