Any Bitter Thing by Monica Wood

I read about this book on one of my book blogs and the title just seemed strange (negative) to me. But I trust this blog and they did not disappoint! The title doesn't really have anything to do with the book (they should have worked harder on the title) and I kept looking for correlations. I guess I finally arrived at the idea that a lot of bad (bitter) things happen to Lizzie - but she perseveres. Is it just me? I think a title should contain something obvious about the book. I mean let's face it any book could have this title - it just isn't specific enough for me. Okay - I have said my peace - the only questionable thing about this book is it's title - the rest is fabulous!

Lizzie was raised by her priest uncle because her parents die when she is an infant (and by the way I love learning about other religions in this context, not in a book about Catholicism but a book about people who happen to be catholic!). She has an idyllic childhood because he is warm and caring and fun. There are misunderstandings which for various reasons can not be cleared up and he is accused of molesting her. She is taken away from him and has to go and live with a yucky aunt, who lies and tells her that her uncle died. When she is thirty she is hit by a car while jogging. While in the hospital she sees her uncle in what she perceives to be a vision at first but then questions whether it might have been real. That is all I want to say because I want it to unfold as beautifully for you as it did for me. It was very clean, thought provoking and emotional, with moral questions and dilemmas. I absolutely loved it!