Genre: Adult Fiction – Drama
Published: 2023
Format: Paperback
Rating: ★★★★
This book is so so funny – it’s brilliant! 4.5 stars really (come on Goodreads!), there was just a little something missing that I can’t put my finger on which stopped it being perfect. It’s not like anything I’ve read before. It’s a light and funny story with some more serious undertones but it’s not a romance, it’s about family and people, how we can reconnect with something thought lost, and make our own choices to determine the course of our own lives.
What a brilliant story. Two sisters in their 60s who inherit a farmhouse desperately in need of renovations, but the sisters haven’t spoken in years. What ensues is lots of French builders renovating the house, some chaos, and decisions that the sisters have to make in terms of their lives and what they want their lives to look like.
The characters just make this story come alive and the animals have their own personalities – Blanche the chicken, Hector the donkey, and Gigi the cat. Jenny and Kitty fight like sisters do and rile each other up, but there is a way back because they want to apologise but are both being stubborn and unsure how to reconnect.
I was laughing out loud on the train into work, and I laughed so hard at one point that my cat leapt off me looking offended. If you want some fun but with a serious undertone about seizing the day and making the most of what you have, then this is the book for you.
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