Closure by Tasche Laine is a fiction story based on true events. Closure is really about two people who have known each other since their childhood and how their lives evolve and intertwine throughout the decades. In Closure, we meet Tara and Trey as young children. Trey is a couple of months older than Tara and, since their mothers are good friends, they naturally tended to be good friends since childhood. However, then the intermittent separations begin as the families move apart. So Trey and Tara see each other at intervals throughout school and college. Both have feelings for each other, but life and circumstances keep pulling them in many different directions. This is the story of their lives.

Closure is a good read, especially because it appears to be based on a true story. In any case, this is the kind of story that some people may be familiar with where old childhood or teenage connections don’t always come to fruition at that young age, although there is a love connection. When Trey and Tara meet again after many years, they have both had ex-marriages in their past and children by then, and live far away from each other. But they are both single and still have feelings for each other. Whether love can overcome practical reality is what forms the crux of this novel and Tasche portrays this well in the first person. Hence, both Trey and Tara come across as relatable. Overall, this is a good book written in an engaging style that I enjoyed.

Closure is a relatable, autobiographical story that intersperses the theme of that all powerful, all consuming feeling of first-love, with real life. Besides the main story line of Tara and Trey, this book addresses other serious social issues as well, which are especially noteworthy in this era of the #MeToo movement. The author uses her voice and speaks out against injustices toward women. This is a timely book, featuring a scene that could have been snatched out of today's headlines! Definitely a must read--for now and any time.