Jojo Moyes latest book certainly lives up to the high expectations I had. You become immersed in single Mum Lila’s unconventional family and experience all the highs and lows. I found myself cringing with embarrassment for her at some points and cheering her on at others. I thoroughly recommend adding this entertaining story to your must read list.

This was an understated joy of a read featuring an increasingly unconventional household that just felt so very real. Told primarily from the perspective of Lila a single mum of two daughters who is still coming to terms with the end of her marriage and the death of her mum. She’s supported by her grieving stepdad but then her estranged dad turns up on her doorstep adding to the household chaos. This is such an incredible character read with so much you can relate to even if her life is so different to your own, she just feels like someone you know or a part of you somehow. She has so much to contend with just day to day and the realities of modern day dating were also an added feature. This just got under my skin with the everyday drama, the emotions and also the joy that runs through it, I loved the characters and just the pure everyday-ness of this wonderful multigenerational family drama.

Jojo Moyes is one of my absolute favorites! I love loved her work very since Me Before You. I think her books are very well written and I live the dynamic of this book. It’s a bit different from her previous but very good nonetheless