“Sometimes a girl has to stop waiting around and come up with her own fairytale ending.”
Sophie Honeywell always wondered if Thomas Gordon was the one she let get away. He was the perfect boyfriend, but on the day he was to propose, she broke his heart. A year later he married his travel agent, while Sophie has been mortifyingly single ever since. Now Thomas is back in her life because Sophie has unexpectedly inherited his aunt Connie's house on Scribbly Gum Island -- home of the famously unsolved Munro Baby mystery.
Sophie moves onto the island and begins a new life as part of an unconventional family where it seems everyone has a secret. Grace, a beautiful young mother, is feverishly planning a shocking escape from her perfect life. Margie, a frumpy housewife, has made a pact with a stranger, while dreamy Aunt Rose wonders if maybe it's about time she started making her own decisions.
As Sophie's life becomes increasingly complicated, she discovers that sometimes you have to stop waiting around -- and come up with your own fairy-tale ending.
As she so adroitly did in her smashing debut novel, Three Wishes, the incomparable Liane Moriarty once again combines sharp wit, lovable and eccentric characters, and a page-turning story for an unforgettable Last Anniversary.
It was refreshing to read a 'love' story that seemed a bit more realistic of our modern times (for a fiction of course). Ok, so I don't actually know anyone that has inherited a house on a remote island, but other than that I could relate - people have their heart broken; make poor judgement mistakes; get depressed; get drunk; keep secrets; have crazy family members; want things they can't have. Life is messy and very rarely does your path go in a straight line where you think it should, and it was nice to read a book that made me laugh for those very reasons.
It was easy to get engrossed in the story and I wish I could be real-life friends with Sophie, she sounds hilarious!
Liane Moriarty can do no wrong in my opinion. I've loved every book of hers that I've read and if/when she releases a new one, I'll read it straight away and probably love that too.
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