The Godmother by Amanda Brookfield

Thank you @rararesources and @ABrookfield for letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. This is the first book I have read by Amanda Brookfield and the storyline hooked me in. I found the first two chapters a bit slow to begin with but then after that, I was hooked. The Godmother is emotionally read very powerful in places. The story is about Rachel who is a godmother to her friend's children. Rachel decides she wants to be a mum but something happens at work that shocks her and makes her even more determined to be a mum. There are some hard topics running through the book but Amanda Brookfield tackles them really well. The Godmother is not what I would normally read but I am glad I have read it. The Godmother is an interesting and powerful read. 4 stars. Blurb The Godmother ‘Stop trying to be brave all the time, Rachel. Fear is a necessary part of being alive. Sometimes we have to let it show. We have to own up to it or it drives us mad.’ Rachel Elliot is single and attractive, a director of a successful advertising agency, with a handsome lover, close friends, and a clutch of beloved godchildren. But as her fortieth birthday approa ches, so does a whispering fear that she might have missed the point... Almost imperceptibly over the years her friends and contemporaries have settled down and started families. Rather less subtly her parents have been urging Rachel to do the same. Managi ng a shocking incident at work is soon taking up all her energies and she adores her godchildren. So, is a child of her own what she really wants? Or is motherhood just what everyone else wants for her? If she picks the wrong path, there will be no turnin g back... Join Amanda Brookfield as she revisits and refreshes her novel, The Godmother , and rediscover how she got her well - deserved reputation for writing about women’s lives with humour and honesty. Includes a brand - new foreword from the author. Purchas e Link - https://mybook.to/Thegodmothersocial Author Bio – Amanda Brookfield is the bestselling author of many novels including Good Girls, Relative Love, and Before I Knew You, and a memoir, For the L ove of a Dog starring her Golden Doodle Mabel. She lives in London and has recently finished a year as Visiting Creative Fellow at University College Oxford.