Forgiveness is a Choice-Kia Scherr

Book: Forgiveness is a Choice
Author: Kia Scherr
Publisher: Penguin India

Do you think that forgiveness is one of the most powerful acts?

Forgiveness Is a Choice by Kia Scherr is a book where she peels back the many layers of personal bereavement. She moves beyond the incident, focusing on the reality of dealing with sorrow that rears its ugly heads in myriad forms. Never mawkish, her writing offers everyday advice on how to meander grief-laden experiences. A tender and understanding guide on getting a grip and taking life one day at a time.

The book focuses on various aspects of human life where forgiveness comes out as one of the most potent emotions that we can channel. Through the various examples the author derives from her own life, we see that small acts that we might do unknowingly can come back to us in ways we could never imagine. Developed after she lost her husband and daughter in the 26/11 Mumbai Attacks; the book starts on with how she channeled her emotions after getting the sad news and pushed to look at the brighter side of things and used the aftermath of the tragedy to bring good into the world. She also shows the power of looking at the brighter side of things by taking the example of her mother who was suffering from cancer.

The book is written in a vivid manner with short chapters so that the reader does not lose interest. Each of the 30 chapters focus on one emotion and Kia takes up examples and her journal entries to show who she channeled the emotions. The writing is impressive and does help you focus on a different shade of life. On the other hand, though, the book does get repetitive after the halfway mark and the things start tilting towards being almost sermon-like which causes the interest to wane.

Overall, a good book that can help you realign your perspective, but I wish it would have been written in a bit more engaging manner. The book scores a 3.88/5 for me.

Thank you, Market My Book, and Penguin India, for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review.

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