Chrissy’s Review: Sweet Forgiveness by Lori Nelson Spielman

Sweet Forgiveness
written by Lori Nelson Spielman
published by Plume, 2015

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Did I enjoy this book: I did enjoy this book. It was a good read that had me reading every free chance I had.

Sweet Forgiveness will make you think. It poses some interesting questions: Should you apologize or just let it go and allow it to remain in the past? It’s another story that shows the reader that everyone has their own story that they feel they need to be forgiven for.

I liked Hannah. There were a few times where I agreed with Abby’s final thoughts about her (read it and you’ll understand), but I thought she was a great character. It had to be tough to be an “older” (I say that in quotes because Hannah is younger than I am) television star and be judged on your appearance. She’s doing the best she can despite her jerk of a producer. I really disliked that guy. Hannah was a bit of a pushover. I mean, could she really not see through her rival??? Really???? I loved Dorothy. She was a great mother/grandmother figure. So full of wisdom. I didn’t like Michael at all. RJ was a wonderful man. He had a good heart. I want/wish we found out what was in the tackle box. (Again, read the book and you will understand. Seriously.) But I guess some things are better left unsaid.

Would I recommend it: Yes. It is a great book for your book club, too!

About the book – from Goodreads: The Forgiveness Stones craze is sweeping the nation—instantly recognizable pouches of stones that come with a chain letter and two simple requests: to forgive, and then to seek forgiveness. But New Orleans’ favorite talk show host, Hannah Farr, isn’t biting. Intensely private and dating the city’s mayor, Hannah has kept her very own pouch of Forgiveness Stones hidden for two years—and her dark past concealed for nearly two decades. But when Fiona Knowles, creator of the Forgiveness Stones, appears on Hannah’s show, Hannah unwittingly reveals on air details of a decades-old falling out with her mother.

Spurned by her fans, doubted by her friends, and accused by her boyfriend of marring his political career, Hannah reluctantly embarks on a public journey of forgiveness. As events from her past become clearer, the truth she’s clung to since her teenage years has never felt murkier. Hannah must find the courage to right old wrongs, or risk losing her mother, and any glimmer of an authentic life, forever.