Betsey’s Book Review – Bliss, Remembered

Have you ever enjoyed a book but been disappointed in the ending?  Bliss, Remembered by Frank Deford is NOT one of those books.  It is about a woman named Sydney Stringfellow who is an Olympic level swimmer in 1936.  While in Berlin for the Olympics, she falls in love with a German man who is the son of a German diplomat.  Once back in the States another young man enters her life. The book goes back and forth between 1936 and 2004 when Sydney is dying of cancer.  The story is a conversation between Sydney and her son as she tells him things he has never known about her.

I would have enjoyed this book even without the great ending – the ending just made it even better. So, for a great story with a great ending – read Bliss, Remembered by Frank Deford.

Available at your local branch of Pima County Public Library.

Betsey S.

 

Betsey worked as the Librarian for Reading Seed until recently when she accepted a position to work more hours as a Library Associate at the River Branch Pima County Public Library.  She has gracious agreed to share a book with us each month. Thank for staying connected, Betsey!