I loved this book by Cathy Bramley just as much as her other books.
Liz is still grieving from the death of her best friend Jen who was also her partner in their catering business. Liz has not worked in the business since Jen died apart from catering for a few special clients. She is also depending a bit too much on alcohol to get her through the day.
As she is waiting for the arrival of Jen's daughter who is also Liz's god daughter to arrive with her baby for the summer she hears from jen's ex husband,Mike.
Mike has now manipulated Liz into hiring his daughter by his second marriage to work in her business, and as he says she owes him money used as a start up she will have to start working again.
Liz knows that the two girls don't get on but there's nothing she can do if she wants to pay back Mike.

Three women each with their own problems come together for the summer. If they work together can they resurrect the once thriving business? And can they sort out their own personal problems along the way?
This is such a good read, with strong women who have been a bit battered by life being the main part of the book. Good ending too.

Well this book was excellent.
Slightly different from Cathy's other books.
1 lady to God daughters brought together through circumstances.
There all helped each other over come problems they had with each other and also personal problems
Clare a teacher and single mom to a little girl called Ivy. Skye worked for the Hope foundation charity project in Uganda. Mike the father of both girls but different mothers. Liz the best friend of Clare's mom who had passed away a few years previously..
The story tells of how relationships are built between 3 people who did not really know each other and how a close friendship developed. How they were there for each other when needed.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book I did not want it to end and I really hope there will be a series to follow.
Well done Cathy, another wonderful but to add to your collection.

This one was a bit on the ‘give me the author’s other books instead’ as they are a lot better.

This did start off well however some things annoyed me and it just got worse from there. For starters the godmother is a drunk. She doesn’t seem to realise this and if she does she doesn’t do much to help, who drinks that much during an event they are working?! She is also obsessed with her best friend’s ex-husband for over 20 years, MOVE ON! Especially when he has been a complete ass of a person to his children and his ex wife and her.
Skye is okay, she is a normal 20’s girl figuring out her life. She is the only character that I think was written well.

Big flaw:
There are a good few inaccuracies with Ivy (the under 1 year old) which really annoyed me.

Because 1. Is this a toddler or a big bruiser lump of a baby?
2. You do not feed an under 1 year old raisins, everyone knows that. Yet Claire states this is one of Ivy’s snacks. Anyone should know this is a choking hazard, anything small and chewy like that - whatever size your baby is you do not give it snacks of this kind.
3. It understands words and and speak back like a 4 year old. Even if the child is a big bruiser when it is under 1. Realistically it does not function the way this one is being described.
4. How can the baby’s father realistically not actually see from looking at the baby that it is his? Obviously it looks like him when he’s saying hey funny thing that baby looks like my dad. Well duh! He would have features and if it looks like your dad it clearly must look like you too then. There is obviously some resemblance on the fathers side so how could he not put two and two together?

Lastly, I have a petite baby therefore I can say the above because this is from actual knowledge and experience.


Overall, this novel could have been improved, I love this author’s novels usually however this novel annoyed me with its inaccuracies and unrealistic ness of common sense. The author has better books out there which I strongly encourage exploring.

Although this isn't my favourite Cathy book. It's a good one non the less and if you are a fan you will most likely throughout enjoy it. I loved the fact that it was a book about female solidarity, friendship and love. I didn't like the main man one little bit, he was rude, conceited, selfish and unkind. It's full of heart, and well written.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. I have really enjoyed this authors previous novels and have devoured them all and this was no exception. Great storyline and great characters. Loved it.

This was such a good book. Once I started it I found it hard to put it down.
I loved the strong female characters and their relationships with each other and Mike.
I liked how the love from Jen was woken through the whole story.
Liz’s story and how her grief was still so raw and how it was so tangible, yet she was so strong and the matriarch of her best friends family.
Clare and ivy were a solid little unit and really didn’t need anyone else in there lives….until life intervened.
Sky has come home with big decisions on her mind.

This was great thank you netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Another lovely book by Cathy Bramley. It took me a little while to get in to as it wasn’t like Cathy’s usual novels but soon I was hooked.

I enjoyed reading about Clare and Adam the most but also loved that Liz and Skye had a happy ending.

What a lovely warm and uplifting read this is with three fabulous main characters, each dealing with their own issues in life but ultimately so much better with each other to support. Liz is still reeling from the death of her best friend and business partner, not to mention a long time unrequited love, but her way of dealing with her loss is far from healthy; her goddaughters are half sisters who have always resented each other thanks to their fathers attitude to them leaving them feeling unwanted or second best and neither are happy at the prospect of a summer spent with the other.

All the characters had good storylines, not over complicated but that made them all the more relatable. The setting was lovely and the overall feel of the book was so warm-hearted and positive making for a lovely easy and relaxing read as you would expect from Cathy Bramley.

This book - I absolutely adored it! It's one of these novels where you want to be part of the characters' community as you feel them become like part of your own friendship group and I love that. Also one of these novels where the house where the main characters live feels like one of the characters that the story is set around and that is definitely the case in this book. Heartfelt, emotional and absorbing novel - definite 5 stars from me.

Cathy Bramley writes brilliant books with multigenerational characters that just highlight so many of the different perspectives in life yet in a gentle soothing way that is a joy to read. The Sunrise Sisterhood does exactly this.
Based in Salcombe and combining three main characters if Skye, her half sister Clare and their godmother Liz, this book explores their summer trying to cope with their grief, battling many secrets and attempts to salvage Liz's catering business.
A warm book to cherish this will be a great holiday read this summer.