"Accompany Pete through the difficulties of life after divorce in this smart, funny and uplifting read."
I fell in love with this absolutely cracking feel-good read from the very first page. It is full of wryly witty notes, yet has the ability to hit home with precision. A year after Pete was divorced, and he’s still not over his wife, as he struggles to make sense of life help comes from an unexpected direction. This is one of those books where I immediately felt comfortable, I forgot I was meant to be reviewing and just read with total enjoyment. Pete narrates and you get an instant sense of who he is, his words feel as honest and true as can be. While the other characters slip wonderfully in and out of the story, it is Niall who sits as the perfect foil to heart-worn Pete. Author Joe Portman’s tone throughout this book hits all the right notes, I snorted and blurted with laughter, even while feeling the emotional pain that scuds across the pages. This feels like life, life in all its glory, with devastating as well as joyous moments. If you are looking for bittersweet feel-good with perfectly timed layers of comedy then Separation for Beginners is for you. Chosen as a LoveReading Star Book and Liz Pick of the Month, I can recommend it heart and soul.
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There are millions of people who would love to start over. Pete Smith isn't one of them.
Between the divorce, the debt, and the dying travel business, no one seems to need him anymore. So, when his 23-year-old daughter moves back home, Pete's thrilled, even if it means Susie's bothersome boyfriend, Niall, comes to stay as well.
But when Susie flies the nest for good, Pete finds himself stuck with a flatmate he never signed up for...
One day he'll get around to fixing the lock on the bathroom door, figuring out what to do with his failing business, evicting his daughter's boyfriend from his house, and maybe even getting over his ex-wife.
But it turns out there are some things you can't put off until later – and some people who won't let you.
Separation for Beginners features in the following genres: Feel-Good Fiction, Book Club Recommendations, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Family Drama, Humorous Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Sagas, Satirical fiction and parodies, Fiction, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, General Fiction, Fiction: narrative themes
Separation for Beginners is available in Paperback, Hardback
Separation for Beginners was written by Joe Portman and published by Welbeck an imprint of Welbeck Publishing Group
Separation for Beginners has 400 pages
