Book Synopsis:
Sometimes we’re more like our mothers than we think!
Glamorous lone parent, Stella wants nothing more than to impress her teenage daughter. She has spent her life shielding Tara from her religious upbringing and has never told Tara about her father. But when they move back to Belfast, hiding the past becomes tricky.
When Stella lands her dream job as fashion editor at a teen magazine, Tara thinks she will die of shame. Soon after, Tara starts a blog to pour out her teenage angst and begins working at a home for rescued animals run by the enigmatic Nora.
When Tara’s blog takes off, a rival magazine offers to publish it as a column, putting her in a difficult situation.
Will Tara risk hurting her mother in order to achieve her dream of being a writer?
Can three generations of one family, who struggle to understand each other, ever develop real bonds?
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My Review:
My Virtual Life is a touching, modern story describing a mother and daughter relationship that’s lost its way a little bit.
The story is told alternatively by Stella the mother who reminded me of a cross between Patsy from Absolutely fabulous and Samantha from Sex In The City and her long suffering daughter Tara. Tara is a bit of a loner who is highly embarrassed by her mother and her new job which involves trying to be cool. The reader is given a fly on the wall glimpse into their relationship and their lives, where we are privy to their private thoughts. It’s fair to say the mother-daughter relationship isn’t working when we first meet the characters with neither properly understanding the other. It was very interesting to get to know the characters more and watch the relationship between them change as their roles shift.
My favourite character was Tara and I found it fascinating to find out more about what she was thinking, particularly as some of these thoughts have been highlighted in the media recently. I found I felt very sorry for her and hoped that Stella would mend her ways so she could be a better mother to her.
The authors descriptions are utterly hilarious at times and I found myself laughing out loud at times. This was particularly so when describing the results of Stella trying to fit into her new job.
This is the first book I’ve read by this author but I’d definitely like to read more from her in the future. If you like touching stories that manage to make you laugh and cry then you’ll love this book.
Huge thanks to Emma from Bombshell books for my copy of this book via Netgalley and for inviting me onto this tour.
About The Author:
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