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If you didn't already know I am a Carole Matthews fan. Recently I went to Mims Café, Nr Cannock where Kim Nash hosts a book club. We all share our latest reads.
"That's an old one," Kim says. I am behind the times, I know. Carole writes so quickly I can't keep up and I have 3 of her books on my bedside cabinet.
My head was not in a good place when I picked up this one. I started and stopped and stopped and stopped. I got stuck in the first chapters where there is a reference to the protagonist wearing a "Betty Boo" t-shirt. My daughter is 'into' "Betty Boop" in a big way and I wasn't sure if this was a mistake. I researched both looking for the answer. I was unaware there was a singer called Betty Boo. I was still unable to continue; its a silly thing that stopped me from reading.
Thankfully I had a weekend away on my own recently and some quality reading time. So having got my head around the latest 'life' issue that had made me grumpy, I settled down with a cup of coffee on the sun-lounger in the countryside to hours of reading.
Sadie Nelson gives up her boring UK life and follows someone she hardly knows to USA. She loses her suitcase and that is the start of a fretful and fateful time in a new location, new friends, new job, new 'potential' romances. She becomes involved with two 'non-starter' men and the sequence of events unfold in a mishmash of crazy happenings. The reader is transported into the world of the rich and famous of the film industry; 'would be' actors; and WAGs. (Wives and Girlfriends).
It is an easy read, as are all Carole Matthews books. It is funny and tragic; full of missed opportunities, confusion and hopeful love. Will she chose Gil or Tavis, the rich or the poor, or will she miss her UK London life and return 'home'? Suspense to the end.
As always a lovely, great 5 star read.
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