Swantje’s Reviews > Hello Beautiful > Status Update

Finally they’re doing something right.
Did someone have to be dying for that to happen?

William’s mantra is coming up again: No bullshit and no secrets.

Apparently Cecilia is adopting it for parenting Izzy as well.

(What a contrast to what we saw in previous chapters with Julia and Alice).

Bravery

The mom is suggesting the right thing for the wrong reasons, you shouldn’t give up on a marriage that easily, but not because of what others think.

New York!

Glad they found William (I was worried about him, too, and looked ahead in the book for chapters titled with his name).
2 months in the hospital. He felt he had to stay away from Alice his daughter in order to keep her safe, so that his darkness wouldn’t swamp her light.

Sylvie mentions that she and all women were prey. In contrast to these tall men who can go anywhere.

When William disappeared, Sylvie was worried - that seems to make a lot of sense.
Julia wasn’t worried, she was kind of self-absorbed…

So he’s left his life because he’s confused and can’t figure out how to talk to his wife?

Sylvie is trying out sex with Ernie.

William has left Jilia? Why? I guess we might find out in the next chapter.

Julia has a baby, Alice. She feels like she can do anything. Sadly, her father Charlie who understood her best, has died. Her mother moved to Florida, they have short phone calls. William is a bit distant around Alice, like he’s afraid to hold Alice?