One Long Weekend

By Shari Low

What it’s about?

When all seems lost, hope remains… Val Murray has mislaid her most precious mementoes of the people she’s loved and lost. Can her family, the wonders of technology and a little divine intervention somehow mend her shattered heart?

Sophie Smith had to take a rain check on a marriage proposal. Will her bid to turn back the clock lead her to her greatest love or yet another heartbreak?

Alice McLenn stood by her husband, Larry when a scandal cost them everything. When he hits the headlines again, Alice has an opportunity to leave – but can she find the strength to finally walk away?

Rory Brookes was forced to turn his back on his parents to save his career and marriage. Now, he’s lost his job and wife on the same day. Is it too late to make amends with the one person who never let him down?

Three days. Four broken hearts. Just one weekend to make them whole again.

What I think:

This is such a feel good read. It’s a hug of a book.

It’s definitely emotional – as the three women’s stories reveal themselves you will be cheering them all on.

Val is grieving for the loss of husband and has lost her precious rings and is desperate to get them back. Sophie is desperately trying to rekindle a lost love and finds the rings in the back of a taxi, but then disaster strikes. Alice’s husband is driving the taxi. He’s not a nice man and Alice is miserable. She’s lost contact with her son Rory and needs the courage to end her marriage. And Rory is facing heartbreak of his own.

Set over the course of one long weekend, all four characters have to face their pasts and find the courage they need to move on with their futures.

There’s tears and heartbreak, love and laughter as Val uses the power of social media to try and find her missing rings and Sophie is finally able to leave the past behind her. Val is able to make new connections that gives her a sense of hope of the future.

This was a delightful and charming read.

Thank you to Boldwood Books for my gifted digital copy via NetGalley. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will definitely pick up more of Shari Low’s books in the future.