Endings
Endings: A Novel is a first novel by Barbara Bergin, an orthopedic surgeon living in Austin, Texas with her husband and two children. Bergin and her husband own a ranch and she competes and has ranked nationally in the reined cow horse performance sport.
Bergin writes about what she knows, orthopedic surgery, ranching, and competition horse events. While she might go into too much detail at times, particularly during surgery, it doesn’t detract from the writing or the storyline. I enjoyed reading this book… I think.
I was expecting a different ending. I read the ending the first time and went back to read it again because I wasn’t sure I’d understood what had happened to all the characters. After a second reading I decided to read the last chapter a third time just to make sure I’d interpreted the chain of events correctly. I’m not so sure that the ending was the right one for the story but it’s the ending the author chose and it’s her story to end in any manner she chooses.