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Book Review Blurb: Blissfully Blended Bullshit by Rebecca Eckler

This was an entertaining and surprisingly poignant memoir – but also one that felt repetitive quite a lot and wore on me more than I expected as a result.

Don’t get me wrong – there are hilarious moments, as well as ones that bright tears to me eyes and those that made me want to jump out of my chair yelling “YES!!” I am the proud and happy step-parent of two Bonus Children myself, and even though much of the book didn’t apply since I did not bring children of my own to the marriage, we did have a subsequent child together so some bits did with startling clarity. (I’m pleased to report we are not now, nor have we ever, experienced the difficulties Eckler describes with the children bonding together or with us – thank goodness.)

The book feels utterly authentic in its confusion, pain, and emotions – so much so perhaps that it caught me off guard to repeatedly see this clearly strong and smart woman fall prey to so much self doubt and inertia and willingness to accept – over and over again – behavior that she clearly recognized as unproductive, unhealthy, and unsatisfying. Then again, maybe those are the moments that made the book ring most true… How many of us have done (or not done) similar things in similar situations, after all? Hindsight is 20/20, as they say – if all of life was, our choices would likely be very different in the moment, after all.

This wasn’t the light-hearted read I expected, and I can’t say for sure that I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it, but I am glad I read it.

My review copy was provided by NetGalley.

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