From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You, the basis for the major motion picture, comes the touching, unforgettable story of three generations of Irish women faced with the fundamental truths of love, duty, and the unbreakable bond that unites mothers and daughters. Estranged from her mother since she ran away from her rural Irish home as a young woman, Kate swore a future oath that she'd always be a friend to her daughter, Sabine. But history has a way of repeating itself, and Kate now faces an ever-widening chasm between herself and her daughter. With Sabine about to make her own journey to Ireland to see the grandmother Kate abandoned, Kate is left wondering how they ever made it here, and what she can do to close the gap between them. For Joy, seeing her granddaughter is a dream come true. After the painful separation from Kate, she's looking forward to having time with Sabine. Yet almost as soon as the young woman arrives, the lack of common ground between them deflates her enthusiasm. And when Sabine's impetuous, inquisitive nature forces Joy to face long-buried secrets from her past, she realizes that perhaps it's time to finally heal old wounds. "This perceptive...novel does the mother-and-daughter thing in page-turning style."-- Elle
Pick another Jojo Moyes novel. I believe this was an early novel and the author clearly has gotten better over the years. I've read some of her other novels and remember absolutely loving some of the characters and the humor and realistic qualities Moyes created for them.
This book started incredibly slow. The first time I picked it up, I put it down after half a chapter. I was halfway through the book (literally) before I noticed the story going somewhere. Up until then, it was a lot of slogging through and I didn't really care about half of what was said. The story itself was good, but there was a lot of unnecessary characters and interactions. There were multiple tangents that I felt could have been erased entirely, like anything about Maggie and the community center, most of Kate in London really, and even some of Joy's history.
Not a bad read, but it was rather forgettable and I doubt I'd recommend it.
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