Publisher: 6th July 2022 by HarperCollins Australia
Pages: 343 pages
Genre: contemporary, humour
My Rating: 3.5 cups
Synopsis:
Claire’s family has gone nuclear. Her precious moppets keep calling Childline when she feeds them broccoli, she’s utterly Ottolenghied out at weekends, and her darling husband is having an affair with her best friend.
The question isn’t whether she needs a glass of wine, but is there one big enough?
Enter the Sauvignon Sisterhood, a new set of friends brought together by a shared love of liquid therapy. Together they might just be able to convince Claire that, like a good bottle of red, life really can get better with age. Or at least there’s more to it than the joy of an non-iron school uniform.
My Thoughts
‘A toast’, said Claire, standing up unsteadily. 'To us! The Saturday Night Sauvignon Sisterhood. We're divorcees and widows and marrieds an' all, an' here's to us!’
I found The Saturday Night Sauvignon Sisterhood to be funny in places but the surprise was the underlying tones that contained messages that I found to be heartwarming. This book is, of course, a comical realistic tale of motherhood and marriage, yet it also deals with more serious issues and this was done with care and sincerity.
The story follows Claire as her life gets turned upside down, but aside from the laughter, it’s a journey of her reinvention as someone stronger and truer to self. Yes, there is much wit revolving around family, marriage, school, work and friendships with it often being the simple observations that we all come across. This is what makes it relatable and provides comic relief to so many. Whether it be the interactions between parents and their children, or the stereotypical playground parents, readers are sure to find many laugh out loud moments.
‘Anyway, the important thing is that you've got to keep hold of who you are. You. Yourself. Not a wife, not a mother, not an employee, but you. Have you done that?'
What was pleasantly surprising was the wisdom wound around the wit from all these messy emotions. When this seemingly normal life begins to unravel, how do people work through it to come out the other side different but better? The central theme here is really one of support and friendship and having that ‘tribe’ of people surrounding you to hold your hand (and being reciprocative) as together you laugh, cry and set about, through much honesty, making changes.
For me, whilst I was not that caught up in the humour, I did very much appreciate the story of growth and personal development. The strength and resolve Claire demonstrated in making the necessary adjustments (with support) to evolve into a new life was worthy. A much relatable tale that is both lighthearted and uplifting.
‘Claire felt a sense of peace that had been missing for a long time, and she also felt a new sense of pride that however sad it was that this life was now over, it was finishing on her terms, and at her say-so. She had let herself drift along at the mercy of other people's whims for too long, and now it was time to take charge of her own life again.’
This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. The quoted material may have changed in the final release.
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