Talk Before Sleep

I read a book that made me cry so hard I got the hiccups. It had my nose dripping and my head throbbing and surprised more than one chuckle out of me. It also made me more surprised to actually hear the chuckle. It was tender and touching, but most of all it was true.

In Talk Before Sleep, author Elizabeth Berg writes about so many important issues. And while I can only guess what it is like to be dying, I do know something about what it is like to be ill, to be a woman, to be a friend and to lose someone you love. About all of these things ? and so many more ? Ms. Berg is right on target. She talks about subjects that are usually taboo ? the envy you feel for people who can think of something they want to do ? and then just do it. The awkwardness which often comes with the closeness between people. The guesses we all have to make about what another person is feeling or thinking. The longing ? for love, for time, for life.

The book was honest, funny, horrible and real and I bawled through the last twenty pages- enough so that I had to go back and re-read them more than once. I cried so hard, my sinuses now ache causing the pressure when I breathe to be dull and deep. But I loved it anyway. I think you will too.