Friday, September 30, 2022

RRR presents... LOST LUGGAGE by Samantha Tonge - REVIEW!

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Welcome back to Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers.


Today, you're in for a trio of bookish treats as we welcome not one, or two, but THREE book tours with some fabulous titles ready to be added to your TBR! So, if you're ready, let's get this party started! First up, Rachel's Random Resources swings by as we host a stop on their current promotion featuring a Women's Fiction novel about life, love, and the chances we take. Ready or not, here comes today's ebook of choice and blog tour guest...


Lost Luggage
by
Samantha Tonge
Boldwood Books


About the book...
Brand new from the bestselling author of Under One Roof.

One lost suitcase. Two strangers. And a notebook that will change lives.

For almost fifty years, sisters Dolly and Greta have lived together – getting each other through the good times and the bad.

Except this year, Greta isn’t there and Dolly is feeling lost and alone. In memory of her sister, Dolly heads to the lost luggage auction where she and Greta go each Christmas. But her bid reveals a gift she never imagined.

Amongst the clothes is the notebook of a reclusive woman who has hardly been outside for an entire year, but who isn’t ready to give up on life. The notebook’s contents resonate with Dolly. With the support of her neighbours, retired Leroy and eleven year old Flo, Dolly decides to take on the year of firsts Phoebe had planned.

But, can you have a year of firsts when you’re seventy-two? And is Dolly ready to discover the notebook’s secrets, or are some secrets better left lost at the airport?






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This is a story that really takes us through the stages of grief, and helps us find our way back to ourselves.  It's a story about love for another, and the things we'd do to keep that love.  It's a story about the hard times in life and the troubles that can dog us, but also about second chances, and how much the truth can truly set up free.

Dolly was a wonderful character, if at first lost and so alone.  She had depended on the constant presence of her sister Greta for o many years, she didn't know how to be her true self anymore.  Don't get me wrong, when they were together, happier times they never knew....but once Greta passes on from this life, Dolly is at a crossroads and discovering things about herself as well as her past that she never knew, she never knew.  Uncovering secrets she didn't know were there, reconnecting with the world around her, let alone those from her past, is bringing everything she thought she knew into a new light, and casting shadows on what she held true.  Change is hard at any age, but when it affects the memory of someone we loved...it makes it THAT much harder.  Good things for Dolly, she's grown her network of friends, and loved ones, even if it was the hardest first step she had to take.  It pays off in the end, and softens the blow on the surprises waiting for her dead ahead.  Watching her rebuild her true sense of self, knitting the pieces of the past together with those things she's learned from the present, really gave it that extra tangible connection to what she was going through.  Seeing her help others while struggling herself was a wonderful reminder that everyone is carrying something with them on this journey we call life...some of our luggage is just more visible than others.

A great read for Women's Fiction and Contemporary Fiction fans with a great cast of characters you'll be glad to call friends by book's end.



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About the author...


Samantha Tonge is the bestselling and award-winning author of over 15 romantic fiction titles published by HQ, and most recently Aria. Her first book for Boldwood, Under One Roof, was published in February 2022 and her move to Boldwood marks a broadening of her writing into multi-generational woman’s fiction. She lives in Manchester with her family.






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Special thanks to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for the chance to bring this tour to you. as well as the ebook for review. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, this promotion, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. Be sure to check out the rest of tour for more bookish fun!


Until next time, remember...if it looks good, READ IT!


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