Publication date 27th January 2020
About the book
When you see them, they are so happy, so in love. He’s holding the door open for her, she’s clearly expecting a baby. You think: she has everything I don’t. Everything I ever dreamed of…
There’s room in her house where Shelley has shut away a heartbreakingly-soft, never-used baby blanket. In a box, under a bed, behind a door that she never opens. If it’s there, she can forget about it. Just like she has her memories. Of a marriage that hadn’t been perfect. Of a life that didn’t go the way she had hoped.
Every day she acts like everything is normal. Going to work and following a routine helps her pretend the bad stuff never happened. Until one day, everything changes.
She sees the couple moving in next door, laughing sweetly as they walk up the path to their new home. The woman is pregnant. It’s like she has everything that Shelley has lost. But when Shelley properly meets Lara, she soon discovers Lara is actually carrying a heartache to match her own.
As her friendship with Lara deepens, Shelley starts to wonder what might happen if she opens the box she’s hidden away, with the tiny, beautiful blanket in it. Will the secrets from her past – about what she lost, what she’s hiding from, and what she has been doing her best to forget – destroy her? Or will opening it up finally give her a change to live again?
A heartbreaking emotional drama about the power of friendship that will make readers laugh and cry, perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Dani Atkins and Daniela Sacerdoti.
My Review
I love reading books by this author so I was looking forward to reading this and I was not disappointed! It is a very emotional and heartwarming read with strong fantastic characters. I shed so many tears and really felt for these characters. I think so many people will relate to them and their stories. Throughout this I desperately crossed my fingers for a happy ending for these characters as they so deserve one after what they have been through.
This is one book that once you pick up you will not be able to put down! An absolutely beautiful read.
About the author
Emma Robinson is the author of five novels about motherhood and female friendship including The Undercover Mother.
Her fifth novel - The Forgotten Wife - will be out in January 2020.
When she is not writing, Emma is an English teacher and lives in Essex with a patient husband and two children who are an endless source of material.
Website: www.motherhoodforslackers.com
Facebook: facebook.com/motherhoodforslackers
Twitter: @emmarobinsonuk
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Purchase links
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Google Play: http://bit.ly/2Ro4NNz
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