I received this book free in exchange for an honest review from Net Galley. Thank you Net Galley and Century for the opportunity. Wow, this book had so many things coming out of left field at you. Which is to say "I didn't see that coming". The story of a family with two daughters and a set of twin ...
I had no idea what I was getting into with this book. I liked the cover, it's about a family with issues. Good enough for me. It is really about the perfect-looking family that cracked in the most unbelievable ways and then found their way back together in very different ways. I loved the wri...
Publication Date: Out Now from Randomhouse. Source: Goodreads Giveaway – thank you kindly. Meet the Bird Family All four children have an idyllic childhood: a picture-book cottage in a country village, a warm, cosy kitchen filled with love and laughter, sun-drenched afternoons in a rambling gard...
I have never read any books by Lisa Jewell before and was told that I should start with this one. A brilliant, at times devastatingly sad story that describes the 30 years of a family changing and coping with loss. Lorelei loves Easter and every year family and friends all take part in an Easter Eg...
By Lisa Jewell ISBN: 9781476702995 Publisher: Atria Books Publication date: 8/12/2014 Pages: 400 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars A special thank you to Atria Books and Netgalley for an advanced reading copy in exchange for an honest review. Wow! A poignant and powerful bittersweet story...
The split time line (3 different periods) makes it very hard to follow the plot.It almost feels as if the author chose that structure to allow her to break up her writing into large chunks. 400 pages go by really quickly but only because it has been broken up to about 100 pages each for each period....
The story of the complicated relationships of the Bird family is told with therapeutic emails from Lorelei (mother) to Bill in the not so distant past, the now … and with Easter being a key point in their lives, we go back to their childhood as they grow up at this time. I enjoy stories structured ...
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