Thirty-three-year-old Ruth Henderson and her daughter Maggie have some hard choices to make. Following the tragic death of Maggie’s father, they are left with a mountain of debt and broken hearts. So, despite her vow never to return home after the fall-out from her teenage pregnancy, Ruth can’t see any option other than for the two of them to move back in with her parents.
Going home means many things
– finally confronting her estranged father, navigating her mother’s desperate
need to make everything ok despite the wobbles in her own marriage, not to
mention helping a still-grieving Maggie to settle into a new school, find new
friends, and stop expressing her emotions through her ever-changing hair
colour.
What Ruth needs are friends,
but she abandoned her childhood ones when she left all those years ago. Luckily
for Ruth, they haven’t abandoned her. Slowly she lets herself be embraced by a
group of women who have always had her back – even when she didn’t know it. And
as the grief and shock recede, Ruth can even begin to imagine sharing her life
with someone other than just Maggie – if Maggie will let her.
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My Review:
Reading Beth Moran books is a treat, always enjoyable and as they are set around where I live, I feel a special connection to them.. almost as if I am within them all.
Widow Ruth must move back in with her parents with her
teenage daughter Maggie due to her late husband amassing debts she was unaware
of. It is not what anyone was expecting and it’s difficult as the relationship with
her parents is difficult, at best.
Also, moving back to the place where her first love and
heartbreak took place is overwhelming, (especially given his new celebrity status)
her lack of skills or qualifications leads to a struggle with work and her
teenage daughter needs her.
Slowly but surely, we see Ruth’s life start to change, her
outlook become more positive and she allows herself to become part of the
community she once left behind. She meets a group of friends and sees that
nobody has the perfect life, everyone is struggling and it’s fine to need the help
and support of others.
Shocks, revelations, ups and downs along the way; I thoroughly
enjoyed We Are Family and how Beth wrote a story full of heart, laughs and
lows, where we see importance of friendships but also rediscovering yourself.
I always look forward to another Beth Moran book, but I
highly recommend every book so far!
Author Bio:
Beth Moran is the award winning author of ten
contemporary fiction novels, including the top ten bestseller Just the Way You
Are and #1 bestseller Let It Snow. Her books are set in and around Sherwood
Forest, where she can be found most mornings walking with her spaniel Murphy.
She has the privilege of also being a foster carer to teenagers, and enjoys
nothing better than curling up with a pot of tea and a good story.
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