Oh my goodness this book! There is heart, tenderness and humanity on every page and I was dripping with happy tears for the last hour or so reading it. At it's core, this is a book about friendship and love (giving and receiving it) - two of my most favourite book themes. It follows Margaret and Anna - two women with very different experiences of familial love. Margaret is tracing her family history, and Anna is having struggles of her own. Their relationship was my favourite part of the book. I loved both women's perspectives - both broke my heart and healed my heart. The side characters - Andy, Will, Lucas, Heather, Suella, gosh they got me good too. While there is a good bit of grief and trauma in these pages, it's handled with the greatest care and will leaving you feeling like everything can be ok.

I also LOVED the Melbourne and surrounds setting - it felt so familiar and accurate.

If you're looking for a book to remind you of the good in the world and what it is to be human, you won't regret picking up this book. Dianne Yarwood, I reckon this was the book you were born to write. Magnificent and one of my favourites of the year, thank you so much for writing it! This is the easiest of 5 stars for me. Loved every minute!