Sabrina shows up for her birthday dinner with her college roommate and best friend Jess. And there are four other people there - all five from her "dinner list" - Audrey Hepburn, her dead father, her favorite college professor and her ex-fiance. The chapters alternate between telling the story of her relationship with them over her lifetime and the night of the dinner. The discussions at dinner are deep - life, love, loss. At the halfway point I was trying to figure out where it was going when the discussion at dinner is that the ex-fiance, the love of her life, is dead also. And then the story began to come together. The ending was poignant and both sad and hopeful. The dinner was so Sabrina could find closure and move on with her life. The first half dragged a little, but once the pieces all started to fit together it was very good.
After a slow build, the ending had me wiping tears from my eyes. Such a powerful story about those who we treasure in life and what their impact means to our past, present and future. Sabrina is out on her birthday dinner, the guest list includes 5 people of her choosing that invite - dead or alive (a question we should all ask ourselves). While we don't know the details of Sabrina's 5 people up front, it's a developing knowledge we obtain with the turn of each page. I really enjoyed the short chapters and the character development as it pertains to Sabrina's relationship with her 5 dinner guests.
This book provides such a deep insight, it will have you wondering who your "top 5" would be and most importantly, why?
This book provides such a deep insight, it will have you wondering who your "top 5" would be and most importantly, why?
