The Wakes
Dianne Yarwood
Reviewed by Helen
This debut book tells the story of past friends and strangers bought together through death and the wakes that happen after them, come along and get to know Clare, Louisa, Chris and Paul and lots more characters, a little as they work their way through life and things that go with it, lots of different emotions, happy, amusing and sad.
Clare has just separated from her husband, she is stunned by this happening, and she needs to take time off her high pressured job and come to terms with it and work out the future.
Louisa has just moved to her new house and works mowing lawns and general gardening when she is asked to take on catering for wakes, this sounds good because she is a chef as well and she is willing to give anything a go.
Chris is a doctor and works in the emergency department and he and his wife have just separated after the stress of many unsuccessful attempts at IVF.
Paul works in advertising he is single and shared a flat with Chris and his brother Dan many years ago in London, his brother Dan is married to Beth the girl he introduced to them all those years ago
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Clare agrees to help her friend and neighbour Louisa with a new business she has started catering for wakes this might have been a bit more than Louisa could handle but with Clare’s help the business is soon growing, this brings them in contact with many people including Chris and Paul
This story is heartwarming and with lots of laughter at times as they all tell their story in different ways, their troubles and the things that make them happy they are all very different with hugely different personalities and some will get on really well and some show tension between each other, I did very much enjoy getting to know them all and I did love the food they made for the wakes it is so much better than the normal sandwiches. A very interesting story.
My thanks to Hachette AU for my copy to read and review.
Clare has just separated from her husband, she is stunned by this happening, and she needs to take time off her high pressured job and come to terms with it and work out the future.
Louisa has just moved to her new house and works mowing lawns and general gardening when she is asked to take on catering for wakes, this sounds good because she is a chef as well and she is willing to give anything a go.
Chris is a doctor and works in the emergency department and he and his wife have just separated after the stress of many unsuccessful attempts at IVF.
Paul works in advertising he is single and shared a flat with Chris and his brother Dan many years ago in London, his brother Dan is married to Beth the girl he introduced to them all those years ago
.
Clare agrees to help her friend and neighbour Louisa with a new business she has started catering for wakes this might have been a bit more than Louisa could handle but with Clare’s help the business is soon growing, this brings them in contact with many people including Chris and Paul
This story is heartwarming and with lots of laughter at times as they all tell their story in different ways, their troubles and the things that make them happy they are all very different with hugely different personalities and some will get on really well and some show tension between each other, I did very much enjoy getting to know them all and I did love the food they made for the wakes it is so much better than the normal sandwiches. A very interesting story.
My thanks to Hachette AU for my copy to read and review.
4 stars
March 1, 2023 by Hachette Australia
