Fruit Woman by Kate Rigby

Thank you, @rararesources, for letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. Fruit Women has a unique front cover that you will be drawn too instantly. This is short read 170 pages long, it took me a couple of hours to read. The story is from Helen point of view about her sexuality and her spiritual awakening. I found Fruit Women to be a beautiful read and written very well. I thought family was strong topic through the book which is important part of people life good and bad. Furthermore, I also felt from reading this book it is also about Helen becoming a woman and find herself through this which was fascinating to read her perspective of it. This is a touching and heart-warming read which is something out of my comfort zone that I would not normally read. I enjoyed getting to know all the characters in the book and I liked the bonds they had. Fruit Women was very easy to get into and was hard to put down at times which why it didn't take long to read. 5 stars. Blurb Fruit Woman is narrated by Helen Scutt, a quirky and naïve twenty-seven-year-old. The image of the Fruit Woman has appeared to Helen at important times in her life, particularly in relation to her own sexual and spiritual awakening. But only now, while on holiday with her extended family, does she get her first warning message from the Fruit Woman. Set in the l980s, Helen returns with her extended family, after a twelve year break, to spend a fortnight at their favourite holiday destination in Devon: Myrtle Cottages. Due to join them for the second week of the holiday are: Helen's old friend, Bella, Bella's brother, Dominic, and Helen's cousin, Les. But shortly after the family have arrived on holiday, Helen's mother announces that she has also invited along someone from church for the second week of their holiday: Christine Wigg, a friend of the family, and victim of a rape several years before. In the context of the family holiday, where games of cards, scatological worries, and deep discussions abound, the story centres on Helen's anxieties over the second week's 'guest list'. She's not seen Bella for years, she’s attracted to Dominic in spite of his religious beliefs, and she thinks it a bad idea for her mother to have invited Les, who was originally accused of Christine's rape by her in-laws. Helen's concerns trigger off all sorts of childhood and adolescent memories, but as her anxieties mount, can she make sense at last of what happened years before? Purchase Links https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fruit-Woman-Kate-Rigby-ebook/dp/B013CRLF5Q https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013CRLF5Q https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/fruit-woman Author Bio – Kate Rigby has been writing for many decades and is widely published. She's mainly written novels, many of them hard-hitting and/or edgy. She's been published by traditional and small presses before going independent and embracing the digital technology. She's also written & published short stories, flash fiction and poems and is currently writing memoirs. She was diagnosed with autism and ADHD late in life which has been life-changing. She has started a Facebook group for autistic book lovers as well as a second blog called Authistic Words. She is also an M.E. and Fibromyalgia warrior, a hyperhidrosis and migraine sufferer and has suffered lifelong anxiety. Her other interests are reading, music, photography, cats & LFC. Social Media Links Website: https://kjrbooks.yolasite.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/authorrigby Blogs: https://authisticwords.blogspot.com/ http://bubbitybooks.blogspot.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/kate_jay_r TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJTtmSAk/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@TheBubbity Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4768025