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Title: The One Plus One
Author: Jojo Moyes
Publication Date: February 27th 2014
Format: ARC, Paperback, 436 pages
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Suppose your life sucks. A lot. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your stepson is being bullied and your daughter has a once in a lifetime opportunity... that you can't afford to pay for.
So imagine you kept some money that didn't belong to you, knowing it would pay for your daughter's happiness and in so doing make life a tiny bit more bearable all-round.
But how do you cope with the shame? Especially when the man you've lied to decides to help you out in your hour of need...
Jess is in hell - her family is stranded on a pavement in the middle of the night and Ed is their knight in shining armour. How on earth is she going to make it through their crazy and impromptu road trip without confessing her crime?
Is her family's fleeting chance of happiness worth this agonizing guilt?
Title: The One Plus One
Author: Jojo Moyes
Publication Date: February 27th 2014
Format: ARC, Paperback, 436 pages
Rating:
Description:
Suppose your life sucks. A lot. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your stepson is being bullied and your daughter has a once in a lifetime opportunity... that you can't afford to pay for.
So imagine you kept some money that didn't belong to you, knowing it would pay for your daughter's happiness and in so doing make life a tiny bit more bearable all-round.
But how do you cope with the shame? Especially when the man you've lied to decides to help you out in your hour of need...
Jess is in hell - her family is stranded on a pavement in the middle of the night and Ed is their knight in shining armour. How on earth is she going to make it through their crazy and impromptu road trip without confessing her crime?
Is her family's fleeting chance of happiness worth this agonizing guilt?
Review
I was kindly sent an Advance Readers Copy of this book in return for an honest review. This is my first read of Jojo Moyes work, even though I have had "Me Before You" in my Reading list for quite some time. All I can say is that after reading "The One Plus One" I will not be hesitating to go out and purchase her other works. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It had my laughing, crying, smiling, gasping out loud and everything in between. Very likeable, realistic, relatable and well thought out characters. The book is written in multiple points of view - Jess, Ed, Tanzie and Nicky - and I think this works well in this book and allows you to to feel as if you know them a lot better and to also care for them a whole lot more. The book covers a bunch of issues, some being: single mum struggling to make ends meet, broken marriages, misfit kids, the misconception and judgements people make on each other, betrayal, honesty, love and loyalty. I think there is someone for everyone to relate to. If not there will definitely be a certain situation. Maybe even both! At certain parts of the book I just wanted to grab both Jess and Ed and bang their heads together... In a good way! I would recommend this book for any chick-lit, romance or realistic fiction lovers.
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