The Mum Who Got Her Life Back

Without reading the blurb in too much detail, I expected a tale about a woman suffering empty nest syndrome. Since her two kids are twins, they leave for university at the same time. But instead of being lonely and feeling kind of useless all of a sudden, after 18 years of cooking, washing, shopping, cleaning up after everyone and generally caring for her children, Nadia embraces the new situation and is quite happy to finally have her life – and her flat – back to herself. She's a HEN - a Happy Empty Nester. I was fond of Nadia from the very beginning, and the writing style suited her character perfectly. But also the chapters told from the point of view of Jack were very fitting. The book does have one serious ‘ingredient’, but generally it is very humorous and – above all – true to life. Even very small characters, like customers at the charity shop, are depicted brilliantly. A very enjoyable read, for me personally maybe 10 years too soon.