My Sister's Baby
Louise Guy
Reviewed by Helen
This is such a page-turner, it is filled with so many emotions as many family stories are, come and meet the Montgomery family, mother, Sara, daughters Toni, Liv and Mandy as they track through life with many ups and downs, secrets and the love they share.
With the death of their father, Sara is not coping real well at the moment, Liv lives in Sydney and Toni is busy with her marketing position, husband Joel and they also desperately want a baby and Sara is doing her best to cope with Mandy an intellectually challenged thirty year old, Toni asks Liv for help and she arrives to help out. Liv and Toni have always been very close while their parents spent so much time with Mandy, fifteen years ago Toni helped save Liv’s life how far would Liv go to pay her sister back?
Liv takes Mandy home to Sydney for a holiday and to give her mother a break, Mandy makes friends with Liv’s neighbour and friend Barb and Mandy is loving her trip and it has been extended a couple of times now, she is also learning to live independently, things seem to be going well. But when Liv finds that there may be a chance to help her sister with the biggest wish she has that is to have a baby, Liv plunges in with a plan, but will this plan bring them together or pull them all apart?
This is an absolutely fabulous read that takes in so many issues that happen in life today, organ donations and transplants, IVF and people with special needs and grief, but it opens up a world of family love and caring and what extent they will go to, to give the ones they love the things they want most, I did thoroughly enjoy this one my emotions where all over the place and there were tears, and a twist, it really is a beautiful and well told story and one that I do highly recommend.
My thanks to the publisher Boldwood Books and Netgalley for my digital copy to read and review.
With the death of their father, Sara is not coping real well at the moment, Liv lives in Sydney and Toni is busy with her marketing position, husband Joel and they also desperately want a baby and Sara is doing her best to cope with Mandy an intellectually challenged thirty year old, Toni asks Liv for help and she arrives to help out. Liv and Toni have always been very close while their parents spent so much time with Mandy, fifteen years ago Toni helped save Liv’s life how far would Liv go to pay her sister back?
Liv takes Mandy home to Sydney for a holiday and to give her mother a break, Mandy makes friends with Liv’s neighbour and friend Barb and Mandy is loving her trip and it has been extended a couple of times now, she is also learning to live independently, things seem to be going well. But when Liv finds that there may be a chance to help her sister with the biggest wish she has that is to have a baby, Liv plunges in with a plan, but will this plan bring them together or pull them all apart?
This is an absolutely fabulous read that takes in so many issues that happen in life today, organ donations and transplants, IVF and people with special needs and grief, but it opens up a world of family love and caring and what extent they will go to, to give the ones they love the things they want most, I did thoroughly enjoy this one my emotions where all over the place and there were tears, and a twist, it really is a beautiful and well told story and one that I do highly recommend.
My thanks to the publisher Boldwood Books and Netgalley for my digital copy to read and review.
5 stars
February 5, 2024 by Boldwood Books
