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Keeping Mum by Kate Lawson (view source)
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Could '''you''' handle it if your loveable but overbearing mother (and her lover!) moved into your house with you? How about if your somewhat bad-news friend was also back in town, and trying to drag you into her relationship drama? Or if your latest blind date wouldn't take 'no' for an answer? Welcome to Cass's life.
Cass is a widowed mother of two who owns an antiques shop, sings in a choir, and knows people with dubious names like Welsh Alf and Allan and Mrs Allan. That's not your typical profile for the lead in a flitty, flirty chick-lit tome, but Cass is the woman who puts the (sort of) cool in choral singing, and has a warm personality that wins you over immediately however similar or dissimilar your life is to hers.
The book focuses a lot of different relationships; mother-daughter, partners, friends, even pets. Cass and Fee fall into the broad category of grown-ups older than me but below retirement age. Though we know Cass has two 20-something children (who we never see), and we do find out the women's ages at one point, it's not something you tend to remember as you read, though they are clearly both at a stage where they think ''Archers'' is a drink and not a radio soap. Similarly, Cass's mother must be old-ish, but isn't the frail, decrepit kind of grandmother (nor the typical Edwina-from-AbFab-type character you might be expecting from the blurb on the back). Depending on your age, I suppose you could see either Cass or her mother as you yourself, your own mother, or even your grandmother.
Thanks go to the publishers for supplying this book.
If you like a nice bit of Mediterranean fiction with a slightly younger heroine, why not also consider [[Hippy Chick by Louise Harwood|Hippy Chick]] or you could satisfy your cravings for friendship tales with [[Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber]]. You might also enjoy [[Croissants and Jam by Lynda Renham]].
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