This was my first Adrienne Young book and I loved it! The story was so engaging, the characters were likeable, the plot was so interesting. 
I took .5 of a star away though because I too frequently got lost in timeline and could not unravel where June was if she went forward or back or sideways. 
I’m definitely interested in reading another book by this author! 
Brittany Pressley did a wonderful job on the narration.  So well done and very easy to listen to.

Enjoyable but not a standout book. A small twist at the end was probably expected if I had been paying attention more while listening. 

I had not read a book by this author before so I picked this book based completely on the description. The story was good and characters very likeable, some moments quite emotional but some of the events in the story were too rushed. It didn’t feel realistic. 
I completely did not like the epilogue from that point of view. Total fantasy, in my opinion, and changed the whole feeling of the story up to that point. I really wish the author had chosen a different way to tie up the loose ends.

This book started off great but then it became way too wordy. There was a whole lot that could have been removed and the same story would have been told. It lost me in frequently throughout, and even stopped listening for a couple of days, but I hung in to get to the end. 
The narrator is easy to listen to although I was not impressed by the voice given to Holly. 
I am looking forward to reading the the next Holly book.

I tried.
I failed. 
I believed the story line had a chance. I loved the idea of feeling emotion from books. This would have been great to read about but the book in the story was just not any good. It did not hold my interest and became obvious that it was going to be the primary focus of the story. Very early on I started skipping pages within the story’s book. That’s an obvious sign that things are not going well in regards to me staying with it. 
Also the main character was frustrated about lack of details in finding out who wrote the book but look, there’s some details. 🙄 I just can’t deal with plots that don’t have continuity. 
I gave it a try and then gave up.

I enjoyed this book. I often enjoy reading books about women and their real lives in the decade I was born. It makes me think about how it was for my mom and grandmothers at that time. These kind of stories make me grateful for what I, and both my daughters, have easier although I’m not naive to know that there is still inequalities for women in this era still. 
I only rated this 3.5 stars because I felt it took too long to gain movement. It was halfway through the book when it became a story I “couldn’t put down”. I frequently skipped over the Lillian thoughts because much of it was repetitive although I understand that the author was trying to show Lillian’s self-reflection and growth and understanding. It was just a bit too stale at a point. 
I was surprised by Peter and Shirley, which was probably intended, and was very pleased to see they were not who they appeared to be. 
I wish that Ruth had a bit more chutzpah (she had it there but didn’t let it out enough) at the beginning and didn’t let her new husband make so many decisions for her but I realize that was part of her growth. 
I enjoyed the epilogue. It was great to see where everyone was… except I don’t recall anything mentioned about Asher or Leon. And I get why there was no future info on Carrie but I still missed her life update. Maybe that is a whole other story? 🙂
I would recommend this book for others to read. It would be a great book club selection… so much to discuss! And it would be a great book for younger generations of women to see how far we’ve come but understanding how much there still is left to do. 

“Lillian wished she could go back, but she could only change the future, not the past.”

This was a quick and light read about about new beginnings for women in midlife as well as different relationship challenges for two younger women. I enjoyed Marni and Ellen's journeys as I could relate easier to them. 
I am a fan of Robyn Carr and have read most of her books. This one was just a "good" for me though.