"Modeling healthy parent-child relationships and emotional responses in the wake of a divorce, Two Times as Much Love is a warm novel.
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In Eileen Beltzner’s edifying novel Two Times as Much Love, a child and his parents survive a divorce and learn to manage their feelings. The prose is direct and pointed, making raw emotions palpable and precise. The mistakes that people make are articulated with clarity, as are the other ways they could have chosen to behave. Deep psychological knowledge underpins this work: All of the characters struggle with their feelings, respond to negative emotions in negative ways, and prove capable of learning from their mistakes. The book also models how emotions like anger can give rise to both damaging and healthy responses, resulting in profound lessons about how people interact with the world. A lengthy appendix gathers the mindfulness exercises together, representing them in replicable format. These include breathing and movement techniques, thought exercises, and ideas for slowing down, evaluating one’s thoughts and feelings, and reassessing ingrained responses.
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Blending narrative storytelling with mindfulness practices, the allegorical novel Two Times as Much Love is about coping with the heavy emotions of a divorce."
─Foreword Clarion Reviews ★★★★
