Book Review: Elsey Come Home by Susan Conley

Book Review: Elsey Come Home by Susan Conley

She’s a wife, a mother, an artist who doesn’t believe in herself. When her husband Lukas tells her about a retreat called Shashan, she leaves her family for a week of rediscovering herself, waiting for that moment when she is “fixed” from her demons. Here’s an excerpt that really struck me:

 “I worked hard then to remember Lukas loved me and my girls loved me and that I wasn’t being punished. I was being helped. I stayed caught between being weak and being helped and in this way Shashan called on me to clarify something about myself. Did I love myself or hate myself? Until I met Lukas, I didn’t know there were people who liked themselves even with the damage they carried…” 

This is a story about choices we make, addictions we carry and how we can forgive ourselves our past and try to move on. 

Elsey's attention to detail and storytelling is rich. You really get an understanding of what she is going through. However, I think that addiction has an impact on her own memory because throughout the book, I realized that Elsey wasn't being honest with herself. That's how well her addiction is written in the book. It even effects her storytelling. This book is the inside and the outside look of Elsey's life and the impact her actions have on her and her own family. It was beautifully written and I really recommend it. 

Thank you to aaknopf for my copy, I received this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own