As “heartbroken therapy†Natalie’s old friend Tom suggests weekend activities to distract, and of course, unbeknownst to her, woo her. They start with abseiling. Into this charming scenario the reader is introduced to more heartbroken characters suffering for different reasons and we spend the book rooting for them all. This is quite lovely, right back up to the standard of her first, The Reading Group, and well worth wallowing in.
The ultimate romantic comedy from the Number One bestseller Natalie and her sisters have known Tom and his family forever. They climbed trees together, scraped knees on the same pavements and, in taking shared steps towards adulthood, shaped bonds that would last a lifetime. So when Natalie's long-term love walks out on her, Tom's is the much-needed shoulder she cries on. And Tom dreams up an ingenious way to dry her tears: a series of Alphabet Weekends - starting with A for Abseiling - to make her forget the heartache and, he hopes, to make her see what's been staring her in the face all these years. His genuine love for her. But as they tumble from A to Z, their families and friends face broken hearts and tragedies of their own. Can the Alphabet Weekends unlock love in all its many and wonderful guises? And not just for Natalie and Tom, but for everyone they care about?
