The Lemonade Year

Once in a while you read a book that you identify with so strongly, you would swear the author was writing about you. For me, this is that book. Nina’s life is a mess of crap, her family is a powder keg about to blow, her marriage is over and her teenage daughter doesn’t seem to need or want her anymore. Her job is on shaky ground too, and she’s left trying to find a way to photograph images for the book 32 Ways to Make Lemonade, (is that even a thing?) Add in the sometime attention of a younger man and her ex deciding he wants he wants her back and you have a woman on the edge. This book made me laugh, it made me cry and it made me feel like I had found a kindred spirit in both Nina and Amy

The Lemonade Year is a highly readable book of women's fiction. It is witty and can be sweet, without being cloyingly so. The book is about separation, divorce and family issues with a teenager and a mother dealing with the issues together. A cut-above a lot of women's literature - not silly and the dialogue is realistic.

Thanks NetGalley and Shadow Mountain.

The Lemonade Year is a story about a dysfunctional family, with a lot of secrets that are ready to blow up. A story about childhood experiences, family relationships, divorce, parenting and of course love. The story transitions between childhood memories and trying to make it through each day. This was a easy read.

This is a book about family and secrets. I highly enjoyed it and recommend it.

Happy #pubday to The Lemonade Year! 🎉 I found this book to be quite enjoyable and relatable. In The Lemonade Year we meet Nora. Nora's life is spiraling out of control-she is recently divorced, has a teenage daughter that is taking her anger out on her, her father has just passed away, and her job is in jeopardy. When life is handing you a bowl full of lemons, how do you sweeten it up to make lemonade? This book was her journey to find hope and peace in situations that left little hope to be found. Also found in this book is some family dysfunction, a new love interest, and an ex-husband looking to reconcile. I enjoyed all of the characters and was rooting for this family to come together, and for them all to find happiness in their lives. I found the relationship between Nora and Oliver strange at first but then we find out why and it all makes sense. This was a quick, easy read that had me invested and engaged. Thank you @shadowmtnpublishing for this advance reader in exchange for my honest review. This book hits shelves today!