Tiny White Lies
Fiona Palmer
Reviewed by Helen
I do love Fiona Palmer’s stories they are so good to read with characters that are very easy to make friends with and this one takes on some issues that I am sure are high up there for a lot of us these days and she did it so very well, two friends and two families go on a three week break and tiny white lies open up a lot of emotions, a fabulous story that should not be missed.
Ashley has not long ago lost her husband, she has one daughter Emily they are very close but Ashley thinks that Emily is hiding something and when she finds out about the bullying that she has been putting up she is devastated, and needs to talk to her best friend Nikki.
Nikki is married to a fabulous guy Chris they have two children Chloe and Josh and these two kids are constantly on their I-Pads and phones and play stations and Nikki is not happy about it and her husband Chris seems to be getting a lot of text messages these days and she has no idea what is going on and with what Nikki has been through she has problems getting close to Chris no matter how much she loves him.
Ashley and Nikki come up with a plan to go away for three weeks to Chris’s cousins Luke’s farm which is on the coast they have lovely rustic cabins for the two families and there is no internet, the kids especially Chloe and Josh have such a hard time at first but Em seems to cope better. It doesn't take long for the kids to find lots to do with Luke’s son Micky and of course there are lovely walks and the beach to keep them occupied.
While sitting around open fires and talking a lot of tiny white lies are opened up like a can of worms, but really it sees both families come to terms with their lives. I loved this one so much, beautifully written it pulled me in from the first page, it is a story filled with emotion and issues that really are common these days and MS Palmer did it do well.
I highly recommend this book another keeper and I thank Hachette AU for my copy to read.
Ashley has not long ago lost her husband, she has one daughter Emily they are very close but Ashley thinks that Emily is hiding something and when she finds out about the bullying that she has been putting up she is devastated, and needs to talk to her best friend Nikki.
Nikki is married to a fabulous guy Chris they have two children Chloe and Josh and these two kids are constantly on their I-Pads and phones and play stations and Nikki is not happy about it and her husband Chris seems to be getting a lot of text messages these days and she has no idea what is going on and with what Nikki has been through she has problems getting close to Chris no matter how much she loves him.
Ashley and Nikki come up with a plan to go away for three weeks to Chris’s cousins Luke’s farm which is on the coast they have lovely rustic cabins for the two families and there is no internet, the kids especially Chloe and Josh have such a hard time at first but Em seems to cope better. It doesn't take long for the kids to find lots to do with Luke’s son Micky and of course there are lovely walks and the beach to keep them occupied.
While sitting around open fires and talking a lot of tiny white lies are opened up like a can of worms, but really it sees both families come to terms with their lives. I loved this one so much, beautifully written it pulled me in from the first page, it is a story filled with emotion and issues that really are common these days and MS Palmer did it do well.
I highly recommend this book another keeper and I thank Hachette AU for my copy to read.
5 stars
Published August 25th 2020 by Hachette Australia
