I can appreciate that it must be really hard not been able to have kids etc but she's just so horrible about it. What I'm confused about is the fact that Sara This book didnt really do it for me. Secondly, Sara has problems with carrying babies, but coinidentally, she sleeps with her best friends husband ONCE, gets pregnant and carries it full term Lets just say, this book was far fethed was was stupidly written.
Jun 14, Alexandra rated it it was ok. When I finished this book I literally threw it across the room pregnancy hormones probably but the ending completely annoyed me. I endured this book which only got interesting past midway with Margaret's bombshell and the surrogacy drama.
Sara as a character was completely unlikeable and hard to relate to and it didn't make sense why Eloise did so much for her. The fact that it only took Sara once to get and stay pregnant in her master plan is far-fetched as she'd always had a problem keeping When I finished this book I literally threw it across the room pregnancy hormones probably but the ending completely annoyed me.
The fact that it only took Sara once to get and stay pregnant in her master plan is far-fetched as she'd always had a problem keeping a baby AND nothing was found wrong with Charlie's sperm! My biggest bugbear was that after the amazing twist in the end, Eloise doesn't even confront the issue!!!! Anyway as a massive fan of Adele Parks this was quite disappointing. Sep 08, Sarah rated it really liked it Shelves: read This was a really light and easy read about the essence of family and all that means.
The story focuses on the 'perfect' Eloise who is often guilty of putting everything and everyone before herself and at times the need of her family. I really enjoyed the fact that this book is set in Dartmouth so that the local features of the area were really brought to life, and that I was able to place the characters easily in their surroundings.
Some bits of the book were a bit far fetched I felt but on the wh This was a really light and easy read about the essence of family and all that means. Some bits of the book were a bit far fetched I felt but on the whole it was an easy to follow and believable story. Feb 10, Victoria Brown rated it it was amazing. I loved this book. I've read most of Adele's books, and I think this is one of her best. I love the way she captures alzheimer from the character point of view. Having had a family member who suffered with this awful disease, I think it worked really well.
Admittedly I hated Sara, and I wanted to shout at Eloise for staying friends with her, but could also see why she couldn't just leave her friend. I wanted to protect Eloise as I would my own friends. If you like chick-lit and want a real-life I loved this book. If you like chick-lit and want a real-life read rather than a romantic.
Apr 11, Chloe Morley rated it liked it Shelves: favourites. I can't help but come back and think of this book. It took me for ages to read because I didn't feel like reading it, it's a good book but it honestly takes me a lot to consistently stick to reading a book. However, once I pressed on I got more into it and it's story stays in my memory Adele Parks it's an amazing author and anyone looking for a good read that likes the sound of the topic from on the blurb should definitely read it!
Dec 23, Ellen Stafford rated it it was amazing. I really enjoyed this book. There was some really likeable strong characters in the book but there was also a couple of characters that I found not nice but that's just life. For me the part that I found really well written was of the lady suffering from Alzheimer's. A member of my family has dementia and I felt that Adele wrote about the character and the family around her really well.
Such a very sad illness. Jun 26, Hazel Cussons rated it it was amazing. Aug 04, Suzanne Francis rated it it was amazing Shelves: library-books , chick-lit. Haven't read an Adele Parks for a long time. Got this whilst browsing at the library and have devoured it - didn't see the twist coming.
I really enjoyed it. Mar 12, Erica Olsen rated it liked it. I chose it at random at my audiobook app and started listening, unfamiliar with the content and the author. I liked Eloise a lot. I might not care as much for the opinion of others or totally agree with all she did and so on, but from the start to the end, she has her heart in th 3. I might not care as much for the opinion of others or totally agree with all she did and so on, but from the start to the end, she has her heart in the right place.
She cares a lot for other and will do almost anything for them, she also grows a lot throughout the book. Mark was a character who I liked and was kind of neutral about the whole way through - well until the end, that is, at that point my mind might have changed somewhat. We never got his point of view, really, so we only saw him through the eyes of others.
This made me not really connect with him all that much. Never have I met a character whom was so self absorbed in her own life and who would do anything, no matter who she hurt, lied to or like that, in order to get what she wanted. She was thoroughly disgusting, all the way to the end. You wait a whole book for her to apologise to Eloise or for Eloise to really set her straight.
I feel like Sara and Charlie could have been the way they were, but not as important to the story, maybe just toned down a little, and this would have been really great. It was really interesting, scary and amazing at the same time. I could really feel it all, it was so great! Ray was also great the whole way through.
Him observing her illness and his forcing her to the doctors and so on. I liked him a lot. There was definitely a lot of things going on, a lot of surprising turns and a lot of different twists and important topics throughout this book.
I did really enjoy it. Dec 07, Judith Baxter rated it really liked it. Elouise Hamilton has a seemingly perfect life in London. As a born and bred Londoner she cannot imagine living anywhere else. But her husband Mark longs to return to his childhood home, Dartmouth, and when his father offers to sell his legal practice to him at a family rate, Mark is very keen to take up the offer and the chance to return.
Eventually, Elouise is persuaded to uproot herself, leaving behind her friends and her special shops and boutiques to move. She finds it hard initially, but she h Elouise Hamilton has a seemingly perfect life in London. She finds it hard initially, but she has a loving and helpful mother in law, Margaret to call on and all seems to be going well.
Enter Sara. A friend who is bereft at the thought of Elouise moving away. Apparently, Elouise is her only friend. The turmoil in which Elouise finds herself is further compounded when unexpectedly she meets Sara in London and finds she is undeniably pregnant. And she learns that Sara has taken matters into her own hands in an attempt to become pregnant, with no thought of the consequences and the lives she will affect.
This is a story, unlike the usual books I read. I recommend this book. Well worth taking from your local library as I did. Nov 20, Poulami Bag rated it it was ok. This was the first book I read of Adele Parks' and I am not sure if it impressed me much. The problems taken up for exploration were strong but only the dementia played out well for me. Beautifully written. The other problems, be it being stuck with IVFs, a bad "best" friend, toxic relationships or extremely weird life decisions from my point of view, don't take it otherwise , were ignored like the middle child of the family again, my opinion.
Even if I happen to believe that the characters p This was the first book I read of Adele Parks' and I am not sure if it impressed me much. Even if I happen to believe that the characters portrayed real people and behave as extremely as they did, but still it felt as if the characteristics were forced upon them unlike the way the onset and horror of dementia upon Margaret was captured.
Also, who befriends and "best friends" a person like Sara??? Totally agree with Mark on this point unlike many others where he behaves bizarrely. The "twist" at the end wasn't exactly a twist for me. Saw that coming all way long. Hints were laid throughout the chapters for exactly this to happen, but hey, that was not the exact turn off. The hilariously wicked the way an evil 5th grader would behave email and the response to it Eloise displayed.
My God. If somebody is reading this and you agree with me, please suggest me a better read to satiate my taste buds.
Jan 21, Chris Payne rated it liked it. I have read other books by Adele Parks and always find them good reads -- more challenging than the average chick lit, with complicated story lines.
But in this book, as with others by her, I found it difficult to connect with the characters. Eloise was OK but shallow and a bit self-centred, and some of the decisions she made didn't jibe with the way I'd understood her character to be. Sara was completely unlikeable, rude to the point of farcical, and I couldn't see a single reason why Eloise wo I have read other books by Adele Parks and always find them good reads -- more challenging than the average chick lit, with complicated story lines.
Sara was completely unlikeable, rude to the point of farcical, and I couldn't see a single reason why Eloise would be friends with her, other than in a lady-of-the-manor patronage which I didn't think sat well with either of them. Margaret's dementia was sensitively portrayed though and I thought this could have been explored a bit more.
Basically there are a lot of issues going on in this novel -- dislocation, relocation, barrenness of character and physical, betrayal, lies, secrets, dementia -- maybe the scope was just too wide.
An ambitious work and engagingly written but I don't think it will stay with me. Dec 13, Kingfan30 rated it liked it. However as that side of the story progressed I found it got quite far fetched.
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Pay using card ending in. Taxes where applicable. Publisher's Summary Eloise Hamilton is a Londoner born and bred, so it is a momentous day when she reluctantly agrees to uproot to Dartmouth, leaving behind her perfect world so her husband can finally live in his. Women's Fiction Romantic Comedy. Critic Reviews "Wonderfully plotted, moving and insightful I loved it. Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
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