REVIEW: YOU, ME AND OTHER PEOPLE

Author: Fionnuala Kearney
Genre:Fiction
Year of publication:2015
My rating: Four stars

Summary
Adam and Beth Hall are a happily married couple with their one child ;Meg. They seem like a normal middle-class family who live in the suburbs ,but Adam has a lot of skeletons in his cupboard.
After one of Adams one too many escapades with his sexy bartendering mistress Emma, he is kicked out of his home by his wife ...
Does Adam beg his beloved wife Beth or does he decide to have one more night of pleasure ? FIND OUT !

They say every family has skeletons in their closet...
But what happens when you open the door and they won't stop tumbling out?
For Adam and Beth the first secret wasn't the last, it was just the beginning.
You think you can imagine the worst thing that could happen to your family, but there are some secrets that change everything.
And then the question is,how can you piece together a future when your past is being rewritten?

My Verdict
To be very realsitic, this book is nothing spectacular, but totally worth the read (Lol i'm literally contradicting myself) To be frank,if you love fairy tales and everlasting love ; this book is not for you . But try it . It's not your regular breakup story ,it has a convoluted plot and i guess that's why i gave it four stars. You can acquire the book Here and Here also :)

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