The Lost Wife, written by Anna Mansell, is a beautifully written novel about love, loss, family, and having the strength and courage to move on.

Ed is still reeling from the tragic death of his wife, Ellie, two weeks after the birth of their son Oli. Any time you lose a loved one, it's completely devastating. In this case, it is even more devastating because Ellie wasn't the one driving the car...Ed's brother Simon was driving. In addition to his grief, Ed still has so many unanswered questions...questions Simon refuses to answer.

Rachel is twenty-eight-years-old and living a carefree life with no set goals for her future. She spends her days working at a childcare center, and her nights hanging out with her best friend, Mo. Rachel first meets Ed when he signs up his son for daycare. She instantly relates to his grief, especially since she is still struggling with the death of her own mother sixteen years ago. She helps Ed with Oli, and tries to be supportive of Ed, and the two become friends. However, that all changes when Rachel finds out the secret Ed's wife was keeping from him.

Anna Mansell is an amazing storyteller! She beautifully weaves together the characters and storyline. Rachel, initially, was a carefree woman in desperate need of a stable life and career. Her mistake with Ed made her rethink her life, and in turn, she found an inner strength and focus that she never knew she had. It was wonderful to see the transformation of her character. Ed also transforms, and the author brilliantly tells his story as well! His grief is real, as well as his struggles to find forgiveness. Both characters are well developed and written in such a realistic way that you truly feel what they are going through. The supporting characters perfectly round out this story. Overall, this was a beautifully written story in which the words flow easily throughout the entire story. It has a great balance of emotion and humor, with a bit of mystery thrown into the mix. This was a heartbreaking story at times, but also one with a positive and uplifting ending for all of the characters. I would strongly recommend this book

I would like to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book. My views are my own and are in no way influenced by anyone.

After reading Anna's first book 'How To Mend a Broken Heart' and absolutely adoring it I've been making sure to follow her on twitter & keep an eye out for her next one - I was so excited when it came out! A beautiful story of tragedy, love, family and grief - it kept me reading through a whole plane journey. (Usually I try and fall asleep as quickly as possible so to keep me awake is a big deal!). It was beautifully written and put us right in the middle of the story and I connected with the characters almost immediately. I absolutely cannot wait for her next one! Review to come soon! Thank you for the chance to read and review!

I loved this book, the story was just excellent and I thoroughly enjoyed every page and didn’t want it  to end.  I loved the writing style and having read the previous novel by this author I was genuinely excited to get my hands on this new release!  I thought that the story was simply compelling and the writing style added to this in a delightful way allowing the author to be able to bring the characters to life.  I highly recommend this one – 5 stars from me – it really is well worth a read!

I adored the last book I read by Anna Mansell so was really looking forward to reading The Lost Wife and I wasn't disappointed.

It follows the story of Rachel. Her
Mother died when she was young and she finds herself just drifting through life. Then she meets Ed, he's just become a father to Oli but he's recently widowed. Rachel seems to be the only person who sees him for himself. Can she help him to overcome his grief?

This story is beautifully written and the subject matter is handled delicately and with grace. I read this book in a day as I couldn't put it down. The chapters flow together seamlessly and you really feel you're on the journey with both Rachel and Ed.

It's another fantastic offering from Anna and I can't wait to read more of her books. A definite 5 star book that I highly recommend.

Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture and the author for the chance to review.

This lovely novel of grief, forgiveness, and love has more twists than I expected and went a bit differently than I supposed it would. Secrets never stay secret if more than one person knows them; it's how those party to the secret handle the information that matters. Ed and Rachel couldn't get it together the first time around as both of them need to deal with their grief and problems, grow up, and think differently not only about the world but about themselves. Poor little Oli- left motherless and with a drifting dad- but you know he's going to be ok. Mansell has created some nice characters (don't forget Mo!) and a thoughtful plot. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC- I'm going to look for Mansell again.

Having thoroughly enjoyed How to Mend a Broken Heart, I was dying to read this book by the same author.

The Lost Wife is told at the perfect pace, allowing me to enjoy this emotional journey at a comfortable speed, while at the same time finding it really hard to put down.

The author has created some wonderful characters that I found myself really caring about. Sometimes I found it very emotional seeing what they were going through. Despite this being an emotional read, I would say it has an overall uplifting feel to it and sometimes rather funny.

A particular part of this story made me think about how I never met my grandad’s brother until my grandad’s funeral two years ago. He seemed so much like my grandad, who I loved so much. He was also covered in tattoos just like my grandad, as their father was a tattooist, and used to try out tattoos on them both. How did I live 37 years of my life never meeting my grandad’s brother? I would have loved to have seen them both together.

On a most positive note, who doesn’t love a cheesy pineapple hedgehog, and I have to agree with Rachel, I’d marry Tom Hardy too. ❤

I also found it entertaining that Rachel and Mo chose to watch Dirty Dancing, because just before reading this book I watched it three nights in a row. I watched the 2017 remake the first night, the original on the second, and Havana Nights on the third. I think I’m the only person I know who loves the 2017 remake. I feel so alone in this, so I wanted to ask Rachel and Mo to watch the 2017 version and let me know what they thought of it. I’m so desperate to find someone who likes it, that I’m now eager to encourage fictional characters in a book to watch it. What does that say about me?!

I laughed heartily at the reference to living like students and there being road cones in a house. I believe I was about seventeen when I woke up one morning after a night of drinking, to discover a bright orange road cone in the middle of my bedroom. I was too hungover to remember how I explained that one to my parents, but that cone lived in my bedroom until I moved out. Oh, the nostalgia.

I highly recommend this to fans of great fictional characters within a story of love, loss, grief, but also funny and feel good moments and definitely the important ingredient that is hope. I can’t wait to see what Anna Mansell comes up with next.

Oh Anna Mansell, what have you done to me, woman!! -snivvels-.

Ed Moran lost his beloved. Their son lost his mummy. Everything Ed does, reminds him of his late wife. Looking at his son, reminds him of his late wife. He has no-one to turn to, no-one on his side. Ed's mother believes that his strength means that he can cope. What advice can you give to a man who has lost his wife?

I don't really know what I was expecting with Anna Mansell's new novel, but if I'm being perfectly honest, I wasn't expecting what I read. I'm not saying that in a bad way either. For a storyline which is 100% heart-wrenching; it is unbelievably beautiful and, in a weird sort of way, it kept on giving. As readers we see Ed go through grief, trying to come to terms with not only his wife, but the mother of his son. How on Earth does he keep her memory alive for a son who would have no idea who she was?

Whenever I read books with an extremely high sentimental value, I try to spend time working out the emotion behind the actions (can you tell I've studied psychology?), yet with this book, I couldn't. I had to let the storyline carry me until the end. I had to let the storyline become my brain so that I could focus on my own emotions whenever the storyline prevailed. In other words, I was an absolute mess and lost all sense of logical thinking.

'The Lost Wife' doesn't just focus on grief and moving forward after death, it also focuses on family relationships and, most importantly; trust. I could see why Ed felt at the end of his tether due to his family, and he dealt with the secrets just like any human being. Who could blame him if he dealt with it any differently, and went off the rails?

I cannot, (as much as I have tried), put into words what Anna Mansell's novel did to my heart. As a self-confessed Ice Queen, I think I now actually feel.....things! I've gone from being Elsa, to then being Snow White, all in a wave of a magic wand.

'The Lost Wife' needs to be experienced and devoured with your very own eyes. Reading second-hand thoughts on such a beautiful storyline does not do it justice at all. You need to be amongst Ed's devastation. You need to be amongst Ed's attempt of moving forward. You need to be amongst Rachel's outsider advice.

You NEED to read 'The Lost Wife' and get swept away in its fairytale beauty of life, loss and finding your place in life.

Thanks Bookouture.

This is broken up into three separate parts and is told from the viewpoint of Ed and Rachel. It begins in 2012 immediately after Ed loses his wife in a tragic accident just a few weeks after their son, Oli is born. Rachel is in her late twenties during this section and is trying to figure out what she wants out of life. Part two is where the two lead characters meet, Rachel works at the daycare where Ed takes Oli. The bulk of the story unfolds during part two and then part three is four years later. The pacing was dead on here, it was a really compelling read that had me hooked throughout.

This is the second book by Mansell and also my second time reading one of her novels and one of my favorite things about her writing is that there is such a lovely flow. Her style is absolutely beautiful, she writes in a really evocative way and Ed's story especially was touching and heartbreaking. I can't even imagine losing my husband, much less right after having a child and Mansell did such a wonderful job in creating his character. His grief was so raw and devastating, you could feel his pain flying off the pages and it totally broke my heart. Rachel was also very well crafted, she was relatable and kind.

This was ultimately an uplifting story, but there was so much heartache along the way, I did tear up a few times, but I also smiled quite a bit as well. Much like her first novel, things were left very open ended and while that's not always my favorite way to end a book, it truly works well here. The characters are so realistic that it's fitting when things are left a bit messy and unresolved, much like real life. I really enjoyed this one and would recommend it to anyone looking for an emotional read with heart.

This a wonderful, deep story taking in some very serious topics.
Relationships, death, accidents, children, thinking you are doing the right thing, wanting to do the right thing. All tackled perfectly by the author.
Some very thought provoking situations, especially between Ed and his brother Simon.
I liked the pace of the story and the chapters told from the perspective of each of the main characters, I was able to pick it up whenever and not lose my way.
The characters were really likeable and had good depth.
I liked Ed and just couldn’t imagine what he was going through.
Rachel was so lovely too. I loved Mo and her Dad.
What the author gives is a story of real emotions, I had goosebumps many times, even tears which for me is quite rare when reading.
It’s another lovely story by this author after really enjoying ‘How to Mend a Broken Heart’.
I look forward to the next one!

Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the review copy.

Occasionally, I love to change up my almost continuous mystery, suspense, and thriller reading habits by reading Women’s Fiction or a nice romance. The Lost Wife by Anna Mansell was exactly the palate cleanser that I needed at just the right moment because I was headed towards a nice reading slump. Anna Mansell has written a wonderful, lovely book that will carry you away with all the emotions the characters experience of loss, grief, self-doubt, bitterness, anger, fear, passion, happiness, joy, friendship, self-discovery, forgiveness, and love. Believe me, the book will take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions! This is the second book by Anna Mansell and although I haven’t read her first book, she writes beautifully and eloquently and her characters are so life-like, I felt as if they were old friends or even new friends who I wanted to acquaint myself with and become a close part of their lives.

In the novel, the reader meets Ed and Rachel, two people who are thrown together by fate not just once but twice. Ed is a grief-stricken young father trying to put the pieces of his life, no, his world back together when he meets Rachel. He has recently lost the love of his life, Ellie, who died in a car accident not long after the birth of their infant son. It is only their baby son Oli keeping Ed from a complete and utter breakdown as Ed not only feels devastated over the loss of Ellie but rage towards his brother Simon since he was the one driving the car that killed his wife. Rachel is a young, single woman in her twenties working in childcare and like Ed, she is battling her own grief and loss over the death of her mom who died years ago when she was a young girl. It is a loss she has never forgotten or let go, and it permeates all her decisions causing her to have no direction in her life and be adrift.

Although I loved the backstories of Ed and Rachel, it was rather predictable that Rachel and Ed would end up meeting because Rachel was in childcare. But that didn’t stop me from loving the way the two met or their interactions together. It is Rachel’s understanding and help during this time that really begins to help Ed through his heartbreak even though he has burning questions swirling in his head about what really happened the night of the accident and he’s questioning if Ellie and Simon were lovers. All Ed’s questions lead to self-doubt so he knows nothing anymore except he loved Ellie and she is lost to him. Rachel is the support system he doesn’t have, the person we all need when we have experienced a true loss, a shoulder to lean on. Because of her own experience with loss and her ongoing grief, she understands what Ed is going through and knows ways to help him. Until she loses his trust by making a terrible decision and their friendship is abruptly ended.

What I loved is how Mansell has Ed and Rachel blossom and metamorphize after they were both so broken by not only their losses but by their ruined friendship. Ed realizes he can't really be there for Oli unless he stops drowning in his grief, so he truly finds himself and discovers who he is apart from Ellie without ever forgetting Ellie as his first love. The questions about Ellie’s death and her relationship with Simon are finally answered, which is a big mystery solved! Yet, Rachel is the one who changes the most after her betrayal of Ed’s friendship. She finally finds herself and is no longer adrift in life but gains direction after going back to college and starting a new career. When she and Ed cross paths 4 years later, she is self-confident and self-assured. It was beautiful to see the two of them overcome their individual griefs, seek and give forgiveness, and watch their newly reawakened friendship bud and blossom into something more.

The book ended on the notes of redemption and forgiveness, as well as a burgeoning new love…a new love that respected the first one, which made me squeal with delight! While the story had its imperfections, it was still beautiful. Stunning in places. I wish it had not ended because I want to know more of what happens with Ed and Rachel....and young Oli too! I was emotionally invested while reading, and I think anyone reading the novel will be too! I loved The Lost Wife, and I cannot wait to read more books by Anna Mansell! Just delightful!

**Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture, and Anna Mansell for the ARC copy of this book in exchange for my fair and unbiased review.**

*Book provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review*

This stunning book blew me away, I couldn’t put it down.

It’s divided into three parts. In the first part we get introduce to the two main characters. There is Rachel, who lost her mother and works at a nursery. She lives with her best friend Mo. She has not found her place yet, so she goes through a real journey in this book. Ed recently lost his wife and has a son. Ed’s brother Simon was driving the car, when Ellie (his wife died). This makes things a bit complicated.

The second part is dedicated to the moment when Rachel and Ed meet and everything that happens after. Ed takes has baby son Oli to the nursery, where Rachel works. The grow close very quickly, because Rachel is the only one who sees more than just the widower and she went through something similar. After a while Rachel discovers something about Ed’s wife’s accident and doesn’t know what do do about it. This calls for a lot of drama and Anna Mansell’s writing has a real talent to include all this in the storyline. I was hooked from the start. I really liked Ed and Rachel getting to know each other and with the little Oli in between, there were just so many little sparks.

Part three happens a few years later, a lot has changed. We finally find out the truth about Ed’s brother and Rachel has changed her life completely.

This book has everything! It’s very emotional, touching and moving! It’s about loss, grief, love, family, strength, friendship, life and much more. Anna Mansell has captured it all beautifully and created a magnificent story.

Rachel and Ed took turns narrating, which I really liked. Some chapters also end in a very interesting way and the other person just takes over telling us his/her way. This added a lot of great tension to the story and made it really exciting. Both characters are really authentic and well lined out.

I couldn’t put this book down! I liked, how it was structured and the storyline always had a great flow. I couldn’t recommend this enough, definitely not your usual chick-lit and I totally mean that in a positive way!

The Lost Wife is such a great book. The book is a story of loss, grief, secrets and so much more. I highly recommend this book.

All stories are made of words. We all react differently to them. They can be cold, they can make you smile, they can give you goosebumps. The Lost Wife isn't about words. The Lost Wife is about feelings. My eyes slid on the letters but it was my heart that reached out to the book, to the characters, to the message behind the story.

Grief is a subject I used to avoid. I couldn't bear to think about the sadness and the pain. I still hate it, and being over-sensitive makes me feel any emotion ten times stronger than others. But sometimes it is good to be reminded it is part of the giant “life” game we play. I chose to read The Lost Wife knowing it was dealing with losing close relatives, with coping. I was expecting tears and tissues. Heartbreaking scenes. Then I remembered the wall I created around myself did not allow those feelings to get to me so I would be fine. Remember the monster who wasn't moved by Me Before You? Haha. I'd never been so naive.

Anna Mansell stared at my protective wall, laughed, took a bulldozer, and smashed it hard!

I knew from the opening I was in trouble. Ed talking about his wife, and those conversations we don't want to have. Weirdly, I often wonder if someone will know whiwh song I want for my funeral, or how I want to be dressed. Does someone know me enough, has paid attention enough, to remember? Ed's narration was spot-on. And I don't mean just at the beginning. I mean through the entire book. This man is lost, in love, widowed, angry, devastated. I wanted to hug him tight and tell him it would be alright. I thanked the author for reminding me passion and love were still around in this world and that there were still people ready to love someone with every fiber of their being. Because more than Ed's grief, I felt Ed's love for his departed wife. I could see the hole in his heart and I wanted to fill it, to put tape on it with old and new memories, with gentle help and … And I have a thing for widowers! Is there a name for this? Because I fell hard for the same kind of father in A Suitable Lie. Wow. I could be in one of those reality TV shows where women talk about this. “Hi, I'm Meggy, I have the Widower-in-Need syndrome.” But it only works because Anna Mansell creates a flawed and drowning man without romanticizing his married life too much. It all felt real. The breakfast in bed, the discussions on the couch, the sleeping on the other's shoulder, the reassuring scent around the house. The bickering, the arguments, the making up. Learning to know about his wife through his eyes was beautifully painful. How do you live when the woman you promised to cherish until death is gone? What is the meaning of everything when your world has come crashing down?

I do believe that even if everyone (except sociopaths) can empathize and support, only those who have been through a similar experience really understand what grieving means. I am not saying it is the same for everyone. We are not programmed robots, our coping mecanisms can be different, but there's a silent understanding. A “been there” bound that help alleviate the idea you are alone. Anna Mansell captured this unspoken phenomenon and explored it until it made sense.

This is where Rachel comes into the picture.
Losing her mother so young, she has had to deal with life minus one, thankfully helped by a wonderful father who won my heart with his outpouring love for his children. Twenty-seven and yet, still far from having grown up. Rachel was static, frozen in a life she had settled in because jumping outside of her comfort zone was too frightening and she felt she did not have the strength to make it.

Two people broken by an unfair loss and a baby in the middle.

This story isn't a soppy maudlin tale of how you can mend someone. The Lost Wife is about the stages of grief, about how letting someone in, someone you don't know, can be exactly what you need. This book is about facing your grief, dealing, not being okay and being alright.

My heart was filled with pain for a little boy that would have to live without a mother, for a husband left on his own, for a young and lost woman. But my heart was also tickling with moments of stolen happiness at a tiny face smiling, the warmth and vital presence of a best friend, the sun in the sky at times. I was absorbed in the author's portray of life and the characters' guilt at living, feeling, breathing, having to move on. Because what does moving on means? How do you move on without leaving your best behind? The dilemma was genuinely and smoothly written, and I can only thank the author for picking the right words to make me go through this with Ed and Rachel.

Of course, while the shadow of grief is always around, there is joy, too. Anger. Harsh words. Doubts. Ed's wife's accident is shady, and this element is the thread that leads every character along the line of this new life. I thought the plot blended with perfection and added a clever and disturbing layer to the story, making every emotion twice as difficult to feel, to handle, to go through without a scratch.

Rachel's narration resonated with me with such force I was taken aback. I live with my mother while she has lost hers, but I could relate to so many of her questions, to her need to help to fill the void and find a use to this tragedy she has lived, to find a meaning to her pain.

I am very very … Very hard to please when it comes to endings. I won't reveal anything, but I put down the book thinking “This is it. This was perfect.” Emotional doesn't even begin to describe this story. Life. Yes, this is the right word for it. The Lost Wife is an exceptional and poignant tale of love, naked and true.

Thank you to Netgalley, the Publishers Bookouture and the author for this review copy.

Welcome to my spot on the Book Blog Tour for the second book by author Anna Mansell. The book enticed me in before I’d even read the blurb. The front cover is lovely – blue skies, green meadows – the book looked like it was going to be a delight to read. It was a delight, but only because of how fantastic the writing is, the actual story is a story of tragedy, heartbreak, secrets and love. It certainly wasn’t the chick lit type book I was expecting (that will teach me not to read the blurb first!), but it was so beautifully written that it kept me hooked from page one.

The story is set in parts. To begin with the story is set four years before. Ed is recently widowed with a two week old baby boy, Oli. His wife died in a car accident one night where his brother Simon was driving. Ed’s story begins with her funeral and the sheer grief he is having to cope with. As well as the grief of losing his wife, he is struggling to understand how or why the accident happened in the first place. Simon hasn’t spoken to him since the accident, but Simon’s wife begins to insinuate that Ed’s wife was having an affair with Simon. Ed is trying not to taint his wife’s memory with these accusations and concentrates on going back to work and caring for Oli.

We also meet Rachel. Rachel’s mum died when she was 12 years old. Since then, Rachel has drifted through life, not really knowing what she wants to do. Her dad has decided to put the family home up for sale, the one where she grew up and has memories of her mum. He tells Rachel that he will pay for her to go to University, to work towards a career that she wants to do. Rachel currently works at a nursery, in the ‘baby room’. One day, she meets Ed when he brings Oli in to look around. She finds out that Ed is recently widowed and wants to help with advice and a friendly ear. She decides to stay at the nursery and not take up her dad’s offer of going back to University, initially because she feels that she can help Ed with his grief as she knows what it is like to lose someone you love but later on because she begins to have feelings for Ed.

The chapters are each told from either Ed or Rachel’s perspective. As the book moves on you can see how grief and uncertainty is affecting Ed’s life. He isn’t bothered about his job or home anymore, all he wants to do is find out the truth from his brother. From Rachel’s view you can see that what initially started as friendship is now turning into love, a love which isn’t reciprocated by Ed. Two troubled people who aren’t up to helping themselves, let alone helping each other.

I won’t tell anymore of the story for fear of spoilers. Safe to say though that this book is an emotional roller-coaster of a story, so make sure you have a supply of tissues to hand. Wonderfully written and well recommended!

Solid women's fiction novel with humor and likable characters; an earnest heroine, a widowed father trying to do his best by his son; reliable and capable friends/parents/loved ones. There weren't too many surprises or twists. I did find my mind wandering during some parts that were just a bit boring; Rachel's father was a sweet character and while some of her visits with him moved the story along, some dragged; this book was an advanced copy that might benefit for some editing, and a bit more tension/chemistry between the main characters. Thank you Netgalley for this preview!

A real twist, having a vulnerable male as the leading role. I loved how the story swapped roles, had times from the past and moved to an ultimate conclusion.

This is one of those books that completely takes over you life. I couldn't wait to find time to pick it back up. Absolutely stunning

Thanks to Netgalley, Bookouture and the publisher for allowing me to read this book. A beautiful story that kept me turning pages right to the end. Once I had finished I just kept thinking about it. Highly enjoyed this one. Highly recommend.

A story written beautifully in 3 parts depicting life in its entirety, with tragedy, grief, secrets, inner strength and ability to move on
Part 1 : Jan 2012 : introduction to the two main characters Ed and Rachel

Ellie and Ed Moran with newborn Oli live a happy life till Ellie dies in a car accident, which Ed’s brother, Simon was driving. Ed is devastated and is barely able to survive the tragedy, just living on for his child, Oli. But Ed is still unable to talk to Simon about the details of the accident which took the life of his young wife.

Rachel with her best friend Mo share a flat together. Rachel is in childcare, looking after babies while parents are at work. She lives a life of a carefree girl but has her own personal problems, with her dad selling their family home and missing her mom, even after so many years of her death.

Part 2 : March 2012 : meeting of Ed and Rachel

Ed gets baby Oli to the child care where he meets Rachel for the first time. He is dealing with his own grief, doubts about his dead wife and Simon’s silence about the accident. There are more questions than answers. Rachel helps him by looking after Oli and by being there for him at his points of breakdown as she too understands loss. But in her eagerness to help Ed, she abuses his trust in her and makes a mistake of opening the secret, hidden in the cupboard. Ed comes to know, considers it a betrayal and they separate. A beginning of something is squashed abruptly.

Part 3 : September 2016 : paths crossing of Ed and Rachel

Ed and Rachel meet again after 4 years. Rachel is his son’s primary teacher and initially there is awkwardness followed by discussions, secrets revealed, mystery solved, anger vanquished, forgiveness given, and friendships regained . Love starts budding ultimately….

Both Rachel and Ed are well characterised, their transformation and maturity over the course of time is both gradual and dramatic. Ed’s feeling of helplessness, his grief over his wife is written with a lot of pathos, I could literally feel his pain emanating from the pages. His finding the situation unbearable and taking steps to start anew is admirable. Self discovery is amazing….

Rachel on the other hand is an insecure, unsure, wine loving, fun girl who has a lot growing up to do in the first half. One mistake changed her world, broke her heart but brought out her inner strength and determination. Her growth from a girl without an aim to a woman going back to school and retraining, was like a butterfly emerging, strong and sure. It was an absolute pleasure to see her as a teacher, radiating self confidence and happiness yet her heart stumbling when she meets Ed after 4 years..

Anna Mansell in her second novel after how to mend a broken heart, has written a beautiful prose, where words are chosen with love and the story just flows seamlessly. Anna understands what makes a romance stand out. She adds a bit of suspense and mystery and a whole lot of strength, finding oneself and second chances. There are times when time heals all hurts and fate plays its mysterious hand… Que sera sera..
An advice which Rachel gives Ed when she comes to know of his loss and baby Oli…

Bitterness and anger, it changes nothing but our hearts. It makes us ill. Acceptance and learning to cope, to manage, to find a way to put on the face of someone who is dealing with it on the days when you aren’t, that’s what you need to find..

That’s life and we all need to find the inner strength and make peace with the circumstances and face it head on.. That’s all we need to do and that’s all we can ever do….

Brilliantly shown.. Ms. Mansell.