The Hard Truth About Sunshine
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5.0 • 6 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
***** 2017 Kindle Book Awards WINNER - Literary Fiction *****
New York Times bestselling author Sawyer Bennett has written her most gripping and poignant tale yet. Provocatively heart-breaking, audaciously irreverent and romantically fulfilling, The Hard Truth About Sunshine exposes just how very thin the line is between a full life and an empty existence.
Despite having narrowly escaped death's clutches, Christopher Barlow is grateful for nothing. His capacity to love has been crushed. He hates everyone and everything, completely unable to see past the gray stain of misery that coats his perception of the world. It's only after he involuntarily joins a band of depressed misfits who are struggling to overcome their own problems, does Christopher start to re-evaluate his lot in life.
What could they possibly learn from one another? How could they possibly help each other to heal? And the question that Christopher asks himself over and over again... can he learn to love again?
He's about to find out as he embarks upon a cross country trip with a beautiful woman who is going blind, a boy with terminal cancer, and an abuse victim who can't decide whether she wants to live or die.
Four people with nothing in common but their destination. They will encounter adventure, thrills, loss and love. And within their travels they will learn the greatest lesson of all.
The hard truth about sunshine...
Warning: This book deals with some tough issues including suicide and sexual abuse.
Customer Reviews
Hard Truth About Sunshine
Well done Sawyer! This was not an easy read but I believed in these characters, their struggles and their journey.
Outstanding
I am out of breath. I have been holding it for what seems like hours. I spent the weekend catching up with Sawyer Bennetts book. They always bring a smile, laughter and smoking out sex. I read four, finishing off the weekend, just now with the hard truth about sunshine. I am crying, there aren't any words, amazing, thoughtful, lovely, touching, sad are just not enough to fully explain this unbelievable story. Eve the acknowledgement at the end, wow. Thank you so much for this book. — feeling emotional.
A powerfully emotional and deeply moving journey that bleeds with raw emotion.
A powerfully emotional and deeply moving journey that bleeds with raw emotion. This story is unlike anything Sawyer Bennett has written before, delivering a sucker punch straight to my heart. It put me through an emotional spin cycle, leaving me drowning in a deep, dark hole overflowing with pain and heartbreak, yet still delivered a life changing message filled with love and hope.
I finished this book last night, but it’s nowhere close to be out of my system. It haunted me in my sleep last night, and even as I thought about it driving to work this morning I found fresh tears to cry. The story is told from the point of view of the injured soldier. While attending court-ordered therapy, he forms unlikely attachments and relationships with the three other therapy participants. This band of misfits embark on a dying boy’s “bucket list” journey across the country. There is a little bit of humour and romance and a lot of super-sized emotion. This story truly delivers “all the feels” as well an eye-opening, life changing perspective on life.