The Mum Who Got Her Life Back by Fiona Gibson

Blurb

When her 18-year-old twins leave for university, single mum Nadia’s life changes in ways she never expected: her Glasgow flat feels suddenly huge, laundry doesn’t take up half her week, and she no longer has to buy ‘the Big Milk’. After almost two decades of putting everyone else first, Nadia is finally taking care of herself. And with a budding romance with new boyfriend Jack, She’s never felt more alive.

That is, until her son Alfie drops out of university, and Nadia finds her empty nest is empty no more. With a heartbroken teenager to contend with, Nadia has to ask herself: is it ever possible for a mother to get her own life back? And can Jack and Nadia’s relationship survive having a sulky teenager around?

Review

OMG - I had a female version of Alfie! Ms Gibson's depiction of living with a teenager is spot on, and I totally related to the HEN thing (Happy Empty Nester). The book had me chuckling and nodding my head in agreement by turns.

It certainly is a funny, uplifting read, with a couple of mysteries along the way to add a little piquancy to the humour.

About the Author

Fiona Gibson is the author of ten novels, including the best-selling The Woman Who Upped and Left (Avon). She also writes under the name Ellen Berry - The Bookshop on Rosemary Lane is the first in a series of three new heartwarming novels sparked by her obsession with cookbooks, and inability to stop buying them. The Ellen Berry series will follow the adventures of Della, who opens her very own bookshop, plus her fashion journalist sister and the customers who grow to love the shop. Fiona grew up in a Yorkshire village called Goose Eye, before working on Jackie and Just Seventeen magazines - in those heady pre-internet days when it was pretty exciting to get a free plastic mirror taped to the front of your magazine. She went on to edit More! magazine where she introduced the infamous Position of the Fortnight. After having twin sons and a daughter, she started to write novels, usually at night with the house full of toddlers and builders. She was sleep deprived anyway so it really didn't make any difference! When she's not writing, she's usually drawing, painting or reading, or out walking or running in her home town of Glasgow with her collie cross, Jack. She's a pretty poor speller but loves nothing better than starting a brand new book. The end bit is fun to write too. It's the middle part that's the tricky bit.

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