When I'm reading, I always like books that have a storyline or a character that you can imagine in your life. It makes the book seem more realistic, as if it could really happen. Stories like Swim by Jennifer Weiner, where the main character Ruthie learns that sometimes you have to not let what's past affect your future.
In the beginning of the book, Ruthie is continuously reminded of her past. The problem is, she remembers her past so vividly, but she doesn't want to. She hates her past, but she is forced to explain it everyday. She finally learns that she needs to forget about it, and not think about it. So even when her ex-coworker that betrayed her calls offering a job, she denies it and hangs up. She finds that when she pays more attention to the future, part of her thinks that its was the weirdest thing. Even when she meets someone new, he reminds her of someone else from her past, but she decides to ignore it.
Before she decided to not care about the past, she used to be reminded of it every day because
when she was younger, she was in a really bad car accident that killed her parents and she got a scar on her cheek. So when someone comes up and reacts to her scar, she used to get mad. But now she has decided to just ignore the question. Even later, when someone asks her if she's crazy, she just replies simply, “I don’t think I am, but who knows? Maybe I’m wrong.” Before, she would have hated them for life. I think part of her learning this lesson is also learning that sometimes you have to forgive and forget.
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