Daisy and Kate
Meredith Appleyard
Reviewed by Helen
I loved this story, it is heartwarming and such a feel good story , I loved meeting Daisy Miller and Kate Hannaford both of these woman are around the age of seventy and both retired nurses, and both have had some tough times throughout their lives, it should be time to relax and enjoy but sadly that does not always happen.
Daisy is married to Charlie although they are estranged and it is a long time since she has seen him and she has three sons, finds herself living with her granddaughter supposedly for a short time back in the smallish country town where she used to work at the local hospital, there are lots of memories here for her but it is also a worrying time for Daisy and her dog Jess.
Kate has just lost her husband Dennis, they never had any children, they sold the farm a couple of years ago and she now lives in the big house in town and she is struggling with life at the moment, she has no close family and living alone in this house is not easy.
Daisy and Kate were once the best of friends working together and both attended each other’s weddings their friendship ended thirty years ago did they ever really know why it did both had things the other wanted, who knows, but all of these years later they are back living in the same town can they re-kindle the friendship they had once especially now when both are in need of friendship?
This is a beautiful story about friendship showing how special and precious it can be, MS Appleyard has bought issues that are very prevalent in today’s society and worked these into the story so well, my heart broke for both of these woman and then I was cheering them on as they came together and an rekindled their friendship not easily at first they had a few truths to discuss.
I loved this story there were tears and smiles and it is one that I would highly recommend.
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
Daisy is married to Charlie although they are estranged and it is a long time since she has seen him and she has three sons, finds herself living with her granddaughter supposedly for a short time back in the smallish country town where she used to work at the local hospital, there are lots of memories here for her but it is also a worrying time for Daisy and her dog Jess.
Kate has just lost her husband Dennis, they never had any children, they sold the farm a couple of years ago and she now lives in the big house in town and she is struggling with life at the moment, she has no close family and living alone in this house is not easy.
Daisy and Kate were once the best of friends working together and both attended each other’s weddings their friendship ended thirty years ago did they ever really know why it did both had things the other wanted, who knows, but all of these years later they are back living in the same town can they re-kindle the friendship they had once especially now when both are in need of friendship?
This is a beautiful story about friendship showing how special and precious it can be, MS Appleyard has bought issues that are very prevalent in today’s society and worked these into the story so well, my heart broke for both of these woman and then I was cheering them on as they came together and an rekindled their friendship not easily at first they had a few truths to discuss.
I loved this story there were tears and smiles and it is one that I would highly recommend.
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
September 1, 2023 by HQ Fiction
