Janet Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Marshmallows for Breakfast by Dorothy Koomson The Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen1 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 I just recently read this book myself. I loved it but I have to say that I did prefer My Best Friends Girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyanddandy Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Thanks for that review Bagpuss. It confirms that I will not be investing in DK's second book. I thought the first one was dire, I read to the end but it was an effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen1 Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 if its chick lit then i may like it. I wouldn't really class it as chick lit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen1 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I suppose it could be classes as chick lit, but its not the usual type of chick lit as it deals with some quite serious issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 I nearly bought it for my sis birthday cause she loves marshmallows....but maybe just as well I didn't then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Nice review Janet, I think I have this one. x **Scoots off to check** x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishbookworm Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I'm looking forward to starting the book because I bought it today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I love Dorothy Koomson. I find her style different and more engaging than other typical chick lit authors if she can be classed as that. Her best for me was My Best Friend's Girl but I thoroughly enjoyed all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I have both this and My Best Friends Girl on my TBR pile, I should get around to reading them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I have this on my TBR pile (along with The Cupid Effect and The Chocolate Run) and I did start the first couple of chapters then gave up for some reason. I will eventully get round to reading it someday . I've already read My Best Friend's Girl and Goodnight, Beautiful. MBFG had me in tears at the beginning for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Synopsis from Amazon: When Kendra Tamale returns to England from Australia she rents a room from Kyle, a divorced father of two, and begins a new job. She's looking forward to a fresh start and simple life. Kyle's five-year-old twins, Summer and Jaxon, have other ideas and quickly adopt Kendra as their new mother - mainly because she lets them eat marshmallows for breakfast. Kendra eventually becomes a part of their lives, even though she's hiding a painful secret that makes her keep everyone - especially children - at arm's length. Then Kendra bumps into the man who shares her awful secret, and things fall apart: she can't sleep, she can't eat, she's suspended from work, and the kids are taken away by their mother. The only way to fix things is to confess to the terrible mistake she made all those years ago. But that's something she swore never to do ... This is a truly beautiful book which touched a whole range of emotions. This is chick-lit, but with hard issues that add amazing depth to this book. Kendra is good at running away. Something bad happened to her when she was twenty. It changed her. She became someone who didn't really feel, she became jumpy and she locked away her feelings. When a chance to leave England arose, she leapt at the chance, and off to Australia she went. But she fell in love over there, with someone who she couldn't have. So she returned to England when she could, and move into the studio in the Gadsborough's back garden. She has the shock of her life when she wakes up on the first morning to see Summer and Jaxon, six year old twins standing in her flat. She soon grows attached to them, as she realises their life is falling apart because their parents are getting a divorce. For someone who wanted to keep away from children, she quickly becomes their "other mumma", and can't live without them. So when their mum kidnaps them she is distraught. alongside that, she has to face up to what happened to her when she was young, and the reason why she left Australia. There is so much addressed in this book. Ashlyn, the twins mother is an alcoholic, there is attempted suicide, rape and divorce. Brave issues to tackle in a novel, but Koomson handled all of them well, and she brought believable and realistic conclusions to each issue. She dedicates sections and memories to each issue and storyline so they are thoroughly examined. This in effect means Koomson can look into these issues properly, but it also allows the characters to develop in their own right. I loved the characters, and Koomson writes in such a way that I was completely in tune with them. When the twins were upset or scared my heart broke for them; when they went missing I felt Kendra's pain and anguish - this is just a well written novel. I loved the twins. They were easily my favourite characters. They were so vulnerable and so easy to love. They were just gorgeous children. I really enjoyed this book. It was a gripping book that I didn't want to put down. Well worth reading even if chick-lit is not a genre you usually enjoy. 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 It is a while since I read this book, so it is not fresh in my miind. However I believe that when I read it I felt that no way is this plausible in real life (I know, ....it is a book after all!) and that Kendra could have explained herself/ her past life much better at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I too have read this one. My review. Had mixed feeling about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishbookworm Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I've read this book too! and also had mixed feelings about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly2008 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 This has been on my TBR pile for a while now (along with MBFG) I think i will be reading this next Or should I read MBFG first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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