They both always seem to miss each other, so they leave notes for each other on the door of their fridge. Claire has school, an active social life and her babysitting job. Fortunately, due to this new edition just being released, I was sent a copy for review, and it's just so brilliant, and wonderfully surprising.Ĭlaire's mum is an obstetrician, and is always busy at work delivering babies. As it is with there being so many books you want to read, I've been intrigued by this book for ages, but never actually picked it up. I have had Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers recommended to me twice once, a number of years ago, and I only remember the recommendation because of the book's epistolary format, and again earlier this year when looking for books written in an unusual format.
It is also an elegy to how much can be said in so few words, if only we made the time to say them.Ī new edition of this simultaneously heartbreaking and heart-warming novel by Alice Kuipers. It is about how we live our lives constantly rushing, and never making time for those we love. Stunningly sad but ultimately uplifting, this is a clever, moving, and original portrait of the relationship between a daughter and mother.
Their story builds to an emotional crescendo when Elizabeth is diagnosed with breast cancer. Life on the Refrigerator Door is told exclusively through notes exchanged by Claire and her mother, Elizabeth, during the course of a life-altering year. Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers (review copy) - Mom,
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