Author: Chris Manby
What a read. I was anxious to know the end, hurriedly devouring page after page, but as I came to the epilogue, I was very sorry that I had reached there. I wished it had continued.
Chris Manby has a gem in this book. The synopsis almost fooled me – about an ex-boyfriend coming into the live of Heidi Savage, an about-to-be wife (to someone else). I’d thought it would be one of those soppy stories where the girl would suddenly find that her true happiness lies in her ex, and not in the fiancé, and that the story would revolve mostly about her, her character development and her ultimate discovery.
But oh boy, was I wrong! There are many other characters who add the juicy bits and intricate twists. Kara, Heidi’s best friend, a single mother of a six-month old baby, comes in with her funny antics and her own discovery too. And so does Mrs Savage (Heidi’s mother). All these, and many more, does not do justice to the very brief synopsis that you find at the back of the cover.
This book is more about girl-meets-boy kind of love story – it also touches on the fears of every woman about to approach or thinking of approaching motherhood - the uncertainty of not being an adequate and able mother, the fear of being fat, the fear of breastfeeding and NOT.
Above all, Ms Manby manages to talk about this (and more, including Heidi’s experience in witnessing a birth video as she stands in as Kara’s partner) via Heidi’s feisty and witty character. The story is full of twists and plots, the dialogues are hilarious and real, the feelings appropriate and since Ms Manby is writing in first-person, I was able to follow Heidi’s train of thoughts.
The best part of this book is that I was kept to my toes till to the very end, as Heidi reveals something that I would never have expected, as it is in the very last pages of the book.
Oh boy. What a ride.
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I smiled. I laughed. I cried. If you are a mother, or going to be a mother (or father), you have to read this. It addresses issues mostly associated with having children and family, finding eternal love and feeling silly lucky. As for me, I am on a hunt for more of Chris Manby’s treasures.
