This book is about midlife and adapting to having an empty nest.
Becca’s daughter Sophie has gone off to university and Becca is feeling lost without her. Then her mother, Josephine, breaks her wrist and needs someone to look after her, so Becca goes over to help.
As a woman in her 50s, I can completely relate to the problems Becca had! We are the sandwich generation – looking after our aging parents and bringing up children. I understood Becca’s discombobulation when all the ‘certainities’ in her life get kicked out from under her one by one. She needs to find a new equilibrium … and fast.
This book is funny, interesting and highly relatable. There is a strong romantic subplot, but it’s really about Becca and how she learns to embrace her new self (which is actually a lot more like her much younger self in some ways). This is a lovely, uplifting tale about becoming you’re meant to be once you no longer have to be mum all the time.
Buy link (Amazon UK) https://amzn.to/4crxcfb