Why I decided to read this book: I decided to read this book because just recently I had for the first time experienced the wonders of Cathy Kelly in the form of her book, Best of friends, and was eager to discover if her other books were as good as her first. I was not disappointed.The categories this book fills are 'a book with a female main character' and "Diaries".Everyone is jealous of the Miller girls, successful lawyer and single mom, Stella, witty TV writer, Tara, dreamy artistic Holly and their calm, elegant mother, Rose. But they aren't really perfect they each hold pain and secrets in their hearts that they have never shared with anyone.My favourite character would definitely have to be Holly, the youngest of the Miller girls. She has no amount of self confidence and is painfully shy and increasingly awkward at times. Despite all this she is sweet and kind and so selfless that the reader desperately finds herself (or himself) hoping and pleading that she will find her happy ending. When Holly was born her mother had prenatal depression or something and this had a huge, dramatic impact on Holly's personality and esteem. She grew up blaming herself for her mothers unhappiness, thus drowning herself in comfort food to help herself recover. All through her highschool years, she is bullied over her weight and becomes more and more shut in. Now as an adult we discover, not from Holly but through other points of view that in actuality, Holly is beautiful and not at all on the larger side as she still believes herself to be. I really admire what a lovely person Holly grows up to be, despite the constant neglect and bullying she faced and love how she never blames her mother for neglecting and abusing her like she did. She is ever willing to forget and forgive.My favourite quote is "She might be stick thin and gorgeous, she might be a damn supermodel, but she will never have what you have, Holly Miller. Her heart is just as thin as she is and she will never give or receive what you can. True Love." Okay, you can call me a cheese but I'm a sucker for this quote! Towards the end of the book, Holly meets her future soulmate in Tom Harris, a famous musician whom she believes she is not worthy enough for. I just found this quote so poignant and touching and enough of the big words- CA-UUUUUTTTTTTEEEE!!!!!It also made me extremely happy that Holly finally found the happiness and affection she deserved.Something I learnt from this book was that you mustn't be a grudge holder like I am. It is a waste of time to hate people when you could be using it to love. Despite what Holly told me, I seriously doubt I am gonna change my grudging ways (Yes, pidgeon who pooped on me two years ago! THIS MEANS YOU!!!!!) but everytime I reread this book I hope it will remind me to work at this negative quality of mine and that one day, I too can be as selfless and caring a person as Holly Miller.
This is chick-lit for a slightly older crowd. The women and their problems were reasonably interesting. I found Holly's story the most entertaining, however her tale is the most chick-lity of the bunch, so maybe that is why. There were a few things I didn't like, for example the author kept using the turn of phrase "the idea of". i.e. one of the women is worried that her new boyfriend's kids won't like the idea of her. And this phrase is used ALOT. Also all the women, though family, are really dealing with tthier problems on their own. There was little interaction amoung the stories, which might not be the most realistic. A good light read.
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—Izabela Kolar Furjan
I am a little torn about how I feel about this book. I was very drawn into each character's story, but at the same time, some of the emotions and dilemmas did not seem like they had enough support--others seemed to be left hanging. One of the the major conflicts for a character did not even seem to be nearly as big of a deal as some of the others, which bothered me, and there was a backstory that seemed to come and go as needed. Again, I really did enjoy this book, and had difficulty putting it down, but I am torn.
—Elizabeth
I have no idea what it is about this book. I just simply love it. I feel the emotions that the girls are going through. I felt for them at certain times. I am fairly certain I have read this book before but rereading it was such a great thing I am glad I did it.The alcoholic husband was just something I couldn't imagine. It's so hard to believe that you wouldn't notice your significant other drinking in excess like that. But, it happens!! So many convenient excuses. I'm sure it's like that with
—Kristy Trauzzi
