P.S. I love you

PS, I love you is a romantic novel written by Cecilia Ahern. It was published by Gale in the year 2004 and it cost three hundred and ninety nine only. The cover of the book is designed with the name of the title and the name of the author herself. This book is consist of 470 pages. The story has been successfully adopted in the movie in the year 2007 with the same name starring Hillary Swank and Gerard Butler. Ahern has published several novels and contributed to a number of short stories of different anthologies. Some of her books are 'Flawed', 'Perfect' etc. This novel tells the story of Holly and Gerry who are married and lived in Dublin. They deeply love each other but also fight occasionally like every other married couples. Tragedy strikes when Gerry died due to brain tumor. This devastates Holly and loses every reasons to live. Grief-stricken Holly withdraws herself from her family and friends and retreats into her shell. One day her mother calls her and informs her about a package which is addressed to her. In the package she finds ten envelopes one for each month after Gerry died containing messeges from him all ending with ' PS, I Love You'. The messages are Gerry's way of telling her how much he loves her and fills Holly with hope and encouragement. She starts looking forward to open all the envelopes with hold. Each message from him sends her on a new adventure each time and as the months pass she recovers from grief that engulfed her after his tragic death. Holly is a fantastic protagonist who begins to mend through the solace provided by Gerry. Her weird family and best friend provides sympathy, but can not help her to overcome her dread of life without Gerry. The hero is incredible as he knew when he'll die and planned accordingly for what he could do to vet her cherished. Holly out of her depression and mourning and into the light of life Cecilia Ahern provides a powerful drama that leaves no-one dry eyed. Title aside, even if it is the salutation of each of Gerry's notes, 'PS, I Love You' is a powerful character study that focuses on grieving and healing.The writing style is quite simple. It is light but still touches the the heart of the readers. The novel is capturing and it described things really perfectly. The writer has written the book artistically and is sure to fill the eyes of the readers. It will soak the reader in emotions and make the reader feel what losing a loved one feels like. There were not many negatives about the book. This is a vey interesting read and a very emotional one too. Love is the central theme of the whole novel and it is represented in such a unique way that readers can connect themselves to the story. Dealing with the death of loved one can be quite devastating, but life goes on. One have to keep on living and learn how to be happy again for the sake of one's family and friends and close ones, but most importantly for the sake of one's lost love who would never have wanted to see one unhappy. A beautiful well written story that will make one cry and make appreciate one's loved ones. It is a touching and emotional story at the same time about the long road of healing and finding yourself again after losing someone very close whom you love with your life. 'PS, I Love You' is a great novel for all those who have ever been in love. It takes one on a long emotional journey that warms the heart and fills the eyes. It teaches one to accept the tough situations of life, deal with them, cope with dilemma and emerge as a stronger person than ever, cause life is nothing but a struggle and you have to grind it through to come out on the top.