4 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\nTime taken to read – 1 day<\/p>\n
Pages – 364<\/p>\n
Publisher – Lake Union Publishing <\/p>\n
Source – ARC<\/p>\n
Blurb from Goodreads <\/p>\n
She wants it all. But life has other plans\u2026<\/p>\n
After years of hard work, Madeleine\u2019s life is very nearly perfect. She\u2019s about to move to LA to pursue her dream job\u2014and there\u2019s a new man on the scene too. But when her mother falls ill, pulling her back to the world she\u2019s tried so hard to leave behind, the repercussions of a life-changing decision Madeleine made seven years ago resurface, threatening to jeopardise everything she\u2019s worked for.<\/p>\n
Faced with the promise of her new life, and the pull of her old, she has to ask herself some tough was what she did then right for her family? How do you know when it\u2019s okay to put yourself first? And what\u2019s the cost of happiness?<\/p>\n
Heartfelt, provocative and emotional, this is a gripping look at the choices women have to make, and whether we really can have it all\u2026<\/p>\n
My Review <\/p>\n
Then and now, we meet Madeline, successful, driven, very particular about how she likes things, her home is pristine\/perfect and her job is pretty much everything. When her mum takes unwell Madeline needs to go home and that means back to the place she spent her whole life wanting to escape from. We flip between present day and the past, getting to know Madeline, what makes her the way she is and seeing her struggle going back to her hometown, her past and things she would much rather forget.<\/p>\n
Oh I think this may well be a marmite book for some because Madeline is the antithesis of what society expects she should be. Prowse has carved a character who if she was male, not too many eyebrows would be raised but because she is a female backs will absolutely be raised. She isn’t the most likeable either, is it because she is selfish (because I think it is safe to say she is), driven, career focused, quite cold too. There is a moment, back in the then, between her and her friend and wow, I gasped out loud. Friends is family for me and ooft some of Madeline’s choices and actions are shocking, again because we don’t do certain things\/cross certain lines\/say certain things. <\/p>\n
Madeline’s family are so lovely, they don’t have a lot financially and struggled a bit when she was growing up which is largely why she is the way she is. The contrast between to two timelines and Madeline’s life to her life then and her parent’s still living that way. Family, relationships and ambition are integral to the story, there are a lot of emotional moments and likely triggers because of some of the themes within the book. I know that is vague but to mention them would be spoilers and we don’t do spoilers here.<\/p>\n
I think if you grew up with financial difficulties the book might hit a wee bit differently to someone who has never had money worries or grew up in that type of environment. I also think how you respond to Madeline will again depend on how your financials were\/are.<\/p>\n
I really liked it, a lot of food for thought and although I did not like Madeline nor a lot of her choices, I get it. The book is a lot of actions\/consequences and the ripples they can have not just on the person but everyone around them. I think the reason we like Prowse’s stories so much is it lets you escape your life for a wee bit and delve into others. Whether you like the characters or not you become invested and encapsulated quickly even if the story starts as a slow burner, 4\/5. Out to buy Jan 7th 2025.\n<\/p>\n
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