The Single Dad's Handbook by Lynsey James
☆☆☆1/2
.ePUB, 245 pages
Expected Publication: April 2nd 2021 by HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter
About the Book:
It’s been two years since cancer stole Evan Harper’s wife, Claire, from their lives. Although Evan’s doing everything he can to be Super Dad for his five year old, Violet, he can’t seem to get anything right. So he turns to the one person who gives the best advice – Claire herself. Before she died she wrote him a book of letters to see him through the ups and downs of raising their daughter and her words soon help him see that there is life after loss – and maybe even a second shot at love – when you find the courage to start living again.
My Review:
.ePUB, 245 pages
Expected Publication: April 2nd 2021 by HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter
About the Book:
It’s been two years since cancer stole Evan Harper’s wife, Claire, from their lives. Although Evan’s doing everything he can to be Super Dad for his five year old, Violet, he can’t seem to get anything right. So he turns to the one person who gives the best advice – Claire herself. Before she died she wrote him a book of letters to see him through the ups and downs of raising their daughter and her words soon help him see that there is life after loss – and maybe even a second shot at love – when you find the courage to start living again.
My Review:
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
How is it that a book can make you laugh and cry simultaneously? I found The Single Dad’s Handbook extremely easy to read, in that it didn't take much effort the way some books do. The characters are warm and life like and maybe the best thing about this book is you can't predict the ending. Another point to make is that this isn't the type of easy fluffy read most women's fiction books are, it's very moving in parts but also highly amusing. I also enjoyed that it was part epistolary novel as the letters really let me get to know the characters.
The writing is beautiful, the descriptions are amazing, the notes and journal entries had me crying...Simply put a lovely story of how a dying woman helped her husband with raising their daughter after her death...full of tears and laughter and it earns my recommendation.
Disclosure:
Thank you NetGalley, Lynsey James, HarperCollins UK/One More Chapter for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an impartial review; all opinions are my own.
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