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Title: How To Make Time For Me
Author: Fiona Perrin
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: Aria
Publication Date: 11th July 2019
Rating: 4 Stars
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No-one said being a single mum would be easy...
Everyone knows that being a single mother means having no time to yourself. But for Callie Brown, its more exhausting than most. She's juggling the needs of three teenage children, two live-in parents, a raffish ex-husband, and a dog who never stops eating.
The last thing Callie needs is anything more on her plate. So when she bumps (quite literally) into a handsome, age-appropriate cyclist, she's quick to dismiss him from her life. After all, if she doesn't have time to brush her hair in the morning, she certainly doesn't have time to fall in love...
Funny, heartwarming and oh-so-true, this is a novel about motherhood, families, and life after divorce, perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Allison Pearson.
Everyone knows that being a single mother means having no time to yourself. But for Callie Brown, its more exhausting than most. She's juggling the needs of three teenage children, two live-in parents, a raffish ex-husband, and a dog who never stops eating.
The last thing Callie needs is anything more on her plate. So when she bumps (quite literally) into a handsome, age-appropriate cyclist, she's quick to dismiss him from her life. After all, if she doesn't have time to brush her hair in the morning, she certainly doesn't have time to fall in love...
Funny, heartwarming and oh-so-true, this is a novel about motherhood, families, and life after divorce, perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Allison Pearson.
A rare sort of book that I found was on my mind even when I was reading it. I was completely interested in Lily and Wilf's stories in particular.
Which is odd as the main character was Callie, and the book was written in the first person from her perspective, yet its one of her twin daughters, and Wilf, the boy she has been a mother too since he was 6 (now 14), that really interested me.
Although any book that starts with the main character being run over by a deliveroo cyclist, and then calling herself Miss Invisible in A&E, definitely captured my attention initially, and I did enjoy seeing how her story progressed.
This is a book which just goes to show it doesn't matter that shape, size or blood ties, that determine who your family really are and where your home is. Although it take many funny moments, some more worrying ones, and a whole deal of drama to get through this.
There are issues dealt with in this book that any parent of teenagers will relate to, and also those with ageing parents who are becoming slightly more needy.
I loved Callie's friends, and her job in HR just had me rolling my eyes and the sexism and chauvinism of some of the people she was meant to be working with, but again could easily see happening in real life.
This is the first book I've read by the author, and I was struck by her conversational writing style, realistic and relateable characters, and plots that make you think while being entertaining. This is almost certainly an author I will be looking to read again in the future.
A very enjoyable book that gives a great look at modern parenting of a teenager while trying to potentially have your own life.
Thank you to Aria and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
Which is odd as the main character was Callie, and the book was written in the first person from her perspective, yet its one of her twin daughters, and Wilf, the boy she has been a mother too since he was 6 (now 14), that really interested me.
Although any book that starts with the main character being run over by a deliveroo cyclist, and then calling herself Miss Invisible in A&E, definitely captured my attention initially, and I did enjoy seeing how her story progressed.
This is a book which just goes to show it doesn't matter that shape, size or blood ties, that determine who your family really are and where your home is. Although it take many funny moments, some more worrying ones, and a whole deal of drama to get through this.
There are issues dealt with in this book that any parent of teenagers will relate to, and also those with ageing parents who are becoming slightly more needy.
I loved Callie's friends, and her job in HR just had me rolling my eyes and the sexism and chauvinism of some of the people she was meant to be working with, but again could easily see happening in real life.
This is the first book I've read by the author, and I was struck by her conversational writing style, realistic and relateable characters, and plots that make you think while being entertaining. This is almost certainly an author I will be looking to read again in the future.
A very enjoyable book that gives a great look at modern parenting of a teenager while trying to potentially have your own life.
Thank you to Aria and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
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