"Heart of the Matter" by Emily Giffin

Two of the most popular schools of thought as to how the world works are referred to as order and chaos. While I am not going to go on a philosophical rant and try to prove one case or the other, I will say that in some cases, the events which are unfolding seem chaotic only because we do not know where they originated from. 

It looks like they are happening randomly, but that is only because we are not aware of the logical chain of events which led up to that point. In the end, everyone is the protagonist in his or her own story, and we all set events in motion, and in some cases they collide; perhaps we shouldn’t be so surprised at unlikely and seemingly-chaotic events occurring.

What does that have to do with anything? Well, in Heart of the Matter by Emily Griffin, two women are living in the same town, with one of them, Tessa Russo, being a mother of two and the wife of pediatric surgeon, and the other one, Valerie Anderson, being the single mother of a six-year old child. Nothing links them together apart from being in the same town, they have very little in common, apart of course from the love they have for their children. 

Nobody could have predicted they would meet each other, but, as I mentioned it earlier, we all set events in motion in our own lives, and in some cases they collide without anyone seeing it happening. One night, a tragic accident occurs (which I am not going to mention for fear of spoilers), and the two women were brought together.

From there on out it becomes a story of two women who are simply caught up in some very unfortunate events, going on a true journey of self-discovery which puts to doubt everything they have come to believe and expect out of life. At the end of their journey, they finally reach their own, personal illuminations and finally understand what really matters in their lives… all that because of an unforeseen accident.

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Emily Giffin Personal site Emily Giffin is an American author who already penned several novels which are best-classified as being chick literature. In other words, her stories are mostly dramas and romances. Some of her better-known novels include Heart of the Matter and Where We Belong.