All The Colours In Between

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Pub Date 01 Jan 2018 | Archive Date 31 Oct 2017

Description

Eva Jordan's much-anticipated follow up to the bestselling 183 Times a Year It's not a life, it's an adventure! Lizzie-exasperated Mother of Cassie, Connor and Stepdaughter Maisy-is the frustrated voice of reason to her daughters' teenage angst. She gets by with good friends, cheap wine and talking to herself-out loud. Nobody said it would be easy and as Lizzie knows only too well, life is never straightforward when you see all the colours in between.Savage but tender, thought provoking but light-hearted, dark but brilliantly funny, this is a story of contemporary family life in all its 21st century glory. A story of mothers and sons, of fathers and daughters, of brothers and sisters, and friends. A tale of love and loss, of friendships and betrayals and a tale of coming of age and end of life.

Eva Jordan's much-anticipated follow up to the bestselling 183 Times a Year It's not a life, it's an adventure! Lizzie-exasperated Mother of Cassie, Connor and Stepdaughter Maisy-is the...


A Note From the Publisher

This is Eva Jordan's second novel, and the sequel to the bestselling 183 Times a Year.

This is Eva Jordan's second novel, and the sequel to the bestselling 183 Times a Year.


Advance Praise

'An emotive and beautifully written story of family life.' --By The Letter Book Reviews

'An emotive and beautifully written story of family life.' --By The Letter Book Reviews


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ISBN 9781911583288
PRICE CA$20.95 (CAD)
PAGES 320

Average rating from 13 members


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I was given an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest and independent review.
This is the sequel to 183 times a year which I absolutely loved. This is an extremely enjoyable read. A story about real people with real issues, told with great empathy and understanding. The style of writing is excellent. It made me feel so many emotions - anger, sadness, humour, hope to name a few. The family interactions and bonds were very heartwarming.
I am already looking forward to the next book.
4****

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This book is about Lizzie Lemalf and her family and is written from each of their perspectives. It follows the triumphs and (mostly) travails of the group. This is a sequel to Eva Jordan’s book 183 Times a Year.

To start, I could not put this book down. I was invested an engrossed in the story and the characters.

I didn’t read her previous book (although I want to now), and I didn’t feel lost at all. I think Ms. Jordan does a really good job at setting the scene and context of the characters and (what I am assuming) happened in her previous novel.

I won’t lie, there are a lot of tragic things happening to this family. However, it never feels overwhelming or maudlin. There was a very interesting story line around abortion vs. miscarriage vs. choosing to have a child. It was cleverly written and really (I think) gave very interesting perspectives. There is also a lot of focus on love and loss, finding your voice, and the damage that secrets can have on yourself and the people who love you.

The author did a really good job in making me care about these characters. I was invested in their outcomes. I laughed and cried along with them.

If you like Marian Keyes, Jane Green (with a little Liane Moriarty thrown in) I think that you will thoroughly enjoy this book. It will give you all the feels. I really wanted to see how these characters got through the book and couldn’t put it down. I gave it a 4/5 on Goodreads.

Full disclosure: I received this eARC from NetGalley for a fair and honest review. (Thanks NetGalley!)

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I was excited to learn that there was a sequel to 183 Times a Year as I had really enjoyed reading about Lizzie and her family. It didn’t take long to become familiar with the various characters again and while I’m pretty sure this would read well as a standalone book, why would you do that? At the time I was reading this part of the storyline strongly echoed an ongoing news story which made the book feel very real and up to date. There is a lovely balance between the lighthearted moments and humour and the darker elements of the story line. As usual I am mindful of spoilers but readers are advised to keep a tissue close by. I have definitely been left wanting more so I’m happy to see that book 3 is in progress.

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I just love a book that can take you to emotional extremes – you’ll laugh a lot, you’ll feel deeply for several members of this wonderful family at different times and in different ways. And at other times you will cry – the way this book and its writer handles grief is quite exceptional. I was so caught up with the characters – Lizzie “approaching 50” was closest to home for me, but every single character is drawn with a wonderful depth of detail, whether a difficult teen, a troubled young woman or a friend having problems of their own.

From its prologue full of kaleidoscopic colour, I loved everything about this book. The first person narration – whether it’s Lizzie, son Connor, daughter Cassie – works just perfectly, and allows you to climb inside the skins of the characters. I’m in absolute awe of how well the author writes in the “voice” of Connor – I’m no expert, but I thought it was just flawless. This is a family of real people living their lives on the page… and I might have missed out on reading the first book, but I’m ready now to put my name down for the next one. One I’d recommend to others? Absolutely!

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I was fortunate to be given an ARC via The Book Club on Facebook in return for a fair and honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

I must be honest with you. When I asked to review this book I had not read the first book in the series, “183 Times A Year”, so my first stop was to do just that. I read the books back to back so it is possible I may muddle some events, BUT the first thing that I would recommend is that you do read the first novel before embarking on “All the Colours In Between” for both maximum background and enjoyment. I will try my best not to give any spoilers for the second book!
The modern blended, extended family. Marriage, divorce, teenagers, love, deceit, 3 generations, ex partners, friends, illness, flying the nest – this list is the tip of the iceberg of the life topics to be found in “All the Colours In Between”. Lizzie is the mum, step mum, lover, daughter, ex-wife, friend and mentor driving the story of her family and the individual members life journeys. She lives with her daughter, step daughter and son – all young adults by this book – and her partner Simon. Her parents play a huge role in the family, along with her brother and his family and not forgetting the rollercoaster that is best friend Ruby. The relationship with her ex, the father of Cassie and Connor, is strained at best. But at this point Lizzie has become an author against all the odds – selling real books and featuring in the best sellers list – whilst in the first book she dreamed of this whilst working with books as a librarian.
In this book Lizzie’s daughters Cassie and Maisie have grown up, ditched their teen disguises, spread their wings and left home. Her son Connor has evolved from a lovely pre-teen into a grunting, hoody wearing, sullen sixteen year old. I normally write a bit more about the plot in my reviews, but I really don’t want to give too much away. Reading both of Eva Jordan’s novels gave me the same feeling that I had when I first saw the BBC comedy Outnumbered. I was certain that someone had planted cameras in my household! Of course as mum I identify with Lizzie – so much. When she describes her conversations with her children and her own parents, I was shouting “Yes!” The feelings of exasperation trying to get through to a teenage boy who looks like a man, is the size of a man, sounds like a man, and thinks he is a man yet is really a man boy – these could have been penned by yours truly! The descriptions of her forays onto Social Media mirrored my own – my young adult kids shake their heads and ask themselves why they introduced me to it!
But Ms Jordan shakes up the commentary by writing different chapters with the voices of different family members. In the first book she writes as Lizzie and Cassie for the majority of the time, and in this book Connor features to a greater extent too. The Cassie of “All the Colours In Between” is older, slightly wiser, but still hilarious in her ability to use completely the wrong phrase or to misunderstand a saying. Whilst her story is extremely dark in places, her love for her family shines through from start to finish. Her description of a particularly stressful car journey with Maisy toward the end of the book is just hilarious – no spoilers, so no more! Connor is that teen who feels misunderstood by all adults, is just experiencing sexual attractions, the pull of alcohol and parties, yet is still damaged from the rejection by his father as a young child. Maisy has moved across the world as true love struck, but when life took an unexpected turn (including a meeting with biological mum) it is her family who she returns to.
I really could write an essay about this book, but needless to say I LOVED IT! There is no sugar coating life here – relationships fail, family life is hard work to maintain, good things happen and rubbish happens. Eva Jordan gives us it all in a way that had me laughing out loud one minute – particularly with Salocin, the grandfather – and then crying the next. But no matter what life throws at them, this family will continue to grow and love each other….with some hiccoughs along the way. I cannot wait for the next instalment…..please, Eva Jordan!

Five golden stars from me.

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Families- love them or hate them- but we all have them one way or another. A daughter who is stick thin and troubled, a son who is being bullied but making his way in the world and Mum who strangely keeps being sick and getting hot flushes. Menopause she thinks, but sick all day? Dad left years ago and is now living in a hovel having been dumped by the “step-monster”. A Grandad that everyone loves and a son who thinks he knows who Grandad “really is”. Of life and love, of strengths and weaknesses,tragedy and justice, heartbreaks and triumphs. Eva has done it again and written a book that not only I can’t put down but makes me smile and sympathise with the characters and the antics they get up to. A brilliantly written tale of family life with its ups and downs , smiles and tears. I very much look forward to the next book from this truly talented author. An uplifting read.I voluntarily chose to read this ARC and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased

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Absolutely WOW, double wow, what a truly amazing, emotional and heartfelt read. The story was so brilliantly well written.

Having previously read the author's debut novel 183 Times a Year, it was a pleasure to be reacquainted with all of the characters and getting engrossed and absorbed within their yet lives again.

There was a fair few moments, where I was on tenterhooks and with a feeling of butterflies in my tummy, in anxious suspense and being emotionally charged, actually make that pretty much throughout the whole of the story. There was so much going on, it was like oh my gods, what's going to happen next or how is that situation/event going to resolve itself or play out. It was definitely a book that was impossible to put down.

There was also a couple of moments throughout the story, where it was quite emotional, so much so that it brought tears to my eyes.

I've always believed that if reading parts of a book brings tears to your eyes then it is one of many signs of just how outstandingly breath taking a book is and how talented the author must be to cause that to happen.

This book is certainly going to stay with me for awhile. So I can highly highly recommend it. However do read the author's debut novel 183 Times a Year first if you can.

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