The Vision Board is the first book I’m formally reviewing this year and it was a good one to start with. Description of The Vision Board Two best friends. Two one-way tickets. And a future that might just surprise them. Bex and Amy are best friends and total opposites. Bex is cynical, Amy is romantic. Bex is chaotic, Amy is organised. With the prospect of turning 34 just around the corner, neither is where they expected to be at this point in their lives. Bex is exploring her sexuality and has a string of failed relationships, while Amy is newly…
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Anna Dahland’s Hope Diamond is the true story of an unlikely domestic adoption in 1990s Korea. Two-year-old Heejong wasn’t expected to have a great life. She usually stood silently staring into space, unable or unwilling to smile at well-meaning strangers who visited her children’s home. Meanwhile, Anna wasn’t expecting to get a miracle. In a rocky international marriage, with three young children to care for, she still struggled in a country and culture that was not her own. Then a simple photograph changed everything. For once, Heejong smiled. For once, Anna dared to hope. But could the obstacles be overcome?…
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Kate Hewitt is skilled at writing emotionally powerful stories about love, loss, and complicated family dynamics. My Daughter’s Baby is no exception. Right away, the novel sweeps you into a world of grief, secrets, and hard choices, laced with hope. The story opens with Eleanor hearing that her daughter, Sophie, has passed away while giving birth. Eleanor rushes to the hospital and faces the heartbreaking truth of holding her unknown grandchild. In that moment, she sees a chance to make amends for the years of distance between them. But across from her is Tom, Sophie’s husband, whom she holds responsible…