Dear Life MP3 CD – Unabridged, July 11, 2017

Dear Life - Meghan Quinn⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️“It’s easy to observe when you sit back and listen, if you truly listen to someone rather than preparing to respond to what they’re saying. It’s the difference in creative listening and reactive listening.”I’ll start with this. By the end of this book I was in tears. My heart broke and was put back together.This had its funny and spicy moments because it’s still MQ ☺️, but ultimately this book was a lesson. Life isn’t easy. It throws curveballs you don’t see coming and you’re forced to decide whether you grow from it or let it destroy you.These 4 individuals are brought together by different circumstances and learn to help each other grow and love through out the process.I won’t lie I was not sure about this going into it, but as always Meghan brought it. This is a must read and am ashamed I had any doubt. This will give you all the feels and then just when you think the emotions are eased she sticks you right in the heart at the very end.Thank you Meghan 🫶🏻

I don't think I've ever read a book in this genre that followed four people, but I loved experiencing their individual yet intertwined journeys.For me, it was a reminder that the heartbreak we suffer at the hands of the carelessly self absorbed, the setbacks, and tragedies we experience, provide us with the opportunity to discover our true souls, and we can always choose to thrive in spite of it all.Meghan Quinn, thanks for the reminder... and thanks for sharing your letter. Give that sweet boy a squeeze from me.

Dear Life by Meghan Quinn5 stars!!!“Life is bigger than this, live it, love it…prove your existence.”What a way to start 2017! Meghan Quinn brings a totally different side to her writing ability in this book and from start to finish this book hit me where it hurts…in the heart. The raw emotion poured into every word was apparent in spades and you could tell that certain aspects of this book were written from the heart, from experiences both good and bad.“It’s not until you face your fears that you will finally be able to find acceptance.”This book is an experience, a journey of four lives and you live and breathe every single one. No one character is superfluous, all stories are interlinked, all stories are explored in depth, both in plot and emotion. You feel everything, from pain, from laughter, from new experiences, from guilt and grief, to love. Meghan Quinn’s ever present wit is interspersed throughout and uplifts the story when you most need it as each character battles their past to find their present and future. This was a stunning story from start to finish, it is on the longer side, but no word was unwarranted, each word had presence, thought and meaning behind it and my only niggle…I didn’t want to leave these characters behind.“I’m not going to devalue your feelings or emotions. You have the right to be mad, but be mad with a purpose. Be mad at the right thing.”Dear Life is a story of healing for four characters, Hollyn, Jace, Daisy and Carter. Each character is battling something different and are united in their attendance at a self-help group called, Dear Life. Dear Life is like an AA meeting without the alcoholics. It is a place, where in confidence, you tackle life in general, tackle what is holding you back, work through your troubles, off load, get advice and make friends. This is a book of hope, a book of healing and a book of letting go.“What if is a waste of time. Don’t ruin your life over a what if.”Each character is different, unique and battling their own demons, but every character is lovable in their own way.Hollyn, while seemingly brash and offensive on the outside is a woman drowning in guilt and grief on the inside. Her prickles are her defences and it will take someone special to trim those suckers down. Meghan Quinn portrayed Hollyn perfectly, no miracle cures, no instantaneous miraculous recovery, Hollyn was made to work for it and you are with her every step of the way.Jace, OMG Jace, he brought me to my emotional knees. Jace is drowning in grief but in a totally different way to Hollyn. This man wears his heart on his sleeve and the blood that is currently pumping out of it is plain for all the see. Jace was perfect but more importantly he wasn’t afraid to show his emotions, he wore them like a badge of honour and a man totally in tune with his emotions is refreshing and honest. He was adorable with a capital A.“I knew we were connected on a deeper level…I saw the same tortured look in your eyes in my reflection.”Daisy was the light and laughter to this group. Daisy was a twenty-one-year-old sheltered woman with no and I mean NO life experience. No friends, no electronics, no fashion, nothing, she was a young woman living a pensioner’s life and now Daisy needed to learn to live. Daisy is a total innocent in everything. She was adorkable in every single way, I just wanted to give her the biggest hugs.Carter has the hugest chip on his shoulder, hates the hand he has been dealt and just hates life in general. Yes, he had been dealt a s**t hand, but it could have been a lot worse and sometimes life has its own way of giving one huge life lesson, always with the best intentions. Carter needed to see the wood for the trees, would Dear Life afford him the opportunity?“She’s sunshine and rainbows; I’m rainclouds and puddles.”This was a stunning book from start to finish, many tears were shed but many more smiles and laughs were given. This whole book is a life lesson, when life hands you lemons…you make lemonade. Look for the positives, embrace them, live for them. The past is just that, the past, learn from it, never forget it, but don’t let it determine your future and your happiness. This is one book I won’t be forgetting in a hurry. Amazing read. Loved everything about it. Four lives…four letters…but five huge shiny stars.“Dear Life, Puffy paint? Eff you. Carter.”

Literally amazing! Had me crying, laughing and hoping for all parties to keep living! So honest and raw in my opinion!

Sorry was touching and showed facts in its words. I would recommend this book to who likes romance and truth.

Wow what a read! Ive had this book by Meghan on my kindle for months now and im kicking myself for just getting round to reading it.This was just a huge emotional rollercoaster that just kinda ripped my heart apart and slowly put it back together again! I think i felt every emotion you can throughout this story!So basically this book has 4 main characters Jace Hollyn Carter & Daisy... all completely different people but struggling with life in one way or another... broken all in different ways...so they all join the Dear Life program hoping to start the journey of life again.Told in POVs of all characters it really give you an insight of them all and whats happening at that exact point which is fantastic as it keeps ypu gripped and turning those pages to see whats next.This book must have been an emotional time for Meghan to write but i can also see her fabby sense of humour shining through at parts... absolute fab writing and i would recommend to all.

I struggled a little with this one. I really enjoyed the first 25%, and honestly was in one of those moods where I just couldn't put my Kindle down, and then suddenly it all changed a bit. I don't know if that was possibly because I'm currently in a stressful exam and deadline period and that sucked all the enjoyment out of life, or if I just found this a bit more difficult to maintain interest with after that initial awesome 25%. I also understand that this story is deeply personal to the author, and that I'm in the minority here.This isn't a bad book, by any means; it just didn't quite stick out for me the way I thought it would. It's an absolutely beautiful premise - four people struggling with life for different reasons, coming together and finding solace and hope in one another. Hollyn kept my undivided attention the entire way through, her story bringing me to tears at several moments throughout these pages, but I found it difficult to follow four characters, all with emotional stories, with the same attention. I also thought that some of the conclusions, such as Carter's final confrontation with his uncle, was massively unlikely and a little messy, and the fact that all these storylines wrapped up so perfectly was, in some ways, frustrating.I get that this is fiction, but life rarely throws you those positive curveballs; not least four people in the same support group.I also found that Jace and Carter's internal voices were quite feminine and didn't match the exteriors of their characters, which was a little odd to read.Overall, a wonderful premise, and Meghan Quinn's writing balances the emotional with the entertaining exceptionally well. I just struggled to really get into this one due to its slightly preachy life advice and the neatness of the storylines.

Beautiful story, 4ppl going through some life changing situations brought together in a beautiful and magical way. This book will make you laugh and most definitely cry so keep some tissues on you. Meghan is a wonderful writer and has proved it yet again.

Tears almost from page one. This book will rip you apart & very slowly put you back together. Utterly fab.

I just love Meghan's writing and this was just wow. Hitting on some tough topics but making you really feel for each character. It took me a bit to get used to 4 characters instead of the usual 2 but soon got used to it. Loved it real heart warming stories.