The Birthday That Changed Everything by Debbie JohnsonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Another great novel by Debbie Johnson.
Sally is 39 years old, buying her own birthday present from her husband, when she gets an email from him saying he needs some space, it's not her it's him, oh and can she iron five work shirts for him? Of course, it's the age old story of middle-aged husband 'falling in love' with a girl half his age!
As revenge/ comfort Sally takes her two teenage children, Lucy the foul-mouthed Goth and Ollie the six foot nerd to Turkey for a two week holiday. I couldn't work out whether I would love or hate to stay in the hotel with Sally and what turn out to be her new friends: Marcia and Rick, James and Jake, Allie, Mike and Max, Ian and Jenny and the scary Miss McTavish. There's booze-fuelled nights, karaoke, boat trips and teenage angst.
Set over four holidays in the same resort watch as love blossoms, tragedy hits and Sally and her children find out what it means to have the sort of friends that would help you bury a body!
As I sit here on a rainy Monday morning in London part of me is still sitting on a sunbed next to Sally, slathering on the factor 25 and slugging back cocktails watching as Rick leers over the young Turkish waiters and Mike opens his next can of beer.
Hey ho, it's off to work I go ... HIghly recommended reading, funny and sad and endearing all in one.
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