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Finding the Invisible Woman
What do you do when no one sees you? How do you find yourself when you’ve become invisible?
Forty-three-year-old Hadley Monroe has outgrown her life. Nothing in her world seems to fit anymore. A loving wife and doting mother of two grown daughters, Hadley has always put the needs of her family first, quietly tucking away her own dreams of being an artist. Although she doesn’t regret her choices, Hadley has entered the phase of life where she feels lost.
Her children are grown, and her role as a mother has changed. Hadley’s husband, Charlie, an attorney and ten years her senior, doesn’t seem to need her anymore either. Hadley loves Charlie with all her heart, but lately, he's been distant, and Hadley believes he's keeping a secret. Unable to connect with him, she is isolated and alone.
A chance encounter with a stranger sets in motion a series of events that will upend her life and challenge everything she ever believed. When Hadley receives the call that her abusive, estranged mother is dying, she feels the walls closing in even more. Her solid, perfect life is unrecognizable. Can she find her way back to the woman she used to be? Does that woman even exist?
How can she find herself when she has become invisible?
Forty-three-year-old Hadley Monroe has outgrown her life. Nothing in her world seems to fit anymore. A loving wife and doting mother of two grown daughters, Hadley has always put the needs of her family first, quietly tucking away her own dreams of being an artist. Although she doesn’t regret her choices, Hadley has entered the phase of life where she feels lost.
Her children are grown, and her role as a mother has changed. Hadley’s husband, Charlie, an attorney and ten years her senior, doesn’t seem to need her anymore either. Hadley loves Charlie with all her heart, but lately, he's been distant, and Hadley believes he's keeping a secret. Unable to connect with him, she is isolated and alone.
A chance encounter with a stranger sets in motion a series of events that will upend her life and challenge everything she ever believed. When Hadley receives the call that her abusive, estranged mother is dying, she feels the walls closing in even more. Her solid, perfect life is unrecognizable. Can she find her way back to the woman she used to be? Does that woman even exist?
How can she find herself when she has become invisible?
256 pages, Paperback
Published November 23, 2021
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October 20, 2021
This book was incredibly moving for me. Firstly, I'd like to provide some trigger warnings: domestic/parental abuse, death.
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OK, now. Heidi Mason never fails to amaze me. This woman can write everything. In Finding the Invisible Woman, she gives us someone a lot of us can relate to. The mom who works to please everyone. The one who gave up her dreams and wants and passions because she had other people to care for, love, and worry about. Moms don't have time for self-care! And through in PTSD from having a seriously shi**y mom? Of course you're going to have some issues.
Our main female protagonist needs to find herself again. She needs to know she's enough, that she is not to blame for anything, and that her circle loves her more than she thinks she deserves. She needs to work through grief and her past and her loss.
Will she come out of the darkness to see what a beautiful soul she is and that she deserves all the good in the world? Well, you'll have to read to find out.
I received an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
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OK, now. Heidi Mason never fails to amaze me. This woman can write everything. In Finding the Invisible Woman, she gives us someone a lot of us can relate to. The mom who works to please everyone. The one who gave up her dreams and wants and passions because she had other people to care for, love, and worry about. Moms don't have time for self-care! And through in PTSD from having a seriously shi**y mom? Of course you're going to have some issues.
Our main female protagonist needs to find herself again. She needs to know she's enough, that she is not to blame for anything, and that her circle loves her more than she thinks she deserves. She needs to work through grief and her past and her loss.
Will she come out of the darkness to see what a beautiful soul she is and that she deserves all the good in the world? Well, you'll have to read to find out.
I received an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
October 10, 2021
hadley monroe, in her early forties has reached the stage where she feels she outgrew her life. carrying unresolved trauma and guilt from the past, hayden arrives cottage brook after 12 years to fulfill her final duties as a daughter to her mom, whose health is severely deteriorated.
𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.
hadley is a woman, a woman we see everyday who give their all to their family and lose themselves in the process, become invisible. i loved how the story was spun around an ordinary woman, finding herself and be more forgiving towards herself.
the author has created a suspenseful premise that's promising to be emotional right from the beginning. the story gradually unravels the unresolved baggages the protagonist carry. the romance was adorable, but i felt more credit of resolving the issues went to a man, technically a stranger than hadley herself. the added action towards the end of the book gave an awakening to a slowly moving story and fitted perfectly to end the book in a cheerful note.
𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭.
it's an easy, middle paced read. the book deals with human emotions and how one choose to deal with it. if you're looking for a lighthearted quick read about women, this is your book.
𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.
hadley is a woman, a woman we see everyday who give their all to their family and lose themselves in the process, become invisible. i loved how the story was spun around an ordinary woman, finding herself and be more forgiving towards herself.
the author has created a suspenseful premise that's promising to be emotional right from the beginning. the story gradually unravels the unresolved baggages the protagonist carry. the romance was adorable, but i felt more credit of resolving the issues went to a man, technically a stranger than hadley herself. the added action towards the end of the book gave an awakening to a slowly moving story and fitted perfectly to end the book in a cheerful note.
𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭.
it's an easy, middle paced read. the book deals with human emotions and how one choose to deal with it. if you're looking for a lighthearted quick read about women, this is your book.
November 24, 2021
This book is a great read. This book is about a woman, Hadley who losses her husband in an accident. Things weren’t smooth between them when he died. She is carrying around guilt about things said right before he died. Things from her childhood compound this guilt. Now on top of processing her husband’s death her estranged mother is also very ill. She had a chance encounter with a man before her husband’s death and now she has seen him again. Could this man help her deal with all things? He makes her feel things she hasn’t felt in quite some time. She has learned things about her husband that make her question things. Hadley grows quite a bit throughout this book. Change doesn’t come easy to Hadley. Her life has been devoted to her husband and her children. What does she do now? Her husband has died and her children are grown. Could this be Hadley’s time? I enjoyed this book. Hadley is a sad lonely woman. She is a little lost at this point in her life. She needs to rediscover who she is and what she wants out of life. Her childhood was traumatic and never really got over that. She is currently having to revisit that time in her life. I think will allow her to get the closure she needs to really put that time behind her. Great job Heidi. I look forward to reading more of her books in the future. I have read several of her books and always enjoy them.
November 23, 2021
I think this book has one of the best first lines I've ever read. How does anyone know how one particular incident in their life will affect the rest of their life? If things had transpired differently, what would Hadley's life look like now?
So needless to say, this book grabbed from that very first line. Once again, Heidi's writing threw me into an amazing story that I couldn't help but devour. The story is filled with great characters and a very interesting storyline. I totally came away from it thinking about what a small world it is, fate, being in the right place at the right time, and that everything happens for a reason.
I have read several of Heidi's stories now and I'm constantly blown away by her versatilely in writing. Her stories are all so different from the next one and I never know what I'm going to get when I start reading but I have loved everything I've read so far. I highly recommend Finding the Invisible Woman. It was another fabulous read!
So needless to say, this book grabbed from that very first line. Once again, Heidi's writing threw me into an amazing story that I couldn't help but devour. The story is filled with great characters and a very interesting storyline. I totally came away from it thinking about what a small world it is, fate, being in the right place at the right time, and that everything happens for a reason.
I have read several of Heidi's stories now and I'm constantly blown away by her versatilely in writing. Her stories are all so different from the next one and I never know what I'm going to get when I start reading but I have loved everything I've read so far. I highly recommend Finding the Invisible Woman. It was another fabulous read!
April 13, 2022
⭐⭐⭐⭐️ / 4 stars
This was a very real and relatable read though a little difficult at times and a few tears were shed.
Being the mother of two boys and feeling like a single parent with my husband often away for work, I sympathized with how Hadley was feeling unseen and invisible in a world that revolved around her children.
I also had an estranged and strained relationship with a parent until suddenly there was a terminal diagnosis and I connected with Hadley on that level as well.
It's a well developed story with likable characters and the writing flows easily.
This was a very real and relatable read though a little difficult at times and a few tears were shed.
Being the mother of two boys and feeling like a single parent with my husband often away for work, I sympathized with how Hadley was feeling unseen and invisible in a world that revolved around her children.
I also had an estranged and strained relationship with a parent until suddenly there was a terminal diagnosis and I connected with Hadley on that level as well.
It's a well developed story with likable characters and the writing flows easily.
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