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Eve Glace - co-owner of the theme park Winterworld - is having a baby and her due date is a perfectly timed 25th December. And she's decided that she and her husband Jacques should renew their wedding vows with all the pomp that was missing the first time. But growing problems at Winterworld keep distracting them …
Annie Pandoro and her husband Joe own a small Christmas cracker factory, and are well set up and happy together despite life never blessing them with a much-wanted child. But when Annie finds that the changes happening to her body aren't typical of the menopause but pregnancy, her joy is uncontainable.
Palma Collins has agreed to act as a surrogate, hoping the money will get her out of the gutter in which she finds herself. But when the couple she is helping split up, is she going to be left carrying a baby she never intended to keep?
Annie, Palma and Eve all meet at the 'Christmas Pudding Club', a new directive started by a forward-thinking young doctor to help mums-to-be mingle and share their pregnancy journeys. Will this group help each other to find love, contentment and peace as Christmas approaches?
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My Review
Working my way through the back catalogue of this author (who I love!) and my Christmas themed reads, I decided to give this book a go! I've read some fabulous books by this author, so really I hoped I would love this one just as much. We meet three women - Annie, Palma and Eve - who all find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. The story follows their journey not just through their pregnancies, but also through life's trials and tribulations!
This was a lovely read! All the women are due to have their babies around Christmas time, but this isn't the only seasonal aspect of the book with Annie's Christmas Cracker business and Eve's Christmas theme park, WinterWorld taking some of the centre stage! So, whilst it does give plenty of seasonal fun, but the book does focus mainly on the women's pregnancies. I really liked the three main characters, with Palma being my favourite. I also really liked her storyline, she was on her own and probably struggled more than the other two women, and this made her more relatable. All three women though had some great storylines though and I found myself fondly looking back at my own experiences of heartburn, sickness and scans as I read!
The Christmas Pudding Club, arranged by the local GP, sounded great and it was fun to meet some of the other mums to be who were due around the same time as Annie, Palma and Eve! All the characters were so likeable and I found myself laughing along with them. Be warned though, there are some sad parts to the story regarding pregnancy and this may be a trigger for some. I have to admit to being reduced to tears at some points, but it was all written very sensitively. It doesn't necessarily have to be a Christmas read though and can easily be read at any time of year. It's filled with love, laughter, friendships and of course plenty of tiny little babies! Would recommend!
The Author
Milly Johnson was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. A Sunday Times bestseller, she is one of the Top 10 Female Fiction authors in the UK, and with millions of copies of her books sold across the world, Milly's star continues to rise. Milly was chosen as one of the authors for The Reading Agency's Quick Reads 2020 campaign. My One True North is her seventeenth novel. Milly writes from the heart about what and where she knows and highlights the importance of community spirit. Her books champion women, their strength and resilience, and celebrate love, friendship and the possibility of second chances. She is an exceptional writer who puts her heart and soul into every book she writes and every character she creates
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