But when her husband dies suddenly, leaving her with a mountain of debt, she and her two children are forced to abandon their home and move to a crumbling pile in the country. The secondary characters in this book (many of them with occasional points of view,) were wonderful to read. The main characters are much more of a realistic mixture of traits, and I found Isabel's children particularly likeable. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. She finally makes her mother pull her head from the sand and face facts in that they cannot afford the lifestyle that Isabel has become accustomed to.

Full of family secrets and well crafted characters, I was drawn into the well woven, nicely paced plot and hope her other older titles are as good. Initially, my heart totally broke for the delightful Isabel but watching her blossom and heal was just wonderful.She had zero common sense, it was remarkable how a woman of her age with two kids could willingly know so little about finances and parenting and the world in general. I have often found books with a lot of hype surrounding them to be a bit disappointing when I get around to reading them, as was also the case with THE HUSBAND'S SECRET by Liane Moriarty. I found myself almost pulling my hair out in frustration with her merely accepting his behaviour and thought their toxic marriage brought a sinister edge to the novel, something I’ve never seen before in a Jojo Moyes book. The worst thing about Isabelle was the fact she chose to get married and have kids when she knew she couldn't ever love and support them how they needed.

I got through it in 4 hours so it is a good story, it just isn't her strongest although still a good tale. As the renovations start on the dilapidated Spanish House Isabel faces one crisis after another but slowly we witness Isabel’s slow realisation that she has to behave like an adult and actually start looking after her children. When she finds out that she has inherited a house in the country, it seems like a great new start for her and her two children.Her novels have been translated into forty-four languages, have hit the number one spot in twelve countries and have sold over thirty-eight million copies worldwide. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

She was completely useless, she couldn't handle doing the most basic things without either screwing it up or whinging about it.I also liked Nicholas Trent who was gradually putting his life back together and was a lovely,charming man. Kitty has to grow up fast as she tries to pitch in and help, but Thierry has had serious issues ever since the death of his father. She's also obsessed with the memory of her recently deceased husband Laurent, whom she loved with an abiding passion. Way over the top, with the side-plot tied up so dumb, I get cramps thinking it was conjured in a female head.