Love Is A Secret - Sophie King
Published: 04/05/13
Publisher: Corazon Books
Pages: 440
Love is a Secret was previously published with the title Mums @ Home.
This novel follows four people who join an online community: What Mums Know in an effort to try and cope with the trials and tribulations of modern parenting with each character facing a dilemma.
Caroline is trying to work on forgiving her husband for having an affair and is worried about her eldest daughter who is on a gap year in Australia and who doesn’t often contact home. Mark is faced with being a single parent to his two children whilst struggling to juggle his family and work life successfully whilst his wife Hilary is working in New York. Susan is also a single parent to her disabled daughter Tabitha and has to cope with the emotional fallout when her husband returns to her life with a new wife in tow. Finally, there is Lisa who is trying to come to terms with the fact that she has lost two babies through miscarriage when all she wants in life is to be a mum.
This is an engaging and interesting book with highly relatable characters and I enjoyed how the author explored how an online community can be a haven for people who feel they may not have someone to confide in in their real lives. The novel also explored how ultimately secrets have to be revealed and that sometimes the anonymity of the internet is not always so anonymous!
I identified with all the characters’ struggles with modern parenting and found the ending believable although I felt Lisa’s story was finished quite suddenly without a satisfying resolution. I would have liked to have found out more about Lisa’s story especially as it was such a heartbreaking one.
I really enjoyed this book and found it quick to read and would highly recommend especially if you are a parent who is run ragged!!
Publisher: Corazon Books
Pages: 440
Love is a Secret was previously published with the title Mums @ Home.
This novel follows four people who join an online community: What Mums Know in an effort to try and cope with the trials and tribulations of modern parenting with each character facing a dilemma.
Caroline is trying to work on forgiving her husband for having an affair and is worried about her eldest daughter who is on a gap year in Australia and who doesn’t often contact home. Mark is faced with being a single parent to his two children whilst struggling to juggle his family and work life successfully whilst his wife Hilary is working in New York. Susan is also a single parent to her disabled daughter Tabitha and has to cope with the emotional fallout when her husband returns to her life with a new wife in tow. Finally, there is Lisa who is trying to come to terms with the fact that she has lost two babies through miscarriage when all she wants in life is to be a mum.
This is an engaging and interesting book with highly relatable characters and I enjoyed how the author explored how an online community can be a haven for people who feel they may not have someone to confide in in their real lives. The novel also explored how ultimately secrets have to be revealed and that sometimes the anonymity of the internet is not always so anonymous!
I identified with all the characters’ struggles with modern parenting and found the ending believable although I felt Lisa’s story was finished quite suddenly without a satisfying resolution. I would have liked to have found out more about Lisa’s story especially as it was such a heartbreaking one.
I really enjoyed this book and found it quick to read and would highly recommend especially if you are a parent who is run ragged!!
Louise