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Glorious' DAILY EXPRESS'An absolute gut punch of a book' RED________Is this the best worst day of her life? But not from her life - towards it. And Grace has just abandoned her car in bumper-to-bumper traffic. New York Times bestseller, September 2023Jenna's Book Club Pick, September 2023 But Grace is about to remind them. Her daughter has banned her from her birthday party. She doesn't scream or break something or cry. Now, she barely attracts a second glance as she strides down the street carrying her daughter's sixteenth birthday cake.
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honestmamreader
The novel is as cleverly constructed as Grace and the other characters are drawn. But a lot of what she says and feels will resonate with a lot of people. Her daughter, Lottie, refuses to talk to her, and her husband, Ben, wants to divorce her.
Book_Obsessed1
It’s also a journey to remind her husband and daughter how truly amazing she is; and ultimately to show them that no matter how far Grace has fallen she can find the inner strength and courage to finally face things and start to pick herself back up. An amazingly relatable family drama, full of heart, humour and all the feels. Probably the closest term we have in English is 'mkd-life crisis'""Even monkeys fall from trees"Grace Adams and Ben meet at the Polyglot of The Year competition. There is a hint of mystery about what has happened.
Laura W
And this keeps us reading and wanting more. As I was reading the novel, I felt that I did not have all the facts about Grace and her past, but, although it is set on just one stifling hot North London day, there are numerous flashbacks to key moments in time, so that very slowly, more and more pieces of the jigsaw emerged, until finally, I had the full picture. A cracking book and a must addition to any book reader's TBR pile 📚
helen_t_reads
This one is a must read! You understand why things are as they are when the novel opens: why this lovely little family has been torn apart; why Grace has reached such a pitch of anger that she abandons her car in a traffic jam and walks away; why she does what she subsequently does (avoiding spoilers here! Everything suddenly makes perfect sense and you understand completely.
To say Grace is having a bad time is an under-statement. Lotte now lives with her dad and doesn't want to talk to Grace. This is an outstanding debut novel.
I immediately fell in love with Grace, how she's trying her best and the clawing at the relationship with her daughter to keep her close. I couldn't put Amazing Grace Adams down, and when I did, I was still thinking about picking it back up.
But Grace’s journey onward journey proves to be far more than about collecting and delivering that cake. Nor does said daughter want Grace to attend the 16th birthday party which her Dad is allowing her to hold. This is an exceptionally strong debut, with a main character you completely root for and a beautiful and moving exploration of love, acceptance and redemption.
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