When a beautiful young woman Donna, is raped, her whole life comes crashing down, and spirals out of control. In her struggle to come to terms with the attack, she splits from her boyfriend, loses her job, and when her parents try to dominate her life, it has a devastating effect.She rebels and eventually has a breakdown. As she battles to recover she meets Evan and a friendship develops. Just when she thinks she's found happiness she makes a horrifying discovery...
I was in two minds whether to click on this book due to it's subject matter. However I am glad I did as I thought it was a great read. It is not my usual type of read. It does involve… Read more
I received this ebook from the publishers in exchange for an honest review....
Happy Families is a really lovely read. I like to read family orientated books inbetween more hard hitting storylines; eg thrillers.
Being a mum myself I really felt a connection with the families in Janey Fraiser's third novel "Happy Families". So many phrases that the parents said to their children, I've said to mine (or heard from my own parents!)
I really liked how all the characters had some kind of connection whether it was through family or new friendships.
The book flowed very easily and although a fairly long book it was easy to get lost in the pages and I took… Read more
I won this book from the author in a competition and she sent it directly to me. (Thank You again Clara :-D)
I don't read that many chick lit books so when I came across this one I was really pleased ~ it is a delightfully funny read that warmed me up like hot chocolate (with decadent cream on top!) on a cold day! It's a sweet read and I liked the characters and how they related to one another. A great read.
