When sisters Annie and Jess learn that their thrice married mother is going to meet her first love in Rome they are immediately worried. Julia has not seen her first love Patrick for thirty years ,what if he kidnaps her or abandons her in Rome? The sisters decide to follow Julia to Rome to make sure she is okay.
We also learn about Julia and Patrick's young love story which was torn apart by her witch of a mother and caused untold heartbreak.
In Rome the sisters discover a secret their mother has held onto for years. How will this affect their future and that of their mother and Patrick .
This is such a lovely story of family, love and second chances. The characters are very human, ,each with their own failings. The settings of Cornwall and Rome each have their own special delights to offer.
In Rome it was the descriptions of the sea and the cosy pubs. I Rome is was the sights and the food and wine.
All in all a really good read with a few surprises along the way. And I cried at the end.

I enjoyed this story about a mother who flies to Rome to meet a former boyfriend she hasn’t seen in decades. Her daughters secretly follow her there to keep an eye on her, but each daughter has her own reasons also for wanting to get away. Also, a beautiful tribute to the city of Rome!

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and publisher for an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for my honest review

A lifetime secret, first love rekindled
Julia and Patrick met in their teens every summer, then Annie got pregnant and was told never to see Patrick again and to give up the baby for adoption.

Years later after both married and have grown families of their own, Patrick gets in touch with Julia to meet him in Rome to scatter their old friends ashes.

Sisters Annie and Jess don`t trust their mothers spontaneity so follow her to Rome where their mother tells them her lifetime secret.

Can everyone come together after the secret or will it tear the family apart..

A lovely story of first loves and family.
Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Annie's mother Julia wants to fly to Italy to reunite with her first love Patrick who she has not seen in decades. Annie and her sister Jess decide to travel with their mother. This book seemed to drag a bit in a few places, I did enjoy it.

I received an advance copy of, This Changes Everything, By Helen McGinn. I did not care for this book at all. I did not like any of the characters.