Amazing Grace Adams: The New York Times Bestseller and Read With Jenna Book Club Pick

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She is the perfect representation of what we as women go through trying to navigate our various worlds, often feeling as though we cannot let anyone down. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. She may not be the perfect mother, but her love is fierce, and she needs to prove that - not just to her daughter, but to herself.

Today, 45-year-old Grace is a frustrated lady who, one day, just snaps and walks out of her car that is stuck in heavy traffic. Time has passed and Grace has regrets, but is desperate to prove to her daughter that she loves her. I think every woman who reads this will recognise a little of Grace in herself (and if you haven’t yet, don’t worry, she’s coming) because she really has perfectly captured the struggles of the peri menopausal middle aged woman; juggling everything and watching helplessly as the balls come crashing down. This notion that we’re supposed to be downtrodden, over the hill, boring — all these adjectives attached to the middle-aged space. The author used time as a device to help fill out the whole story, constantly flashing back to several different time periods that are critical to understanding what is happening now in the present.Thank you to the author Fran Littlewood, publishers Henry Holt and Macmillan Publishing, and as always NetGalley, for an advance digital copy of AMAZING GRACE ADAMS.

The journey leads to a look back on her life, the choices she has made, and how she got to where she is now.The day of Lottie’s 16th birthday is brilliantly done, it’s full of drama and emotion but we are left feeling optimistic. Round and round and round we go-alternating between the THREE timelines, throughout the entire book.

I had to get my creative kicks crafting colorful intros to features about, say, pensions regulations for small businesses. While it is easy to admire her stance of standing for herself, her attitude and her approach towards problems didn’t endear her to me. I’d be screaming my frustration to the universe, all while swinging my golf club at whatever tried to keep me from my child. The writing in “Amazing Grace Adams” is truly amazing, with powerful, multi-sensory descriptions of everything from blisters to childbirth. The author mentions in her parting note that this plot is inspired by the movie ‘Falling Down’, so perhaps fans of that movie might like to give this a try.

Estranged from her daughter and left by her husband, Grace needs to find a way back to the person she used to be. I was gripped from the start and finished it on holiday, ignoring my friends (and surrounding kangaroos! The story is told from 2002, four months ago and in the present day and is done so well you barely noticed the time differences.