The Mother-In-Law
Sally Hepworth
Reviewed by Helen
This was my first Sally Hepworth book and it won’t be my last, it is so well written it pulled me in from page one and compelled me to keep reading to find out exactly what happened to Diana the mother, mother-in-law and grandmother, there are many twists and turns in this one and my feelings for the characters changed often throughout, I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
Lucy is married to Ollie, Diana’s son and she loves him, when they married Lucy wanted so much to be close to her mother-in-law she wanted to be friends but found her a very hard person to get to know she seemed to show no warmth and was not open with her love for any of the family, but she worked tirelessly for her charity helping pregnant refugee woman and was a pillar of society, will she ever become friends with Diana?
Five years later Diana is found dead in her house with a suicide note not long after she told her family that she had cancer, but was that the truth did she commit suicide or was she murdered?
I loved the way the author took us through their lives with Lucy and Diana and past and present as we learn so much about the family their thoughts and the things they are going through this all evolves into a story that opens up so many black and bright spots in their lives. It is intricate story that brings out many characteristics in this family good and bad.
This is a story that I would highly recommend, it really had me thinking and changing my mind many times about this family, Lucy and Diana are strong characters add the other family members to the story and this one is a must read.
My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for my copy.
Lucy is married to Ollie, Diana’s son and she loves him, when they married Lucy wanted so much to be close to her mother-in-law she wanted to be friends but found her a very hard person to get to know she seemed to show no warmth and was not open with her love for any of the family, but she worked tirelessly for her charity helping pregnant refugee woman and was a pillar of society, will she ever become friends with Diana?
Five years later Diana is found dead in her house with a suicide note not long after she told her family that she had cancer, but was that the truth did she commit suicide or was she murdered?
I loved the way the author took us through their lives with Lucy and Diana and past and present as we learn so much about the family their thoughts and the things they are going through this all evolves into a story that opens up so many black and bright spots in their lives. It is intricate story that brings out many characteristics in this family good and bad.
This is a story that I would highly recommend, it really had me thinking and changing my mind many times about this family, Lucy and Diana are strong characters add the other family members to the story and this one is a must read.
My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for my copy.
4 stars
Published April 23rd 2019 by St. Martin's Press (first published January 29th 2019)
