This book book and these characters have my heart!
It filled me with all the emotions.
A fab tale of friendship.
I'm off to track down Tate's other books now.

I was so engaged with the characters. A very readable tale of friendship and overcoming adversity. A lesson in this to everyone about the importance of a kind word and reaching out to someone who might be struggling.

Emotional and amusing by turn, I completely loved this well written story. Read in one sitting - I couldn't put it down.

Many thanks to NetGalley and to the publisher for allowing me the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review.

This was a lovely book - from the cover I expected it to be a romantic chick lit but it couldn't have been further from that.
Follows the story of 4 different women whose lives intertwine with each other.
They all for various reasons decide to take part in a charity bike race for a mental health charity and the story, covers their journey - both physically, but more importantly mentally and how much they change and accept their lives.
I really enjoyed this book, although it was also quite sad as it explored grief after suicide which is never going to be easy to read.
The characters were all likeable, and I think all of us can relate to at least one of them in various ways.

Sue works for nhs 111 call centre.. She has a tragedy and fellow call centre workers Flo and Raven join her on a charity bike ride following Hadrian's Wall.

I loved this book. Flo, Sue and Raven were all fabulous characters. The story was so well written I found myself looking forward to reading every day. It focuses on a charity bike ride and each woman has a different reason for doing it. The book made me cry at times which is always for me a sign the book has got to me. The same if a book makes me laugh. Would definitely recommend this.

*thanks to Netgalley and Harper Collins for the advanced reader copy

The story follows Sue, an NHS 111 call centre operator who find herself recently widowed. We also follow the stories of Raven - a self dubbed big boned goth - who is one of Sue’s colleagues, Kath who is part of a husband and wife presenter duo from a breakfast TV show and Flo, an elderly lady struggling to cope with retirement. All of their lives begin to intermingle and you soon discover that they made be unlikely friends, but they’re important parts of each other’s growth.

The women’s lives overlap as they embark on a charity bike ride to raise money for a mental health charity. Along the way the women find themselves pushing their physical limits, challenging their mental state and also re-evaluating what they want from life. Essentially a story about a physical journey is actually a story about how so many different women experience self discovery.

This isn’t a glossy and romantic filled book. It covers grief and hardships, suicide and bullying amongst other topics and it’s a heart wrencher. Each character really does go through emotional turmoil and it really does highlight the value and difference an emotional support system makes.

It was an enjoyable read and had much more depth and substance to it than I originally anticipated.

A lovely read, heartwarming and emotional (bring a few tissues). I really enjoyed going on this journey with Sue, the fact it deals so well with mental health issues was just so beautiful that it doesn’t shy away from them and Daisy touched on them so well and handled with true care. It’s such a poignant story, full of so many beautiful moments. I Left this book feeling uplifted and better for having read it.


Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

I thoroughly enjoyed this book after a slightly slow start where I wondered where it was going. Excellent relatable characters who developed along with the story. Emotional at times especially along the bike ride as each of the main characters hit their crisis point. Touches on the hard hitting subject of mental health so sensitively it makes the reader empathise and think. Fantastic description of a long bike ride when one has to dig deep in order to complete. Feel good but not cloying endings as well.

A poignant and heartwarming story that I found engrossing and entertaining.
A great cast of interesting and well rounded characters, a plot that made me smile and moved me and an excellent style of writing.
I found it a bit slow at the beginning but after a bit I was hooked.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Really good read. Would recommend to friends and family. I could sympathise with characters (important for any fiction novel!) and looked forward to picking it up and reading the next few chapters! Interesting plot line and a good ending. Will look out for more novels by the author. Thank you.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. I really enjoyed this nice easy feel good read, great characters as well especially the main lady Sue, girl after my own heart

I really enjoyed happy campers so had high expectations for this book, initially I found it quite hard to get into but I’m glad I persevered as towards the middle it became much more readable and kept me interested!
The importance of female friendship and mental health portrayed a really important message in a sensitive and tender manner! Raven , flo and sue demonstrated that even the most unlikely of friendships can have such beneficial effects and that’s so important no matter what age you are, the thought of undertaking such a bike ride would fill me with dread but would love the sense of camaraderie and achievement they all achieved.
Thank you net galley for this early read.

I recently read and enjoyed Daisy Tate's Happy Glampers novel. I was pleased to hear that she had written a new book called a Bicycle built for Sue. I was delighted to then receive an early preview copy of this book from Netgalley and the Publisher. This is a completely new and unrelated book to her first book.
This book features four different Women, Sue who has recently been widowed after her Husband's suicide. Raven who is confused about what she wants to do after she has left college. Flo, who is determined not to grow old now that she is in her 70's. Then there is Kath, a well known tv personality who feels guilt after her brother took his own life, she decides to do a charity bike ride along Hadrian's Wall.
Sue, Flo and Raven work together in a 111 call centre, and are persuaded to join the bike ride. Eager to escape the plans that their families think that they should do for their future, they decide to take part in the challenge.
This book often mentions suicide and mental health. It can be difficult to read about these subjects, but I think that it is an important subject that doesn't often get talked about enough.
Despite the hard hitting subject, I found this book compelling to read. It was easy to follow each of the characters stories. The unlikely foursome of the Women soon turned into real friendship, as they helped and encouraged each other to finish the bike ride, and decide what the next steps in their lives were going to be.
The characters were likeable, apart from a couple. It was lovely to see the characters make decisions and change their lives. This book is very sad and tearful in places, but it is also heartwarming and uplifting too. I enjoyed reading this book, and I hope that there are more books by this author in the future.

This book made me cry (in a good way).

The story follows four very different women - Sue, who is still reeling from being widowed; Raven - the big brown goth girl - who is struggling with her identity and independence from her family; Septuagenarian Flo, who is refusing to embrace retirement and TV personality, Kath, who is realising that she wants more than to be the bright and cheery face of breakfast TV.
These four women all end up on a charity bike ride to raise money for a mental health charity. They all go through a journey - in every sense of the word.

Following four storylines is tricky, but I was so invested in all four of them by the end! My favourite was Flo, gently falling back in love with the man she married.
This is not a romance (in case you thought it was, from the chicklit cover). It's excellent women's fiction. It's emotionally resonant and uplifting. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It has also put me off every going on a bike ride longer than a hour long. :-)

I got a review copy from Netgalley. This is my honest review.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an early review copy.

Sue Young, whose never asked for much. She’’s happy with her call centre job and dinner on the table at six o clock;

Until her husband’s suicide tore her quiet life into little shreds.

With her life in tatters, Sue is joins a charity cycle ride led by Kath Fuller, who is having a crisis of her own.

Sue’s self-appointed support crew, who are also struggling with their own issues. Her Flo Wilson is refusing to grow old, gracefully or otherwise, Raven Chakrabarti, is determined to dodge the path her family have mapped out for her.

Can this charity cycle ride give them a sense of validation,