The Woman I Was Before by Kerry Fisher
Published by Bookouture on March 19, 2019
Genres: Fiction, Friendship, Women’s Fiction
Pages: 330
Format: ARC, eBook
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The perfect picture hides the darkest lies.
A new home can be a happy ending. Or a fresh start. Or a hiding place…
Kate Jones is running away. She has left her old life behind, changing both her own name and her daughter’s. No-one must ever connect Kate with the mistake that destroyed her life.
Starting afresh on Parkview Road – a brand new street full of newly built houses – Kate looks at the other women on the street with envy. They seem to have it all: Gisela with her busy life, full house and successful children, Sally with her exciting spontaneous marriage, her glamorous holidays, her high-flying career. The pictures that Kate’s new friends post online confirm their seemingly perfect existence, whilst Kate hides from the world at all costs.
Until one day, everything changes. Kate is called to the scene of a devastating accident, which is about to test everything the women thought they knew about each other, and themselves.
The Woman I Was Before by Kerry Fisher – the cover of the book got me going and I knew I needed to read it. I hadn’t heard of author Kerry Fisher, but I saw she had written a few books prior. I requested the opportunity to review the book from Bookouture through NetGalley and was approved!
The Woman I Was Before gives readers an up close and personal front row seat so they can watch the drama begin to flow on Parkview Road. The neighborhood consists of bright, beautiful new homes with pretty people on the outside…..but what’s happening on the inside? Because of the perfect picture lifestyle that people often post on their social pages, showing off to people that they are very happy and that they’re living a drama free life…..the ability to make everything so beautiful on the outside on Facebook and Instagram….. but what’s real?
The story is told from the perspectives of three neighbor women, Kate, Gisele, and Sally. Gisela’s constant posts of family and new purchases make it seem that she’s living quite the glamorous life. Sally and Chris seem to have the ultimate go-getter type of stress-free and no kids type of marriage. Kate and her daughter Daisy, are social media shy and they seem to be running from something.
Throughout The Woman I Was Before, I felt that each of these women’s characters were well written and it was easy to connect with them as they were so relatable. I actually felt pretty bad for them watching their lives fall apart as their secrets were revealed.
I enjoyed the story and the book overall and felt that the topics were current and real. They actually caused me to think about my own social media posts and status, and how my live shows up in social media. I really liked the writing, and I want to go back and read Ms. Fisher’s other books as well.
Kerry Fisher is an internationally bestselling author of six novels, including The Woman I Was Before, The Silent Wife and The Secret Child. She was born in Peterborough, studied French and Italian at the University of Bath and spent several years living in Spain, Italy and Corsica. After returning to England to work as a journalist, she eventually abandoned real life stories for the secrets of fictional families. She now lives in Surrey with her husband, two teenage children and a naughty Lab/Schnauzer called Poppy.
Best advice ever received: ‘This is fiction, we can skip the boring bits.’ Lynn Hightower, UCLA Writers’ Program.
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I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from Bookouture through NetGalley in exchange for my review. I would like to thank Bookouture for allowing me the opportunity to participate, read and review this book. My views are my own and are in no way influenced by anyone else!
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