Borderline Beautiful

by Jason Ohler

Felicia sits on stage among a group of honorees awaiting her turn to accept a national award for excellence in predictive analytics, overwhelmed by a tidal wave of debilitating anxiety. Issues with borderline personality disorder threaten once again to derail her life as she struggles to keep the moment from unraveling. Love, family, and hope converge and are about to stir her emotionally constrained life to its core by presenting the biggest challenge she’s yet faced in her quest to live a life free of the mind demons that have haunted her since childhood.

299 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 13, 2018

Reviews

[Faith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was intrigued with this book. I'd never heard of Borderline before and I was fascinated to learn about it. The story itself was beautiful. I loved the way Matt and Felicia worked with one another to overcome their issues; their approach of honesty vs. kindness was wise beyond what most people would practice. Matt's patience was incredible and Felicia's determination to battle the symptoms of her disease to make their relationship work was courageous. I really enjoyed that they weren't basing their relationship on physical needs or desires, but on taking care of one another and helping each other achieve their highest potential--whatever that ended up being. Their desire to help Nicole was so sweet. They really understood her needs and when Nicole learned to trust them their phenomenal journey together as a family was begun. And then you add in their "support team" Maxine, Julie, and Shelley, wow! What a delightful story!

The narration was well done. That is always a big plus to audio books.

I requested this book from the author and am voluntarily leaving this review.

[Rick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is it possible to confront the debilitating and self-limiting condition called borderline personality disorder in such a way that life becomes manageable and enjoyable? Is there a way to push the anxiety and unpredictable behavior to the back burner, so that a relationship can blossom? Possibly so. In Borderline Beautiful, Jason Ohler presents two characters, thrown together by chance (or Fate, perhaps?), who are willing to forge a relationship built on brutal honesty and uncompromising self-assessment in the hopes that love will develop and win the day. Along the way, they discover a key to the process that neither had ever considered.

Ohler's book offers no guarantees, but it does offer hope.