Barbara Hannay
Reviewed by Helen
Going back to Burralea was like going home on a visit with family and friends, and MS Hannay knows how to write a story rich in emotions, with characters that are strong and so very lovable, people who have normal problems, people who jump in and help and share their strength with each other and show love, this is another story that drew me in from page one and left me sighing with such happiness at the end.
Chloe Brown works for a woman’s magazine in Sydney, she has been living very happily with her partner for seven years, but knows that her biological clock is ticking away and Chloe desperately wants to be a mother, but in the blink of any eye that changes and Chloe moves on and away to far North Queensland, she takes a job in a small country newspaper with plans to do IVF and become a single mum, it doesn’t take long before Chloe has made lots of friends and feels so very at home in Burralea and feels a definite pull towards her boss Finn Latimer, things are going to change for Chloe.
Finn Latimer is a former foreign correspondent, but after a dreadful tragedy Finn has made a life for himself at the Burralea Bugle as editor, it is a quiet life just what he needs while still grieving, but when the paper’s owner hires a woman journalist from Sydney, Finn looks like he may start to live again.
This story takes in the lives of many of the town folk Emily the owner of the paper and her husband Alex are also going through tough times, then there is newcomer Jess and her daughter Willow and with Ben the fabulous baker of the town missing after a run and his girlfriend Tammy the hairdresser trying to cope and of course there is Izzy in the nursing home, and MS Hannay has bought all of these people together in an amazing story filled with heart-felt emotion, yes there were tears but there were lots of smiles and again tears of pure joy at the ending of this story, thank you MS Hannay for another awesome story, one that filled me with such pleasure. The people of Burralea have become family and such a beautiful dedication. This is a story that I highly recommend.
5/5 stars for a fabulous story
Expected publication:
July 30th 2018
by Penguin Books Australia
