Title: The Secret of Happiness
Author: Lucy Diamond
No. of Pages: 432
ISBN 10 : 1447299175
ISBN 13 : 978-1447299172
Genre: Fiction/Romance
Author: Lucy Diamond
No. of Pages: 432
ISBN 10 : 1447299175
ISBN 13 : 978-1447299172
Genre: Fiction/Romance
About the book
The best things in life . . . can be just around the corner
Rachel and Becca aren't real sisters, or so they say. They are stepsisters, living far apart, with little in common. Rachel is the successful one: happily married with three children and a big house, plus an impressive career. Artistic Becca, meanwhile, lurches from one dead-end job to another, shares a titchy flat, and has given up on love.
The two of them have lost touch, but when Rachel doesn't come home one night, Becca is called in to help.
Once there, she quickly realizes that her stepsister's life is not so perfect after all: Rachel's handsome husband
has moved out, her children are rebelling, and her glamorous career has taken a nosedive. Worst of all,
nobody seems to have a clue where she might be.
Once there, she quickly realizes that her stepsister's life is not so perfect after all: Rachel's handsome husband
has moved out, her children are rebelling, and her glamorous career has taken a nosedive. Worst of all,
nobody seems to have a clue where she might be.
As Becca begins to untangle Rachel's secrets, she is forced to confront some uncomfortable truths about
her own life, and the future seems uncertain.
her own life, and the future seems uncertain.
But sometimes happiness can be found in the most unexpected places . . .
Book Review
The book
starts off with Rachel traveling to Manchester in quest of finding the answers
to some things that were close to her. A panic strikes as she does not return
home the following night and her step-sister Rebecca has to step in her place
to take care of Rachel’s children. Mabel, the eldest who behaves like just every
other teenager. Scarlet, who is the wittiest of them all and has a bad mouth
and Luke, the youngest of the trio is a shy kid who is scared of the world when
things around him fall apart. On the other hand Rachel is Robbed and Knocked
out just as she walks away from Manchester Station and finds herself with a
broken jaw and broken wrist on the hospital bed when she wakes up. For the
following week she struggles to recall her identity and let the hospital staff
know who she is and where is she from? During this same time Becca struggles to
keep up with Rachel’s business and the problems in her sister’s life are known
to her in certain instances that follow throughout, which leads her to discover
that the life of her sister, that she thought was a flower bed has turned whirlwind.
The sister’s slowly get to know
each other and Rachel let’s Becca help her in daily chores and her business and
then settle their differences, Further leading Becca to discover herself and
establish her own talent into a running Business Model. The book is a journey
of two sister’s growing up together not very fond of each other but in their
mid 20-30’s discovering the real meaning of sisterhood and supporting each other
to help the other grow and standing by each other’s side thus clearing their
own differences and setting an example to the children.
Note: I was provided with a review copy from the publisher in exchange of my honest review.
Rating: 4/5 *
This sounds very interesting, thank you for the review :)
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