Sometimes nothing happens in one weekend, and other times, everything happens

Synopsis

When all seems lost, hope remains…

Val Murray has mislaid her most precious mementoes of the people she’s loved and lost. Can her family, the wonders of technology and a little divine intervention somehow mend her shattered heart?

Sophie Smith had to take a rain check on a marriage proposal. Will her bid to turn back the clock lead her to her greatest love or yet another heartbreak?

Alice McLenn stood by her husband, Larry when a scandal cost them everything. When he hits the headlines again, Alice has an opportunity to leave – but can she find the strength to finally walk away?

Rory Brookes was forced to turn his back on his parents to save his career and marriage. Now, he’s lost his job and wife on the same day. Is it too late to make amends with the one person who never let him down?

Three days. Four broken hearts. Just one weekend to make them whole again.

My review

After losing her beloved husband after many blissful years being married to Don, Val Murray is a little bit at loss. So after some persuasion, she agrees to spend two weeks in London, with her nieces Carly and Carol.
Only to be devastated once again when Val realizes that she has lost her most precious rings. Not that they hold that big of a monetary value, but the emotional value is just priceless.
Little does Val know that the rings are in hands of Sophie Smith, who herself is on a quest to reconnect with the man that proposed to her two years ago. But with the complete wrong timing, she couldn’t possibly accept…
But Sophie herself doesn’t know that getting into the same taxi as Val did, with the same rude driver, she won’t manage to get on time to the meeting point…
And Alice McLenn has had enough of being married to Larry, as a scandal cost her everything, and now his behaviour is putting them back in the headlines. But most of all, she regrets the loss of contact with her son Rory Brookes, who sees his marriage falling apart and losing his job on the same day.
In three days, the world of four people will change, but in what way?

Shari Low for sure knows how to write books that keep you sitting on the edge of your seat. It took me a little while to realize that Val is a character that has appeared before in Shari’s previous books. When that realization struck, I had a little squeal of excitement, as I absolutely loved Val whenever she appeared. But if this is your first book of this amazing author (shame on you that you haven’t discovered her earlier! 😊), there is no need to worry as you can read this perfectly as a standalone.

I was very curious to discover how each separate story would fit in the greater picture, because each character has such a specific and personal story to tell, that I truly believe that they could fill a whole book on their own.

Each character has been through or is still going through a rough patch, like losing a husband, losing a mother, losing a marriage.
I cannot even say which character I loved the most. Was it Val, who is heartbroken after losing her Don and discovering she has lost the rings that mean so much her? But also being the kind of person that is able to see more than what sees the eye? And manages to get you all teared up by just talking about her life?

Or is it young Sophie, on a mission, not telling her father so that he is not worried about her? Sophie, who finally has given losing her mom a place and is finally ready to move on? And that same Sophie that knows that her mission is a difficult one, but is ready to just go for it? And that same Sophie that shows that there still are good people in this world, that do the right thing, and not doing what many other people would do.

Or is it Alice, the woman that has lost everything, ‘thanks’ to her husband. Being married to Larry has not been the marriage of life she envisioned, but she never found the right time to leave. Alice, that to protect the person she cares the most about, pushed him away. Alice, that is building up the courage to take that final step. Alice, that perhaps finally has the perfect opportunity to finally do what’s right for her.

Or perhaps it’s Rory, that after still hoping his wife would return to him, learns that his marriage is truly over, even costing him his job. But also understanding that now there is nothing else to lose and perhaps it’s time to get back in touch with the one person that would do anything for him.

So it’s clear, I cannot pick a favourite person. But I for sure can pick the person I disliked the most. A person that shows us that despite all the good people in the world, there will always be someone thinking about his own gains, and doesn’t take in account the feelings of those around him. And I was happy to see how karma can be a total b****.

It was so heart – warming to see how each main character is surrounded by love, love from their friends, family, or even people they have just met like a kind nurse, or how fate has brought them on their paths.

This book is filled with so much love, kindness, gentleness, understanding and forgiveness, but also courage and determination.
We see how in one weekend, three days, can have a complete impact on your life. How in three days you can make new acquaintances, and bonds that will last a lifetime.

Shari Low has this amazing talent that she can write a whole book with something that starts of so randomly, and yet how the universe can turn that randomness into perhaps the best thing that could ever happen to you. Because it brings people on your path that you didn’t know you needed, or that they needed you.
I was captivated by this story from the first page until the very last one, something that shouldn’t surprise me anymore as I know what this author can do.