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The blurb
With four children, a Christmas cookbook to write, and her mum suffering from dementia, Cat Tinsall has plenty to juggle. When her eldest daughter, Mel, starts going off the rails, Cat has even more on her plate.
Pippa Holliday adores her family, although often finds her hands full. When Dan is involved in a terrible accident, Pippa’s world is suddenly turned upside down.
Balancing her job as a school teacher with twins and her step-son Steven isn’t easy for Marianne North. With her husband’s ex causing trouble, life is getting even trickier.
As Cat, Pippa and Marianne help each other through a difficult year, they’re all hoping for a much brighter Christmas.
An absorbing novel about family, love and friendship from the bestselling author of Last Christmas.
Unexpectedly, the story does not begin as the families are preparing for Christmas, but at the beginning of the year. We follow the four families throughout the year and over the festive period.
My only little niggle was that at the beginning of the novel I felt overwhelmed with getting to know the four families so quickly. I felt like I had walked into a party and was not sure how I was going to remember everyone. When you pick this one up, please do persevere, it is worth it to get to know these families.
A wonderful novel about strong women holding up their families through the up and downs of modern, complicated family life, with the support of each other. Family life that involves step-families, working mums, and special needs children. Family life that throws up unexpected events to add to the daily juggle these women have.
Superb!
9 out of 10 for me!
Thank you to Avon for a review copy. This did not influence my review in any way.
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