A review by lucy_qhuay
The Book of Scandal by Julia London

4.0

Can I just talk about how upset I am that no one seemed to understand Evelyn's pain for the death of her own child?
Everyone kept saying she had to put it behind her, but how can a mother put her own son behind her?
The death of a child is a wound that stays with a person forever. So there's no forgetting or putting behind one's back.

And all that talk about Robbie, Evelyn's son, not being meant to live more than a few months was just bullshit.
His death was a tragedy. And that's it. There's no being meant to live a certain time.

Gosh, when we talk about children and bad stuff happening to them, I get really emotional. :(

The end of the book was beautiful, though - Evelyn and Nathan, together in the nursery, sunlight streaming in from the windows and the words "Their family was together again."

It was strangely bittersweet. To me the sun here represents dear Robbie who was loved so much and died so prematurely and the hope that comes with Evelyn and Nathan having resolved their problems, being together again and waiting another child.