Today it's my turn on the BlogTour It's My Birthday by Hannah Pearl. It's a romance, it's women's fiction and it's contemporary. A tale of self-discovery, love and of taking charge of our own lives.
Hannah Pearl was born in East London. She is married with two children and now lives in Cambridge. She has previously worked as a Criminology researcher, as a Development Worker with various charities and even pulled a few pints in her time.
In 2015 she was struck down by Labrynthitis, which left her feeling dizzy and virtually housebound. She has since been diagnosed with ME. Reading has allowed Hannah to escape from the reality of feeling ill. She read upwards of three hundred books during the first year of her illness. When her burgeoning eReader addiction grew to be too expensive, she decided to have a go at writing. In 2017 she won Simon and Schuster's Books and the City #heatseeker short story competition, in partnership with Heat magazine, for her short story The Last Good Day. Hannah is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association.
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About the book
It's My Birthday... I'll cry if I want to.
Oh boy, another birthday …
Karen could be excused for crying on her birthday, especially as it’s the first one since her husband got on a plane to the States and never came back. Then there’s the fact that her workmates were practically bribed to attend her birthday meal. But when a restaurant double booking leads to her sharing a table with single dad Elliot and his daughter, things start looking up.
As Karen gets to know Elliot she experiences feelings she thought she’d never have again. But is it enough? Or will the thing that destroyed Karen’s previous relationship also ruin things with Elliot?
It can be scary when life as you know it crumbles and you have to start from scratch one day just because one person in your relationship has decided they want a different life for themselves. Karen isn't really unhappy about becoming single again, but she is finding it difficult to adjust to certain aspects of life as a single woman.
Meeting Elliot and experiencing life as a carefree individual feels fresh and exciting. The awkwardness of sex with someone new after such a long time is quickly forgotten because Elliott is in a similar situation. The two of them become close and Karen inadvertently steps into the void in his life. She also bonds with his daughter.
This bond is what awakens deep feelings Karen thought she had buried successfully in her previous relationship. The type of feelings that change things between herself and Elliot, perhaps even destroy the tender beginnings of their love story.
This is a story about self-exploration and discovery. It's all about how Karen not only identifies what she wants in life, from herself and others, it's about how she goes out to try and get it. I think at the beginning she doesn't even fully comprehend what is going on, but in essence that is what this story is all about. Her path to find her own recipe of happiness.
Although this is definitely a story about romance and love it isn't really the core of the premise. How many couples, especially women in relationships, tend to shove their own needs and wants into a locked cupboard whilst being part of a duo. The needs and wishes of the other person become more important. The caregiver inside of women outranks the individualist that lives inside of them at the same time.
It's a romance, it's women's fiction and it's contemporary. A tale of self-discovery, love and of taking charge of our own lives.
Buy It's My Birthday by Hannah Pearl on Amazon Uk or go to Goodreads for any other retailer. Publisher: Ruby Fiction; pub date 19 Mar. 2019. Buy at Amazon com.
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