Here, Home, Hope: Women’s Fiction

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An appetite for more forces her to take stock of her middling middle-American existence and her neighbors' seemingly perfect lives. Her marriage to a successful attorney has settled into a comfortable routine, and being the mother of two adorable sons has been rewarding. But Kelly's own passions lie wasted. She eyes with envy the lives of her two best friends, Kathryn and Charlotte, both beautiful, successful businesswomen who seem to have it all. Kelly takes charge of her life, devising a midlife makeover plan.

Book Review: Here, Home, Hope by Kaira Rouda

From page one, Kelly's witty reflections, self-deprecating humor, and clever tactics in executing that plan - she places Post-it notes all over her house and car - will have readers laughing out loud. The next instant, however, they might rant right along with Kelly as her commitment to a sullen, anorexic teenager left on her doorstep tries her patience or as she deflects the boozy advances of a divorced neighbor. Book Reviews Home Lifestyle.


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Book Reviews Views Jessica Hickam. About Kaira Rouda Kaira is an award-winning entrepreneur, marketer, speaker and author. View project Are You Nonverbally Illiterate? View project Financial Recovery: Developing a Healthy Relationship with Money. Putting the Luxe Back in Luxury. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. She uses a lot of Post-it notes, placed strategically everywhere in her home and in her car, which she has named Doug. Her husband Patrick is her best friend, and he proves to be very supportive as she begins to change her life that summer, while her two sons, David and Sean, are at summer camp.

All around her, life is changing. Her friend Kathryn drops off her anorexic teen daughter Melanie, hoping for the help she herself cannot provide, while she is finding herself in Montana. I enjoyed the characters, each of whom felt real to me, from the self-absorbed Charlotte and her new love Bruce, to the sulky teen Melanie, who started to grow on me after a while.

A fun read, earning 4 stars from me. One person found this helpful. After reading Kaira's book "In the Mirror" and really enjoying it , I decided when offered the opportunity to read the other books by Kaira Rouda as I discovered that her books fill me with a joy and remind me of the author Rachel Hauck and Sara Evans.

In Here, Home, Hope we meet Kelly who is in her last year before the big and has discovered her life is filled with restlessness and she knows she has to do something, anything otherwise she is bound to go stark crazy and do something she regrets. The story starts with her at the dentist and then on her way home.

As she's coming home , she sees that her next door neighbour Heidi has up and left her family and her friend Charlotte is selling the house. The scene then cuts to Charlotte and Kelly enjoying some drinks when they are interrupted by Kathryn who comes to Kelly in tears and Charlotte departs. Readers discover that Kathryn's marriage is falling apart and her daughter has an eating disorder.

Kelly being the ever-helping friend and since her boys are away at camp offers for Kathryn's daughter Melanie to stay with her and Patrick.

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So Kelly's new project begins in helping Kathryn's daughter. Though it seems that life in Kelly's neck of the woods isn't all cherry and that her marriage and life compared to others is solid and stable as we learn Charlotte's and Kathryn's lives are about to become very tangled with one another and Kelly will be left on the sidelines trying to decide what is right and wrong , and what her next move shall be.

One thing that I really did like in this novel though was despite what was happening around and in Kelly's life and mindset, she still stayed faithful to her husband and they still had a strong marriage. This book would definitely fall under the category of family saga and women's fiction rather than Chick Lit.

Loved Kelly's journey and the interaction with her friends. Her husband was wonderful! She's reached that point in life where she knows she's happy with her hubby and kids, but something is missing. She finds out it's her! It was great to watch this character rediscover herself with the unwavering support of her husband. I nearly cheered at the end of this story. The message is one that women need to read and hear more often: And let's not forget many women don't even have the option of making that choice. The idea that there is only one right way to be a mother causes women far too much needless anxiety.

Love your children when you're with them. That's the best thing you can do. I expected a light, quick read, but was soon caught up in the heart-wrenching struggles of this novel's characters.

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I could hardly put it down, as the pacing was perfect. The characters were all well-developed, and I ended up empathizing a bit with even my least favorite characters by the book's end. Best of all, when the book was over I truly felt inspired to make some changes in my life, to follow the main character's example.


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This is the perfect read for when you're "stuck in a rut" and I'm creating a whole new category in my Kindle library for it: I choose the book because of its title. The book was an easy read. The author made the characters come alive. What a nice break from my usual book club reading list I thought the characters a bit exaggerated as though in a stage play. I happen to love plays and this read was the perfect interlude during a hectic holiday season.

It was also a great reminder to nurture those relationships I value most especially my husband, children and close girlfriends. It also reminded me they do not come in perfect packages and will sometimes disappoint.

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