A good, easy read, I liked that the story flowed quite quickly so there were no boring bits. The book's central character is Mavis, at the start she moves into a new house with her mother and step father and their son downstairs and Mavis and her son and daughter upstairs. Her past comes back to haunt her, and her boyfriend is arrested. It ends with a good did he or didn't he scenario.
My first book from Kitty Neale, and it was a very good start.
Very honest believable characters. She paints an accurate snapshot of how life was, not so long ago.
The sense of community and true friendship shone through. She's not shy on tackling the issues that happened too often back then. I will definitely be reading her other titles.
A lot of characters in the book that I kept on forgetting who was who. In the end I had to make a list... I reckon Tommy deserved a medal putting up with his mean and miserable mother 😃
I chose this rating and gave 5 stars from the first page to the last it was very good and had a happy ending I would recommend this book to friends and family and anyone else who likes kitty neal .