Book Synopsis:
‘Warm, witty and wise’ Marian Keyes
Three women, three birthdays, one year that will change everything…
Ginger isn’t spending her thirtieth the way she would have planned. Tonight might be the first night of the rest of her life – or a total disaster.
Sam is finally pregnant after years of trying. When her waters break on the morning of her fortieth birthday, she panics: forget labour, how is she going to be a mother?
Callie is celebrating her fiftieth at a big party in her Dublin home. Then a knock at the door mid-party changes everything…
The Year That Changed Everything is available in all formats now! You can purchase your copy here.
My Review:
I’m a huge fan of Cathy Kelly so you can imagine my delight at being invited onto the blog tour for her latest books.
The Year That Changed Everything is a very interesting, warm and funny book about three very different women who happen to celebrate their birthdays on the same day and trying to deal with what life has thrown at them.
Firstly I loved Cathy’s writing style which just invites you into the story and makes you feel that you know the women intimately. I enjoyed visiting each of their worlds and slowly getting to know about them. The problems they face are all very real problems which I imagine many people face and I found it fascinating to try to sort through them along with the characters.
Out of all the characters my favourite was Sam as I felt I really related to her problem as I remember the worries about being a mother. Her part of the story helped provide some of the most touching moments of the book and I found myself wishing I did know her so I could help her through her anxiety. I also felt for Callie dealing with her difficult teenage daughter. I’m dreading the teen years with my kids, especially as my three year old already has a lot of attitude! I felt that I could really emphasise with her and what she was going through as it’s difficult to try and get through to kids at the best of times.
This book isn’t particularly fast paced, rather the author gives the reader time to really get to know the characters and their world. This makes you feel very connected to the characters and involved with them so that you care what happens to them. I found myself utterly immersed in the book, looking up after what seemed like minutes to find hours had past.
I’ve read most of Cathy’s books and can’t wait to read more from her in the future.
Huge thanks to Poppy Stimpson from Orion for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Cathy Kelly is published around the world, with millions of books in print. Cathy is the bestselling author of The Honey Queen, Once in a Lifetime and Between Sisters, and is a No.1 bestseller in the UK, Ireland and Australia. Her trademark is warm and witty Irish storytelling about modern life, always with an uplifting message, a sense of community and strong female characters at the heart.
She lives with her family and their three dogs in County Wicklow, Ireland. She is also an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland, raising funds and awareness for children orphaned by or living with HIV/AIDS.
Find out more at http://www.cathykelly.com or follow her on Twitter @cathykellybooks
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