The Mother's Bond

"The Mother's Bond" is a bittersweet story about a woman overcoming the tragedies and difficulties she suffered in her life, and rekindling relationships and affections she though were long gone.
I never read anything written by Denise Welch, even though I knew her name thanks to her acting career, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book.
Even though I'm not very much into women's fiction, being basically a lot younger than the women that are the main characters in these stories, I felt that I could relate a lot to the main character. Not on what happened to her, but on her way of thinking when she was a teen. I think I was like that too when I was her age, and maybe I would have taken some of her choices too.
The first half of the book, the one that focuses on her teenage years, was very hard to read because on the heavy topics, and I think there should be some trigger warnings, but the second half really flew by.
I was so curious to find out how the situation would develop.
On the negative side, I didn't particularly like how the character of Katherine evolved into a quite pathological liar when she was in her mid 30s. I expected a little bit more of maturity from a woman her age, but oh well, it wasn't something that made me hate the book, not at all.
In conclusion, I strongly suggest to read this moving story, I found it particularly inspiring overall.
Thanks again to the publisher, NetGalley and the author for the opportunity to read this book before the release date.
Closer to the 9th of August you will also be able to find my more detailed review on Goodreads and my Instagram profile.

Brilliant book with a great story line and charactors never read any books by this author before but will highly recommend.5*