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William and Amy Ashurst are typical townies, dedicated professionals at the top of their tree, with two adorable children and an au pair who cooks, cleans and cares for them all. Then one day Will collapses on his way into work and he decides he's never going back. So it is that, three months later, Amy is standing outside Helmshill Grange, a sullen monstrosity of a house, deep in the Yorkshire moors, with their own land as far as the eye can see. It's what William says he's always wanted. Then tragedy strikes and Amy learns that it's one thing living the dream, but when the dream is not your own, how long can it last?
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Carole Matthews is an internationally bestselling author and her unique sense of humour has won her legions of fans and critical acclaim throughout the world. Carole has presented on television and is a regular radio guest. When she is not writing novels and television scripts she manages to find time to trek in the Himalayas, rollerblade in Central Park, take tea in China and snooze in her garden shed in Milton Keynes.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've just finished The Difference a Day Makes and was torn between wanting to know how it ended and NOT wanting the book to come to an end! Yet again, Carole Matthews has written a story filled with characters I really cared about and a plot that I found both believable and fascinating. To see how Amy Ashurst adapts to life in the Yorkshire countryside, especially after such a tragic turn of events in her life, was both realistic and heartrending at the same time. I found myself laughing and crying in the space of two pages - and the scene at the funeral with their troublesome hound Hamish, was pure brilliance! I thought it was going to prove too heartbreaking and tragic to bear, but Carole knows just how to offset one set of emotions against another. I honestly enjoyed this book SO much and it gave me some much-needed escapism at a pretty rotten time in my own life. I've since bought a load more of Carole's books - she's a genius and one of the best writers around today. Keep up the good work Carole - can't wait for your next book to come out!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I have been a huge fan of the "chocolate lovers" books and although this wasn't quite as good it was a great read all the same. This is about Amy and Will who are out and out townies. Will has an "incident" and ends up moving him and Amy and their two children out to the sticks to start a better life. When tragedy strikes Amy is thrown in at the deep end on her own with two children, a bunch of farmers that consider her an outsider and trouble filled animals. An amusing and warm story that is easy reading.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is the first book I have read by Carole Matthews and I really enjoyed it. It is a lovely, cosy story to make you laugh and cry, sometimes within the same page. The book has an interesting story line - a high flying couple and their two children move from London to a rambling house in Yorkshire in the attempt to have a less stressful lifestyle as the husband has suffered ill health. The story has very likeable characters and lots of cute and crazy animals - the antics of Hamish, the family dog, made me gasp with shock as well as laugh out loud. I recommend this book as a warm, enjoyable and easy read.
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Daft to miss out on this one!
I have little chance to read these days,like most busy mum's but my memory of Carole Matthews "Let's Meet at Platform 8" from a previous holiday without doubt made her books a... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Slim Chance
An overwhelming dose of 'Poor little Amy'
I didn't read this book - I listened to it. The only reason I finished the 10 CDs was to see how great the depths of morbid self-centred ness the heroine (Amy Ashhurst)could plumb... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. Helenmary Jarrott
Wonderful story and characters
I have almost finished this book but am sorry that it is almost finished! Just like the first one I read, The Sweetest Taboo, I have become so involved with all the lovely... Read more
Published 7 months ago by debandandy
a joy from start to finish
This is the first book by Carole Matthews that I have read and I absolutely loved it. I laughed at the antics of Hamish, the Gordon Setter who appears to be the Hound from Hell yet... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Bookworm63
The difference a book makes!
The coverage of grief in this book was fantastic and after going through a similar experience myself recently really showed me how I wasn't alone. Read more
Published 10 months ago by olivia1987uk
Loved It
This has been my favourite Carole Matthews book to-date. I loved the pace of it and the uncertainty about the future that the characters had to face. Read more
Published 11 months ago by June Lane
A Great Read
This is a great book if you like your chic lit with a good mix of humour, romance and tragedy. I thoroughly enjoyed it but I couldn't give it five stars because I thought that it... Read more
Published 13 months ago by A. Darbyshire
All in a days work!
I have recently read a number of Carole Mathew's books which I have thoroughly enjoyed. The latest one I have found is The Difference a Day Makes. Read more
Published 15 months ago by reabeauty
just brilll
I could not put this book down . Once I read the back cover about the story I thought it was quite a good story but it was not good it was briilllll it made me laugh in some parts... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Glynis Lofty
The difference a day makes
I really enjoyed reading this book, infact i found it very hard to put down. It was very witty and i'm now reading another Carole Matthews book
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