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As heartwarming as a crackling log fire, as magical as a starry Canadian sky

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Heart-warming and delicious, it is a true feast for the senses

Full of holiday cheer, this delightful romance is just what you need in the countdown to Christmas

A delightful romance as sweet as maple syrup and as heartwarming as a big mug of hot chocolate. Enjoy!

A perfect read to get you in the mood for festivities

An exacting and brilliantly structured novel about love, grief, hope lost and then found again. I rooted for Grace from the first sentence

Women in their 40s everywhere will be wondering 'how did she get into our heads?' Funny and moving

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Fran Littlewood has written a magnificent novel. Grace Adams is everywoman-filled with promise, trepidatious in love and eventually, a besotted mother. Amazing Grace Adams is a fully realized story of catastrophe and joy, grief and love, and the hidden chambers of the human heart that carry the best and worst of our experience. A stunning debut

Full of depth and honesty

From the first hot minute when Grace Adams, stalled in traffic, stuck in her car, simply opens the door and walks away from it all-into her day, the single day that gathers all her days up to this tipping point at the middle, she had me. How Life in the middle of our lives breaks us open-and apart-and then open again. I finished her story on a plane above the country, so full, and in tears. "Ma'am?" my seat-mate asked, "are you ok?" "Oh, yes," I answered. And gave him this book'

A redemptive story of womanhood, motherhood and marriage. You won't forget Grace Adams in a hurry

Brilliant . . . a story of a midlife heroine seeking redemption and so much more

I can't remember the last time I read a novel with such unbridled enthusiasm. Amazing Grace Adams is a raw, uproariously hilarious portrait of parenthood, love, and family; it's also a profound examination of the way language can both save us and fail us when we need it the most. I'd walk across London on the hottest day of the year with Fran Littlewood-hell, I'd walk anywhere with her. I'm begging you: read this book

I laughed, I cried ugly tears, I rooted for Grace Adams. It broke my heart then reassembled it - as only a fabulous novel can

An incredible debut. Grace Adams is fighting back and her story is both powerful and heartbreaking. I recommend.

Hugely accomplished. You'll laugh, cry and nod in recognition. Properly amazing

This is a redemptive narrative, conveying the complex midlife crisis, with humour and hope

Family dynamics are well observed in a Falling Down-inspired tale of a mother's menopausal rage. Grace Adams is certainly a fighter

Grace and her family feel brilliantly, dramatically real and believable, and she becomes a heroine to take to heart

Honest and relatable

An uplifting tour de force with a heartfelt message that will make you laugh and cry. It's the perfect January read. In her amazing Grace, Fran Littlewood has created an unforgettable heroine

A surefire literary hit . . . destined to be a Hot for 2023 phenomenon

Hotly anticipated

We promise you'll rage, cry and laugh