One Day, Someday [Kindle Edition]

I loved this. Very funny, warm, witty and true. Lynne Barrett-Lee is one clever writer. I enjoyed the depiction of Stefan as the pretentious self-absorbed artist enormously - the whole art-world strand is hilarious - and the TV crew scenes are equally amusingly-portrayed. But best of all, it's a love story in the finest tradition. I want a Joe DeLaney of my very own (please!) and am sure everyone else who reads it will want one too. I was with Lu all the way - rooting for her to get in there!! Lovely, lovely. Such a truly feel-good book that I didn't want it to end. Thought it Lynne's best yet. Next one please!

There comes a time in most peoples' lives when they take stock and decide whether they're on the right track. Some decide they're not; a few have the good fortune to be able to change that. Such is the case for Lu Fisher, for whom the sad loss of her father brings the silver lining of a small bequest, and the chance to trade tiresome pupils and French lessons for the lifestyle of a mature art student, complete with a student's love life. But in the meantime, she has to fill the time before term starts, and what better way to do so than by temping as a translator/coffee maker/general dog's body for a company with designs on being Northwest Europe's leading name in boiler installation. Only problem is the boss, the rugged but seemingly thoughtless Joe Delaney, who manages to write off Lu's car on the way home from a business conquest and to write off the use of his arm for a few weeks into the bargain. When Lu has no choice but to become his driver, it's a delight to see how animosity on both sides evolves into attraction. But it's not all roses (especially when Lu keeps complaining about the flowers) and right until the end the outcome is unclear. Lynne Barrett-Lee, as usual, does a wonderful job of maintaining the suspense, but her greatest strength is her beautifully sympathetic treatment of characters and all of their relationships. I particularly loved Lu's "perfect" sister and her quest for the latest in home decor. And readers of Lynne's earlier books should keep their eyes peeled for cameo appearances of the heroines of those novels too - it's a small world in Cefn Melin. Thanks for a lovely read, Lynne, and looking forward to number four.

I could not get into this book very much, the characters were all great but, the writing was not to a high standard, when the characters spoke the story is great, especially lu and joe's car journeys they were the high light of the book. but when lu, the main character is describing her life the book was boring and this was 70% of the book so I just passed these sections quite a lot, I would not recommend to any of my friends at all. If this book was written how the car journeys banter was then this would of been a fantastic book.