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Praise for Anniki: ‘Makes me feel like I’m not the only one.’ Cherry Healey
Kate is not in a meaningful relationship. The last loving bond Kate had was with mother, who died a year ago.
Now Kate dreams of being a parent herself, and pouring all of her love into the tiny bundle of happiness that will her love unconditionally in return. Except without any partner to provide her with sperm, Kate takes matters into her own hands and decides upon a series of random encounters to get what she wants.
No one thinks this is a good idea; not her best friend, or her boss at the bookshop where she works ― not even June, one of her elderly customers. Because what they can see, and what Kate can’t, is that it isn’t a baby that she needs at all ― it’s something else entirely…
Review
At times this was a hard read, with a central character who has mental health issues.
I admit when I read that Kate worked in a bookshop, I thought I was going to love this book. Unfortunately Kate has fallen out of love with books and the bookshop she works in, so it wasn't the way I thought it was going to be at all.
Kate is desperate to have baby, but as she isn't in a relationship the tactics she resorted to in order to try and conceive were in themselves very desperate and worrying. We find that Kate has very deep anxiety issues and through the course of the book we see her thoughts written in her journal. They don't make for very uplifting reading and at times it was so sad.
When I thought there was going to be a little light at the end of the tunnel in the form of her elderly friend June, that was soon extinguished and left me feeling a little bereft on behalf of Kate. At times it borders on being funny except it's Kate's life and the depths she's sunk to.
I wasn't sure about the ending. I read it twice in case I had missed something, but I hadn't. It was disappointing from my point of view, but I suppose true to life.
I'm giving this book 3 out of 5 stars. My thanks to netgalley for the ARC to review.
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