The Way We Were

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She’s done what was right for her children. But now she faces an impossible choice…

When Alice's husband Ben dies whilst working abroad, her world falls apart. They shared twenty years and two daughters. Life without him is unimaginable.

Alice lost her own parents at a young age so she understands her girls' pain. Yet nothing can prepare her for her grieving children. Teenager Jools has put a huge wall up, the kind only Ben would have been able to break down. And eleven-year-old Holly is desperately searching for the answer to everything in books but won’t speak. 

Desperate to keep her shattered family together, Alice must find a strength she never knew she had. And, as she slowly comes through the darkest of days, she unexpectedly finds herself falling in love with lovely, kind Dan. 

But just as she starts to think about rebuilding her life, Alice receives a phone call that turns her world upside down again. Ben has been found alive. And he’s on his way home.

The girls assume they will go back to being a family again. Alice isn’t so sure. Once more she has to find the strength to be the mother her daughters need her to be. But can they really carry on the way they were?

A deeply moving novel that will have you completely gripped to the very last page, The Way We Were is perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Jojo Moyes and Nicholas Sparks.

What people are saying about The Way We Were:

‘Heartfelt and deeply moving… I couldn't put it down.’ Susan Lewis

'Intriguing and thought-provoking... a great read.' Katie Fforde

‘This was another book I just couldn't put down until I had finished it.’ Read Along with Sue 

‘Sensational. It completely blew me away and was everything I thought it would be and more.’ Han’s Book Reviews

‘Unquestionably her best, it simply blew everything else she has written out of the water.’ Goodreads Reviewer

‘A brilliantly written book about life, love and finding out what you really want.’ Goodreads Reviewer

‘Would recommend this book to anyone, a bit of a romance, but with realism and heartbreak and drama too!’ Goodreads Reviewer
The Way We Were won the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction in 2015.