A review by lovelyla
Hourglass by Dani Shapiro

5.0

On the one-year anniversary of my divorce, I felt a palpable desire to pause one book for which I was emotionally invested to devour "Hourglass." I’m intrigued with the relationship two strangers build to pledge a life of togetherness until death, especially the conception and demise of my own. I assumed the read would present some sort of guidepost for marriage, a relationship I don’t quite understand. Interestingly, "Hourglass" isn’t necessarily what I thought, thank God! In her most recent work, Shapiro dissects portions of her marital history, a patchwork of different days and events, to reveal a kaleidoscope of perspectives—mostly hers, but an understanding that her husband also has his own. The book presents many gems: the nature of hindsight, who we become and what we leave behind, the influence of memory. "Hourglass" isn’t necessarily a story on marriage. It’s more an analysis on time and the things that fill it.