Deira isn't the kind of woman to steal a car. Or drive to France alone with no plan. But then, Deira didn't expect to be single. Or to suddenly realise that that the only way she can get the one thing she wants most is to start breaking every rule she lives by.
Grace has been sent on a journey by her late husband, Ken. She doesn't really want to be on it but she's following his instructions, as always. She can only hope that the trip will help her to forgive him. And then - finally - she'll be able to let him go.
Brought together by unexpected circumstances, Grace and Deira find that it's easier to share secrets with a stranger, especially in the shimmering sunny countryside of Spain and France. But they soon find that there's no escaping the truth, whether you're running away from it or racing towards it . . .
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[Even after she'd put her luggage in the tiny boot of the convertible, Deira still wasn't sure if she was going to go through with it]***
(@headlinepg, 23 July 2020, 448 pages, paperback, #ARC from @AmazonUK #AmazonVine)
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I've heard of the author before but I haven't actually read any of her books. The cover implies the book is a light-heart chick lit. It's not really. There are some light, funny moments and some dark moments as well. The book tells the story of two very different women, Deira and Grace, both running away from the problems of reality for different reasons. I found Deira's story more compelling. She's running away from the end of a thirteen year relationship and the realisation that her lover never truly felt the same way. Grace is running away from grief. I loved the way the two women meet and ends up doing the whole Thelma and Louise thing - without driving their car off a cliff of course. I laughed and cried at this book. What a little gem.
