Title: Before We Grow Old by Clare Swatman
Date Published: 19th January 2022
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Genre: Women's Fiction
Description:
When seven-year-old Fran first met Will they knew instantly that they were made for each other. For eleven years they were inseparable, but then, at the age of eighteen, Will just upped and disappeared.
Twenty-five years later Will is back.
Is fate trying to give them a second chance?
Still nursing the heartbreak from all those years ago, Fran is reluctant to give Will the time of day. The price Will must pay is to tell the truth – the truth about why he left, the truth about why he's back…
And Fran has her own secrets to hide. The time has come to decide what Fran and Will really want from life – before it's too late.
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Review:
I want to thank Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me on this tour and Boldwood Books for providing me with a copy of Before We Grow Old in exchange for an honest review.
Clare Swatman is a new to me author but when I read the synopsis, I'm a sucker for second chance romances so I thought I'd give it a go.
When I started reading Before We Grow Old, I thought it was just a sweet second chance romance but it turned out to be 'I'm not crying honestly, there's just something in my eye' kind of book (which I'm not mad at). There's joy, there's sadness and a good dose of the awws too.
The story is told from Fran's perspective, starting when Will comes back into her life after twenty-five years, interspersed with memories along the way.
Fran was a character I rooted for. A single mum, working a job she doesn't particularly like to pay the bills. She thought she was happy but merely going through the motions until Will came back on the scene and I enjoyed watching her grow through the story.
I would have liked maybe to have seen some scenes from Will's point of view, just because I feel we didn't get to know him quite as well, but of course, that's just my opinion.
Before We Grow Old is a sweet yet poignant novel that will take you on an emotional rollercoaster.
About The Author:
Clare Swatman is the author of three women's fiction novels, published by Macmillan, which have been translated into over 20 languages. She has been a journalist for over twenty years, writing for Bella and Woman & Home amongst many other magazines. She lives in Hertfordshire.
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