Joanna Woulfe and John Beckett meet as young students at Trinity College in Dublin.
Perfect couple with a perfect marriage. But difficulties in conceiving lead to fertility treatments until finally we catch up with Joanna(Jo) as mum to 3 year old Harry. But life now isn't quite so perfect and their 15 year marriage appears to be disintegrating.
When John leaves, Jo has to find a new direction in life. But will the deep seated problems ever be resolved?
This is a bit of an Irish Bridget Jones novel with some good characters thrown into the mix- I particularly liked Jo's mother Marietta and the Michael Fassbender look alike ice cream man Ronan. The scenes with the local am-dram group are particularly laugh out loud. Although Jo begins as a selfish and sarcastic wife, events will unravel to show why the past can cause resentment.
But sometimes the flow of the plot was a bit contrived and adding sub plots which were perhaps too unbelievable, but it did keep my interest and had some twists which were both funny and emotional.
I hadn't heard of the author before. She has a light touch and I think many will like her style.

Always and Forever by Siân O'Gorman is a story of love, family and life. O'Gorman's plot line for this novel is superb. He created an outstanding list of characters with an amazing setting. This novel talks about the true life struggles that many married couples face. Not to mention the fact that most couples separate and never return to their pre-marriage self. Some marriages are just meant to be. I really enjoyed this novel and felt it was a great read that would relate to a lot of people