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A Breath Floats By

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This was one of those books where you slow down as you get to the end because you don't want it to end. I loved it and wish I'd written down all the quotes from it that I want to remember. One thing I don't get is that there is such a big deal being made of the fact that the charactors are plus size. I honestly don't see what that has to do with anything. When you read a book, you see the ppl in your mind so I guess I wasn't seeing any 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' or anything, but it's not like the author went on and on about their size or anything. Personally the only reason I probably even thought about it at all was because of the picture on the front of the book. This story is a little bit folklore, a little bit love story, a little bit friendship, mostly it's just about different people coming together and ways our lives are all connected. A great read!
I don't know why the price is so high. It was higher than a lot of books I buy. Especially for paperback. But it wasn't as high as it is now.

Too infrequently, you will find a novel in which one or more of the key players are, well, on the hefty side. In real life, half of us are "substantial", with weight and girth well above current government guidelines for a standard person, yet in films, TV, theater, and yes, in fiction, hardly anyone is. What's wrong with this picture? But ample body size in some of Hudson's main characters, while a pleasant experience for me, is not the main point of this book. Thankfully, the size of some of the participants is of secondary importance. Body size is simply treated as just another physical characteristic, which is what it is. What is important, and fascinating, is their relationships with one another, including their souls. How one character meets another, and comes to feel that they have known the other before; or one person can love another for years, and yet not feel consummated, in all the senses of the word. Why body size is incidental to, and a bit player in the meaningful lives lived by these people. How soul and memory play a supremely important part in the loves of real people, if they will only pay attention.

When measured by that yardstick, I am sorry to say that many novels, even best sellers, often seem shallow by comparison.

Bill Fabrey
Woodstock, NY, USA

Loved this book. The characters are like women I know in real life. Would love to see a follow up book.. or maybe two or three?? :)

I read "A Breath Floats By" almost all in one sitting. It's a story of friendship with paranormal elements and a positive outlook.

Love takes many forms in this story. There is relationship love, friendship love, and family love. The story is a journey of a woman, Lindsay (Clara Rose), discovering how to be her authentic self, and the changes this brings to her life.

There is a love triangle (really a rectangle!) and the love story is part of what kept me reading forward. Lindsay is dedicated to her husband Sam; but her dedication may be holding both of them back. There is also Daniel, best friends with Sam, and long-time (forever) love of Lindsay. I am honored to read a love story with real emotion in it, some sexy scenes; I feel for and identify with these characters.

This book is written with a pure heart and a compelling plot line. There are strong women characters here too --a nosy neighbor who becomes a friend, a psychic friend who is always a bit of a rival, a death doula with an amazing gift, and a troubled tough woman with a strong and sensitive heart. The female friendships in the book play an important part in the transformation of Lindsay into the person she was meant to be.

I admire that the author has a strong sense of loving and accepting people of all sizes without any preachiness or pushiness. These characters feel genuine for many reasons. (I also loved the skunks and the Newfoundlands in the book; described particularly well and they give a specific feel to this place and these people)

For anyone interested in love, transformation, soul-growth, with an open mind and an open heart.