Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book. I have chosen to write this honest review voluntarily and it reflects my personal opinion.
I love family sagas but this book failed to reach the mark so miserably I gave up at 20%. The characters were so completely lacking in credibility and unlikeable that I wondered at first if it was set in the 1920s. Each character seems self-centred and their behaviour was ridiculous - one daughter tried to match her mother's romantic and passionate honeymoon in Venice (which mustn't be mentioned - why?), and was upset when she failed miserably. I can't say anything to recommend it, other than "maybe it's me not you".

This reads like a family saga. It is a well written character driven novel. All the characters are well developed. They are flawed but are still likeable. The setting is excellent. A great debut book

I love an “old-school” family saga and this is in keeping with the best tradition of secrets and lies. The characters were all well drawn with realistic mistakes and foibles. The setting was magical, who doesn’t love an old house by the sea? It was easy to be invested in the story. I didn’t want it to end. Highly recommended.

When Margo’s husband Richard walks out on her and their three girls, things fall apart rapidly. Margo retreats into herself, leaving the girls to bring up themselves. As the years pass, the girls struggle to cope with their mother’s attitude to life and men, and find it difficult to break free.

The Garnett Girls is an entertaining story, with characters that are easy to like. Set on the Isle of Wight, the scene setting is always going to be delightful and Georgina Moore doesn’t disappoint. An enjoyable, easy read.

A tale of three sisters and the ties that our upbringing shackle us with. We encounter Rachel, Imogen and Sasha as each is trying to figure out where their lives have taken them and how to move forward but is the love affair of their parents Margo and Richard responsible for how they behave now?

Margo and her three grown children are the Garnett Girls. At first glance they all live gilded lives, look deeper and all is not as it seems. Star of the book is without question the Isle of Wight. Spellbinding. I read the final two chapters through tears.

Forbidden love? Trauma? Honestly, what more could I want?

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The Garnett Girls by Georgina Moore is a beautifully written and heartwarming novel about family, love, and secrets. The story follows the lives of three sisters, Rachel, Imogen, and Sasha, and their free-spirited mother, Margo, as they navigate the challenges and joys of life.
Moore's characters are complex and relatable, and she does a masterful job of capturing the dynamics of family relationships. The novel is also full of humor and warmth, and it's a joy to read from beginning to end.

I highly recommend The Garnett Girls to anyone who enjoys a good family drama. It's a heartwarming story about love, loss, and the resilience of the human spirit.

The story centres Margo and her three daughters – Rachel, Imogen and Sasha. Margo had a difficult childhood and left home in her teens to marry the love of her life, Richard. When Richard abandons her and her children Margo is inconsolable and takes to her bed leaving her three young children to pretty much look after each other aided by Margo’s sister. As a result the three sisters form a very close bond. Years later at the family home on the Isle of Wight these bonds are shaken by the secrets all three sisters keep. I really enjoyed the beginning of this book and the wonderful descriptions of Sandcove, the family home. Margo has moved out of Sandcove and lives nearby and has given the house to Rachel who lives there with her husband Gabriel, although Margo still treats the house as her own and is quite a dominating presence in all the girls’ lives. The characters were all quite believable if not particularly likeable but for me the story just ran out of steam and nothing really happens bar a few domestic dramas. Once I got part way through the book I was just waiting for it to end as I didn’t think it was really going anywhere. Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me and ARC of this book.

A good book
Plenty of family secrets and drama
Lots of highs and lows
A great read
Thanks NetGalley

An enjoyable coming of age story about three sisters and their unconventional upbringing and how it has affected their lives. Recommended.

This was an enjoyable coming of age story about 3 sisters growing up with their mother after their father leaves. All with very different personalities and lives but all bound together. It was a heartfelt an enjoyable read about love and life.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for an advanced digital copy in exchange for an honest.

Really gripping family drama as the four women of the title resolve their long-running disagreements and their relationship with the mysterious Richard.

I originally picked this up as it is set on the Isle of Wight, and Georgina Moore does such a great job in painting the better-than-life sections set in the past and comparing them to the faded glamour of Sandcove in the present - the house has been the scene of many a happy memory, but is now more of an albatross for eldest daughter Rachel.

So much is unsaid as the three daughters tip-toe around Margot, but things are revealed that can not be re-buried - can they move on as a family?

The Garnett Girls is a beautifully written tale of friendship, family and love. It took me a while to get in to so took me a little longer than I'd like to read. However, once I'd got in to it, it is one of those gems that sweeps you away and immerses you in the characters lives so you feel like you know them.

This is a gorgeous novel that explores the lives of the Garnet Girls - sisters Rachel, Imogen and Sasha; their mother Margot and her sister Alice. They've all lived in the shadow of Margot's breakdown after her husband left her, even though Margot in now the life and soul of the party the history of the family is always just below the surface. The three sisters all have their issues and they secrets - over the course of the novel everything is brought to light and it all has to be dealt with. I loved this novel and its exploration of these women's life - everyone's story was interesting and engaging and I ended up feeling for all of them. I loved this book and highly recommend it!

The Garnett Girls is a story of family bonds and sisterhood, set on a Isle of Wight. As we meet Margo and her three daughters, we learn about their relationships, hurts and betrayals which threaten to set them apart. The oldest daughter, Rachel, lives in their childhood home, Sandcove, but dreams about returning to London. Recently engaged Imogen is not happy, and the youngest, Sasha, has a secret. But in the centre of the book is Margo, their mother, who run away young to marry their father, Richard, Margo, who now doesn’t mention his name. As we find out about the family past, we examine Margo’s influence on her daughters and how each of them deals with the childhood traumas. Whereas I liked the story itself, I was finding Margo insufferable at times, and didn’t really care for her. However, I loved the way in which the author portrayed the relationship of the women in connection with Sandcove, their childhood home, and how the house itself was part of their story.

The Garnett Girls is a beautifully written tale of friendship and love. It's one of those gems that sweeps you away and immerses you in the characters lives so you feel like you know them. A gorgeous debut from Georgina Moore.

A fabulous book, exploring the family dynamics, what a debut! I really enjoyed this story, based around the family of three sisters and their mother. A fantastic family drama.

There was a lot going on in this book. A lot of people and a lot happening.
I enjoyed it but it was a lot to take in so took me a while longer to read than i had hoped.

The Garnett girls are thirtysomething sisters Rachel, Imogen and Saskia, their mother Margo and her sister Alice. The novel examines their relationships and the legacy of the sudden departure of Margo’s husband when the girls were children. As a result Margo is keen to ensure her daughters all have stable and happy marriages and happy to interfere to achieve this.
The family home in the Isle of Wight is a character in its own right and the location for several fun sounding parties. Secrets and affairs abound, but the Garnett Girls’ real strength is its vivid depiction of sororal relationships as the sisters fall out and reunite and deal with their mother.
This is an intelligent, modern family saga perfect for a holiday read. It would have been a five star review if some of the major events in the novel hadn’t taken place between chapters.