{"id":59425,"date":"2025-01-31T06:58:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T06:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/a-mothers-last-wish-by-jo-bartlett-review\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T06:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T06:58:58","slug":"a-mothers-last-wish-by-jo-bartlett-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=59425","title":{"rendered":"A Mother’s Last Wish by Jo Bartlett #Review"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jo Bartlett’s <\/b>latest novel, A Mother’s Last Wish<\/i>, was published on January 26th by Boldwood<\/b> and is an emotional read.<\/span><\/p>\n


Two sisters, one heartbreaking promise…<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

To everyone who knows them, Louisa and Tom are the perfect
\ncouple. They have two beautiful kids, Stan and Flo, and are about to celebrate
\nten years of being happily married. Life is perfect. But when Lou is dealt
\ndevastating news, that perfect life is turned upside down and Lou and Tom must
\nreevaluate the very foundations their marriage is built on.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lou\u2019s main concern is who will look after her children if
\nshe\u2019s not there to care for them? Will anyone be able to love them like she
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Holly can\u2019t face the news that Lou is sick. As her older
\ntwin sister, she and Lou have always been together, and Holly has always tried
\nto protect Lou. So she\u2019ll do anything, promise anything, to make Lou feel safe
\nand happy. Holly loves Stan and Flo fiercely, but with no children of her own
\ncan she ever be the mother her sister wants and needs for her children?<\/span><\/p>\n

Determined to make the most of every last precious moment,
\nLou\u2019s final wish for her family is to show them what it really means to live
\nand love. And as Tom and Holly try to navigate their own pain, their only care
\nis to shower Flo and Stan with love and help them make the most of every moment
\ntogether.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don’t think I was prepared for just how emotional and heart-breaking this novel would be. The story revolves around Lou who discovers she has pancreatic cancer and for whom the outlook is bleak. You are told her story through not only her eyes, but also those of her husband, Tom and her twin sister, Holly. The grief and sense of loss is palpable and causes devastation in all their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lou’s preoccupation throughout is with her children and how they will be after her probable death. She looks at the situation with uncompromising eyes and true to her character, knows that she cannot deal with her feelings about her situation until she has formulated a Plan B to protect them as\u00a0 much as she can. You feel as though you go through Lou’s emotions in real time. This is a hard hitting and thought provoking read. Of course, it is not all sadness as Lou looks for opportunities to enjoy her time with her family. Behind everything that happens though is the impending sense of loss.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In short: emotional reading
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About the Author<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jo Bartlett<\/b> is the bestselling author of over nineteen
\nwomen\u2019s fiction titles. She fits her writing in between her two day jobs as an
\neducational consultant and university lecturer and lives with her family and
\nthree dogs on the Kent coast. Her first title for Boldwood<\/b> is The Cornish
\nMidwife <\/i>\u2013 part of a twelve-book deal.
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You can read my reviews of The Cornish Midwife<\/i> series here:\u00a0The Cornish Midwife<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0A Summer wedding for the Cornish Midwife<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 | \u00a0A Winter’s Wish for the Corrnish Midwife<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 A Spring Surprise for the Cornish Midwife\u00a0 <\/a>| \u00a0Mistletoe and Magic for the Cornish Midwife<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0A Change of Heart for the Cornish Midwife<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Happy Ever After for the Cornish Midwife<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Welcome to the Cornish Country Hospital<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Thanks to Jo Bartlett, Boldwood Books and Rachel of Rachel’s Random Resources<\/a> for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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