A story about mother and daughter relationships, this book is both heartwarming and devastating. We meet four generations of the Meredith family and watch as family history and secrets are revealed.

Grama Grace is about to turn ninety, and her granddaughter Elin wants to throw her a surprise party but all Grace really wants is to be reunited with her estranged daughter Alys. Between planning a surprise party and being a headteacher Elin’s main focus is on her own daughter Beca.

Each character is written beautifully, but it’s hard not for Grama Grace not to be the favourite. I adored her, from our introduction at the beach to the very end she was a lively and spirited woman that I wanted to know in real life.

The four women each have their own struggles that they are battling, but it is the relationship between the four that is the main focus of the book. The love they have for each other is clear from the minute you meet them, yet each family has their own complexities and drama. Through it all we see the power of love and forgiveness.

What a fabulous read. I loved this story of 3 generations of women and loved watching there lives unfold on each page. Ruth Jones is such a great story teller and her books never dissapoint.

Having read her previous novel, Never Greener, I jumped at the chance when I was invited to read this book on Netgalley.

Grace is about to turn ninety. She doesn't want parties or presents or fuss. She just wants to heal the family rift that's been breaking her heart for decades.

But to do that she must find her daughter Alys - the only person who can help to put things right.

And when she finds her - if she does - she risks betraying granddaughter Elin. Who is far less forgiving of the past, with its hurts and secrets and lies. Meanwhile Grace's great-grand-daughter Beca is oblivious to all these worries, too busy navigating the highs and lows of teenage life and keeping secrets of her own.

All families have their problems. And most of them get resolved. But Grace's problem is thirty years old. And she doesn't have time on her side.

So is it too late for her to make peace? Or is reconciliation still within reach?

What an amazing book, about several generations of women in the same family, who through love, family and truly believing that if you set yourself a goal, with the love and support of those around you, you really can achieve anything.

There were lots of brilliant characters, but I think Soozi was my favourite and I completely read her with Nessa’s voice.

Lots of sensitive topics are dealt with compassionately within this book and I strongly advise that you have a box of tissues to hand whilst you read this.

I read this book in two days and I highly recommend this book to everyone, and I will be buying copies of this book to give to my friends once it is published. I’m just off to make myself a nice cup of tea and, no spoilers, but I need to grab a few tissues to stem the ugly tears I have cried at the ending...

Thank you to Netgalley, Random House UK and Ruth Jones for an e copy of this book, in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

Warm, Witty And Wise…
One glorious Welsh family, four generations of strong Welsh women and one family rift that has gone on for way, way too long. As matriarch, Grace, is about to turn ninety all she wants is healing. Warm, witty and wise this multi generational heartwarming tale is a sheer delight from start to finish.

An intergenerational story, full of the ups and downs of one particular Welsh family Covering the stories of many female generations, showing how love, duty and acceptance can translate over the years.
I loved the small nuances of the Welsh language that were woven into the story, and had Ruth's voice in my head at different times.
A beautiful story with a wonderful ending

Grace, Alys, Elin and Beca. Four generations of the same Welsh family.
Grace, the matriarch, is approaching her 90th birthday. Conscious that time is passing, she longs for reconciliation with her missing daughter Alys, who was beset by personal difficulties and proved to be a dysfunctional mother to Elin, something which Elin can never forgive her for.
Grace wants to heal the family rift, but in doing so risks betraying Elin.
Meanwhile, Elin is dealing with the difficulties of her stressful job as head teacher and problems in her marriage, and Beca, Grace’s great granddaughter, and Elin’s daughter, is oblivious to absolutely all their problems because she has enough of her own as she struggles with GCSEs, first love, and secrets of her own.
Will Grace be able to make the peace within the family that she so desperately craves or is it just too late for reconciliation?

Love Untold is a novel about mother-daughter relationships, motherhood, and mothering, and all the attendant complexities and intricacies that you find in families.
It’s about secrets, honesty, truth, acceptance and openness. It’s about not letting bad feelings fester.
And above all it’s about love and forgiveness.
As these themes play out, the depth of wisdom running through this story is matched by its sheer warmth and big heartedness.

As she has shown in all her previous work, both her novels and her TV dramas, not only is Ruth Jones a master story-teller, but she excels at drawing very relatable, living, breathing, characters. You get to know them so well and you forge a close attachment to them, so that you feel their pain, sadness, worries and insecurities, and you care about what happens to them. I was especially fond of Grace who had been through so much in her long life, and Soozi too, who is deliciously confident and larger than life.

Ruth Jones also lays out the bones of the relationships and interactions of all her characters in a very real way. This, with her strong characterisation, brings the novel to life for the reader, as does the very definite sense of place with her vivid descriptions of the local area, and the use of Welsh language and idiom.

There are a few unexpected twists along the way as the story plays out, and things happen which will tug at your emotions, but this is a very satisfying, life-affirming, heart-warming and emotional read, with characters that live on in your head long after you have finished it. For me, this is her best novel yet.

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House for the digital ARC in return for an honest review.

The magnificent Ruth Jones brings us a tale of four women from the same family in North-West Wales. Grace is the 89-year-old head of the family. Her daughter Alys has been gone for the past 30 years, leaving Grace to raise her granddaughter Elin, who in turn has her own daughter, Beca. With Grace’s 90th birthday approaching, her one regret is losing touch with her daughter, so when Alys reappears in their lives, all four women must find a way to reconnect while facing turning points in their own lives.

The characters in the story are just wonderful, and feel so real. Their story is full of warmth and heart, and the relationships ring so true. There are some twists and turns along the way, and the ending is heart-warming and beautiful. I can’t wait to read more by this author, and would heartily recommend this book to others.

My thanks to the author, NetGalley, and the publisher for the arc to review.

Another fabulous novel from Ruth Jones. Love Untold examines the relationship of mothers and daughters - in this case the stories of Grace, Alys, Elin and Beca. Grace is approaching her 90th birthday, and is desperate to reunite with daughter Alys. Will granddaughter Elin be accepting of this, and will Grace manage to fix her family?

I loved this book. The scenery was beautifully described, and the local dialect was a fabulous inclusion. The characters were engaging and it was highly emotive throughout.

I enjoyed this, but sadly not quite as much as I have enjoyed Ruth’s previous novels. This one was a bit of a slow burn for me, it took quite a while to really get into it and get my head around all of the different characters so I did feel my interest start to wane. Because of this, once I did get stuck in I didn’t feel I was quite as invested as I should have been. I will say it was redeemed by its ending!

Fans of multi-generational, relationship based stories will likely enjoy getting their teeth into this novel - just be prepared for it to take a little time to get fully gripped!

A great story by Ruth Jones about four generations of Welsh women.
Grace is about to turn 90 and she’s desperate to find her daughter, Alys, who she has not seen for many years. Her great granddaughter, Becca, doesn’t even know her grandmother is still alive. Granddaughter, Elin, is determined to throw Grace a wonderful surprise party as she has been brought up by her from a young age after Alys could no longer cope with being a mother.
The 4 stories of these strong women are woven together and come to a wonderful conclusion. It was a delight to read.

I loved this book so much - I’m such a huge fan of Ruth Jones and this didn’t disappoint! The characters were so well written and I loved the twist at the end.

I loved this book - can I give it 6 stars?
This is the story of Grace, Alys, Elin and Beca, four generations of Meredith women. Their relationships can be strained, volatile and broken, but love always runs in the background.
I went through a gamut of emotions and shed real tears in places. A very well-told story.
My only complaint - the book ended!
A must read.

Love Ruth Jones. LOVE this book. What more can I say? Believable characters and well observed situations, all wrapped up in compelling writing.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review.

Have loved all of Ruth’s books so far & this one is another hit with me. Will admit struggled to get to know who was who to start with, but then as the story unfolded I fell in love with them all. A feel good beautiful tale of a family’s relationships. Can’t wait for Ruth’s next bestseller

I was hooked from the first page, this book had me laughing and crying.. another great story by Ruth Jones

The story moved at a nice pace covering both present day and the past, the way the book was written, slowly unravelling why Alys left 30 years prior and the relationships between 4 generations of women whose individual stories were handled with such warmth was just brilliant,

Thank you to netgalley and Random House for the opportunity to receive a digital ARC in return for an honest review.

This is a joy to read

I really didn't want this book to end. It's a heart-warming and emotional read about four generations of the same family.
Grace the great grand-mother is turning 90 and hopes to reconcile with her wayward daughter Alys whose been missing for decades. Then there's Elin the uptight grand daughter that dotes on Grace like a mother and Beca the great grand-daughter who is having a tough time.

I loved Grace and Beca straight away and by the end of the book I warmed to Elin and Alys.
It's a book of love, joy, heartbreak and a lovely little twist at the end.

This is my first Ruth Jones novel and I was surprised by how great the writing was.

I’ve really enjoyed all of Ruth Jones’ previous novels and Love Untold makes it a hat-trick. She makes it look easy when she writes about families and relationships but to convey genuine warmth, heart, emotion, conflict and heartache is a true skill. Love Untold starts very slowly and, to be honest, I wasn’t immediately gripped. It has a very gentle pace. But by the end, I was moved to tears. Arguably at the end, it is all tied up a little too neatly as I had definitely not forgiven Alys or been convinced by the change in her ways at the age of 70 but it didn’t spoil my overall enjoyment.

Ruth Jones is, of course, a great storyteller, and she has pulled it off again with this tale of four generations of Welsh women. That's Grace, nearly ninety; her wayward daughter Alys; Alys's daughter Elin, a headteacher; and Beca, the younger generation, just 16.

It's a great read, refreshingly free of stereotypes, as we follow events in the lives of the four women in the run-up to Grace's ninetieth birthday. I loved the characters of Grace and Beca in particular. I did guess the Cissie reveal in advance, though.

A really engaging, enjoyable read.

This is a multi-generational story following four women in one family. Well drawn characters and wonderfully emotive passages stretch throughout this book.

Grace always had a stormy relationship with her daughter, especially after she moved them both to Dylan's Quay after her husband died. As her 90th birthday is approaching she decides to try and contact her daughter who she hasn't seen for 30 years, what will happen and what other secrets is Grace holding.

Another brilliant book by Rutb Jones