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Language ‏ : ‎ English
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WhatsForDinner

Touching Story About Dealing with Grief

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2023

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The premise of this delightful novel reads like the set-up for a formulaic movie--but the book itself is anything but formulaic. While I didn't quite expect the old 1980s movie Three Men and a Baby, this novel does start with an airport scene in which list- and career-driven Loretta unexpectedly finds herself watching six-year-old Phoebe while Phoebe's mum Kate "nips to the loo," never to return. Loretta and Phoebe discover Kate's inert body slumped in the bathroom, and Loretta--despite being terrible with children (and with people in general)--sticks around until eventually Phoebe's grandmother comes to claim her.
Weeks later--having learned that the young mother who died at the hospital was exactly her own age--Loretta is still shaken by the incident, and visits young Phoebe and her gran. From there, a tenuous relationship builds. Loretta doesn't have time for Phoebe--she's chasing a promotion at work, and trying in her own supremely awkward way to become more of a team player in the office. But Loretta makes time anyway. Because while Phoebe has a lot of grief to deal with, Loretta has plenty of issues of her own--including a relationship with a man who is less interested in Loretta's life than almost anyone else in her world. Together, Loretta and Phoebe teach each other lessons about how to deal with emotions that are too big to handle, and how to find joy again even when life has been unfairly harsh.
I truly enjoyed this novel, and highly recommend it.

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Searching For Self

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2023

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This story truly grabs at your soul. The reader is pulled into love and sadness for a child left motherless and yet disgust, anger, for an adult who appears to self-contained to show compassion or kindness. Then this all changes. This book is funny, sad, revealing, and simply a wonderful read.

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Imperfect Life Leads to a Charming Read

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2023

The missed social cues, the determination and pressure to succeed at work, the striving for perfection and meeting other people's expectations -- there is much to relate to in this novel! Enter one small child, and watch everything go topsy turvy as the characters make new discoveries.

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ChainsawBear

Fascinating characters, superb dialogue and a story line that grabs you. Highly recommended!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2023

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I absolutely loved Swimming For Beginners, which sets up a tantalising premise: what happens to an ordered life when a droplet of charming chaos is introduced into it?

Nicola Gill's latest novel is a heartfelt, warm and witty tale, focusing on Loretta — an advertising account handler whose structured, list-driven life becomes a lot more unpredictable and complicated when she crosses paths with a garrulous six-year-old called Phoebe.

Loretta and Phoebe's relationship — no spoilers to say it isn't always straightforward or easy — is the core of this wonderful book, which seamlessly blends wisdom, some aching sadness, and hilarity. The characters are well-drawn and Nicola Gill's skill as an author means that it's very easy to feel compassion for Loretta, even at moments when she isn't being terribly likeable. (She's a complex character; socially awkward, highly organised, very driven, and at times both hostile and vulnerable. Think Claire from Fleabag but a lot more rounded out.)

I found the dialogue captivating. The voice of Phoebe is especially impressive — writing the speech patterns of small children is really difficult to do convincingly, and not a lot of authors can pull it off. Phoebe speaks and behaves utterly authentically for a six-year-old throughout, which is quite the feat. The other character who stole some scenes for me was Sylvia, Phoebe's hassled and online dating obsessed grandmother.

There are also a couple of hairpin-turns (I'm not keen on the word 'twists'!) in the plot which will surprise you. One in particular I did not see coming at all; it masterfully done and contextualises so much of what came before that you end up going back and re-reading certain earlier parts through a new filter.

This book is a funny, considered and wise look at how certain key relationships in your life will adjust the lens through which you view of many of the others. It's an interesting, absorbing and heartwarming tale that takes both life and death in its stride, contrasts the wisdom of adults with the wisdom of small children, and asks questions about the compromises we are prepared to make as we tread through life. It's wonderful, and I highly recommend it.

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BarbarinaS

Very good reading

Reviewed in Australia on February 25, 2024

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This was a lovely read. Poignant and very real in so many areas and yet so simply written, with an even pace and touches of humour.
Parenthood is hard enough normally but becoming one as Loretta does is totally confusing especially when Loretta has difficulty with emotions and understanding the correct social behaviours in most circumstances. The book’s appeal lies in the way serious subjects are covered and understood/misunderstood by the leading character. There are pieces of all of us at different times in our lives and having it put out there with such care really makes us stop and think and understand.
So much more in this than first appearance suggests. Very good reading.

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Jude

Great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2024

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Bought as it was on offer, but very pleased I did. This is a throroughly enjoyable page turner with engrossing characters

Emma Jane Reeve

Easy read made me cry & laugh!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2024

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I loved this book immediately, I could relate to the protagonist in many ways and she also reminded me of friends too! This is a great and easy read and is full of emotion, cringe-worthy moments and characters that are believable and relatable. I thoroughly recommend it, easy 5 stars.

Guendy

Heartwarming

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2024

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Easy read- a wonderful story

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