For more than thirty years, Angela Gillespie has sent friends and family around the world an end-of-the-year letter titled 'Hello from the Gillespies'. It's always been cheery and full of good news. This year, Angela surprises herself – she tells the truth . . .
The Gillespies are far from the perfect family that Angela has made them out to be. Her husband is coping poorly with retirement. Her 32-year-old twins are having career meltdowns. Her third daughter, badly in debt, can't stop crying. And her ten-year-old son spends more time talking to his imaginary friend than to real ones.
Without Angela, the family would fall apart. But when Angela is taken from them in a most unexpected manner, the Gillespies pull together – and pull themselves together – in wonderfully surprising ways . . .

Found on a swap bookshelf in Daughters at Hall café in Hall, ACT. I left a replacement book.

An enjoyable read. Had a few silly things, such as that country people drive slowly and carefully on country dirt roads. Really, so those farmer looking characters ripping at speed towards me down gravel country roads in their utes and 4WDs, as though they know the road well (and aren't expecting to meet another driver), aren't local! Um, country drivers drive fast on the roads they know. I did as a teen when living on a farm for a few months. I shouldn't have, I was still a terrible driver, and inexperienced. The road was sealed, but I knew every pothole, of which there were quite a few, and every bend. Not at milking time though.
Also I found annoying the 'kissy kissy' of one of the daughters, making her into a cloying character. Besides that and for most of the book a good read.

Refreshing the library. This has had a month in the Little Free Library in Narrabundah, ACT. # 86492 (OBCZ). Swapped books. This book will be put some place new.

Left in the Book Exchange, Owen, SA. Enjoy, and it's really appreciated if you can please log this book to let previous readers know it has found a new reader, and where it travels to next. Then we can all follow its journey. Thank you 🙂.


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