A Girl's Guide To Moving On By Debbie Macomber

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Third Review Submitted by: Engy Fouda In her latest novels, “A Girl’s Guide to Moving on,” the New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber tells the story of a woman and her mother-in-law, Nichole and Leanne, who decide to restart their lives after their divorces. In this light page-turning novel, they both suffer the same trauma: husband’s unfaithfulness, but they write and follow a move-on guide and discover their inner strengths. For decades, Leanne’s husband, Sean, cheated and ignored her. Leanne has learned how to live without him touching her for about ten years. When she discovers that her son, Jack, is following his father’s footsteps, she is the one who has told her daughter-in-law. Leanne loves Nichole merely as her daughter, …show more content…

Both show the role of friendship in the woman’s life. Nevertheless, the two novels provide two different guides for the divorced women. In “Eat, pray and love,” the author is self-centered and rely on the woman’s daily habits to heal from the divorce wound. While in Mcomber’s guide relies on giving, volunteering, socializing and the last but not least item: “love oneself.” However, “Eat, Pray, Love” emphasizes on the spiritual aspect. It gives bad advices about the eating habits and eating for pleasure. About the self-help and life-reinvention, there are plenty of books that can be inspiring for women. One of these books is written by a man, Mathew Kelly, the book is: “Living Everyday with passion and purpose,” where Kelly provides a guide to finding the best version of oneself. It is interesting how Macomber’s guide is similar to his. Despite that Macomber mentioned the church and the spirituality at the first few pages in the book, she ignores the spirituality through the rest of the book. However, Kelly emphasizes this aspect. He says to have the best version of yourself, you have to balance between the physical, emotional, spiritual and

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