Honestly, we get to chat to such wonderful authors in book club! Our March guest is the very talented Jessica Dettmann with her new book This Has Been Absolutely Lovely. To register for this event click here.
The blurb reads…
Family is forever, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
The charming, hilarious and all-too-relatable new novel from the author of How to be Second Best
Molly’s a millennial home organiser about to have her first baby. Obviously her mum, Annie, will help with the childcare. Everyone else’s parents are doing it.
But Annie’s dreams of music stardom have been on hold for thirty-five years, paused by childbirth then buried under her responsibilities as a mother, wage earner, wife, and only child of ailing parents. Finally, she can taste freedom.
As Molly and her siblings gather in the close quarters of the family home over one fraught summer, shocking revelations come to light. Everyone is forced to confront the question of what it means to be a family.
This Has Been Absolutely Lovely is a story about growing up and giving in, of parents and children, of hope and failure, of bravery and defied expectation, and whether it is ever too late to try again.
We hope you can join us!
Josephine Moon 