Mothers and Daughters: From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes the most captivating new family drama of 2022

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Introducing new members into an established family can sometimes cause fractions and difficulties I thought this was brilliantly explored in the book. Willow is a very empathetic character, gentle, kind and vulnerable and her relationship with Rick is one of the most interesting aspects of this story. Since her husband Colin died a couple of years ago, Naomi has quietly rebuilt her life in Anchor House in the coastal village of Tilsham. Her characterisation is excellent, the setting is beautiful and the slow reveals are delicately and sensitively handled.

Some I felt so much sympathy for and I was so hoping that they wouldn’t sabotage their own chance of happiness. Think being stuck up to your neck in a mud bath and suddenly a digger appears out of nowhere and carries you away.I’ve been reading Erica James novels for over 20 years – hers were the first adult books I ever read, and. You’ll be swept away then brought gently back to harbour in this beautiful portrait of a family and its multigenerational secrets. She was also her father’s clear favourite whilst younger and more empathetic sister, Willow, was happy to drift along. Bit over the idea that women over 60 need to have someone else make their decisions for them, particularly after the death of their controlling spouse. Furthermore, events that happen in the novel link to Naomi’s past and I think this makes the family even closer still.

Martha and Tom want to start a family, after months of trying, she’s still not pregnant and Martha’s feeling very stressed. These are my own honest and considered opinions that are uninfluenced by any other reviews or publicity. Set in the English village of Tilsham near Chichester, Sussex, this was a family drama style story and it had the usual depth that I have come to associate with the author's superb writing. My twenty-fifth novel - A Secret Garden Affair - was published in the spring of 2023 and is my second book to be published by HQ Stories.Any family meetings from then on also include Rick because Willow has moved in with him, into his immaculate flat. Her characterisation is excellent, the setting beautiful and the slow reveals are delicately and sensitively handled. As a daughter and the mother of a grown-up daughter, the title of this new Erica James novel made it particularly appealing to me. Little by little the women use the insights they gain to begin to let go of well-established but dysfunctional patterns of behaviour, to adjust their perceptions of each other and to let go of guilt, anger and misplaced loyalties.

I was, therefore, more than a little surprised by how much I enjoyed reading Mothers and Daughters – a salutary lesson in not judging a book by its cover! Relationships that appear to be wonderful on the outside can be very dark and damaging behind closed doors and keeping up cheery appearances when the one thing you long for isn’t happening can be exhausting.Having rebuilt her life and reconnected by random chance with Ellis, a friend from university, Naomi is ready to start afresh but worried about both her daughter’s reaction to a new man, especially that of Martha who idolised her father. As does infertility, which is slightly glossed over in the book – IVF is not the monster the characters assume.

Now widowed, Naomi is building a new life alone, but the arrival of Ellis next door is bringing some long-awaited fun back too. With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my digital ARC to read in exchange for an honest review. When Naomi bumped into Ellis, a man she’d known through university, their rekindling of friendship was immediate.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Willow has a new boyfriend Rick who at first everyone thinks is just what Willow needs in her life, even her father would approve of Rick but Willow is not sure if he is the right guy.