Rainy Day Sisters by Kate Hewitt Blog Tour
When Lucy Bagshaw’s life in Boston falls apart, thanks
to a scathing editorial written by her famous artist mother, she accepts her
half sister Juliet’s invitation to stay with her in a charming seaside village
in northern England. Lucy is expecting quaint cottages and cream teas, but
instead finds that her sister is an aloof host, the weather is wet, windy, and
cold, and her new boss, Alex Kincaid, is a disapproving widower who only hired
her as a favour to Juliet.
Despite the invitation she offered, Juliet is startled by the way Lucy catapults into her orderly life. As Juliet faces her own struggles with both her distant mother and her desire for a child, her sister’s irrepressible optimism begins to take hold. With the help of quirky villagers, these hesitant rainy day sisters begin to forge a new understanding…and find in each other the love of family that makes all the difference.
Despite the invitation she offered, Juliet is startled by the way Lucy catapults into her orderly life. As Juliet faces her own struggles with both her distant mother and her desire for a child, her sister’s irrepressible optimism begins to take hold. With the help of quirky villagers, these hesitant rainy day sisters begin to forge a new understanding…and find in each other the love of family that makes all the difference.
Review
Juliet and her “half sister” Lucy have never been what
you would call close. Juliet seems very cold and unfeeling towards Lucy, but
poor Lucy doesn’t understand why. This book tells you the story of the two
sisters and how they build on their relationship from near total strangers to
becoming friends.
Lucy leaves Boston after a relationship breakdown and
to flee her interfering, embarrassing mother to start a temporary job as a
primary school receptionist back in England and her half sister Juliet offers
her the chance to live with her in her B&B for four months.
The story is told from both their perspectives and you
can understand why both Juliet and Lucy are the way they are. Juliet just feels
like she was never loved or wanted and feels very jealous of Lucy, where as
Lucy also feels very let down by their mother, who was an embarrassment when
she was at school.
A lovely, sometimes moving story of sisters who
overcome difficulties in their relationship to find themselves and to open up
barriers and let other people into their lives as well and also to find
forgiveness.
I loved this book and would love to read other work by
this author.
Thank you to Jenny in Neverland for letting me review
this book and to be part of the blog tour.
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