Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Beneath It All (Beneath #1), by Tori Madison

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Synopsis: You.
Have.
Breast.
Cancer.

I wasn't prepared to hear those words. Neither was my loving husband, family or friends. And none of us were prepared for what life had in store after they were spoken.

I should have seen the signs all around me. I should have paid attention to the people who supposedly loved me, the people who I'd always trusted. But I was blind to what was going on. The effects on my flourishing career, passionate marriage and carefree lifestyle would be insurmountable.

It was time to take control of my life and the overwhelming chaos. Time to make the choices that were right for me. Right for my future. The future I hadn't planned on. 

My life didn't stop when I heard those four little words…it was only just beginning.

Thoughts: **I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.**

As a breast cancer survivor, I looked forward to reading this book, to see just how realistically it was written. It was like reading my own story as far as the treatments and the side effects were concerned.

Victoria's personal life was another matter entirely. She had one piece of bad news after another throughout the story, and yet, with the help of her circle of friends, she was able to find the strength to pick herself up and keep going on her journey.

I love the cliffhanger at the end, and can't wait to read the second book!!

My rating: Five stars

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The Midwife's Confession, Diane Chamberlain

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Synopsis: Dear Anna,

What I have to tell you is difficult to write, but I know it will be far more difficult for you to hear, and I'm so sorry . . .

The unfinished letter is the only clue Tara and Emerson have to the reason behind their close friend Noelle's suicide. Everything they knew about Noelle—her calling as a midwife, her passion for causes, her love for her friends and family—described a woman who embraced life.

Yet there was so much they didn't know.

With the discovery of the letter and its heartbreaking secret, Noelle's friends begin to uncover the truth about this complex woman who touched each of their lives—and the life of a desperate stranger—with love and betrayal, compassion and deceit.

Thoughts: So many secrets between three friends. Every time I thought I knew where the story was headed, it took another turn, and I was surprised yet again. It was written in a very realistic manner, and the characters were all people I would enjoy getting to know. The relationships between Tara, Emerson and their daughters struck several chords with me, taking me back to the days when I had two teenaged daughters in my house.  I laughed, I cried, I felt angry...it was an emotional rollercoaster.