Mother and Child

They say don’t judge a book by its cover and this is certainly true for this book. While the author does delve into Dorrie’s life growing up in Birmingham the base of the story focuses on Ian and Jo in present time. They lost their son to a tragic car accident and they are not dealing with their loss together. I liked Jo and felt deeply for her and wanted her to feel better while Ian I couldn’t seem to like. Dorrie, her mother in law was a wonderful character and I wanted to sit and have tea with her. I loved the running/yoga group and there are beautiful female characters. For the most part the story or heart warming and heart breaking and I was rooting for these characters. The addition of the tragedy in Bhopal, India did help Jo and Ian come to terms with their lives but it seemed disconnected from the rest of the story. I feel a different setting would have helped. I did appreciate the education into this real disaster and I was angered that nothing was ever done to help these people.