By: Kate Hewitt
Many thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the copy of this book!
Laura is moving away from her home with her husband Allan who takes a new job as a headmaster at a private school. Laura doesn’t know anyone, and feels alone. She offers her help teaching English; Rachel is out on maternity leave and her temporary replacement left. In Laura’s class is a boy named Ben. He sees her. He pursues her. Rachel, on the other hand, is having trouble dealing with motherhood. With no sleep and her husband away for work, Rachel feels alone and she just wants some time to herself. When bruises show up on her son, she wonders how they got there or was it her fault?
This is a very powerful book. It takes on the difficulties of early motherhood with a newborn baby. How everyone says that it’s hard and there are many sleepless nights, but you don’t actually get it until you experience it. I was lucky enough to have my husband help out a lot with our first child and pretty much take over with the second child. My second son was born during the pandemic and my husband wasn’t working so he took on all the responsibilities while I worked from home.
Laura’s situation was very well handled by the author. There was no sexual abuse here, or sexual encounters but it really touches upon what things look like versus what they actually are. It even brings to light how easy it is to manipulate a situation with video that only shows a small clip and doesn’t depict the whole situation.
I really enjoyed how these two women came together, and even with a hiccup, Laura was still there for Rachel in her time of need.
Brava to Hewitt for a wonderful book.
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