A Winter to Remember,is about 4 women and the tough circumstances in their present day lives.

While it felt I knew much about what was happening in their lives at the moment,I didn't particularly get to know any of the women well in general. That was disappointing and not a very fulfilling reading experience on the whole.

Although A Winter to Remember can be read as a stand alone book it reintroduces all the characters from Roisin Meaney's last book The Restaurant. It was lovely to catch up with them and see what has been happening in their lives as time has passed. A very enjoyable and easy read.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an advance copy. All opinions are my own.

An enjoyable read set around the Christmas period, and culminating in a family and friends Christmas Day lunch together at a restaurant.

There are various stories going on throughout the book. There is Emily (chef/owns a restaurant) & Bill her (older) partner. Christine (Bill's daughter) who has struggled with addiction for a while and left her baby with Bill before disappearing, but is now back on the scene and trying to stay clean, and wants her baby back. Emily's best friend Heather and her partner and mixed family, Heather is dissatisfied with her life at the moment and working through it. Young couple, Tom & Lil, who have moved from Fairweather (a previous book) and move into Emily's apartment above the restaurant, but ghosts from Tom's past haunt them a bit.

The whole book is about the different relationships, with everyone working through their problems. I did enjoy the story, especially because there was a lot going on to keep my interest, but everyone was dissatisfied and a bit miserable to be honest! They did work through all their issues in the end, but really they could have been a bit happier with their lives when they all actually had really good lives!

This seemed a little disjointed and at times I was at a loss regarding the back story of the characters. It seems to me that this book was written as a "wrap up" to previous novels and I'm sure if I'd read them I would have enjoyed this hugely as the characters were warm and friendly. Unfortunately I wasn't able to engage with them as too much of their stories was unknown and what was revealed was too brief to allow for a depth of emotion.