Forget Me Not

by Isabel Wolff

The sparkling new novel from the bestselling author of BEHAVING BADLY and RESCUING ROSE. After the sudden death of her mother, 36-year-old Anna Temple is forced to re-evaluate her life. She swaps hedge funds in the City for herbaceous borders and takes up garden designing. At the same time, she must cope with another dramatic change -- the arrival of her daughter, Milly, the result of an uncharacteristic one-night stand. As Anna struggles with magnolias, not to mention motherhood and men, she must also face up to family skeletons tumbling out of the closet.

• ISBN10: 0007178298
• ISBN13: 9780007178292
• Publish Date: 5 March 2007
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 18 August 2008
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Format: Paperback (UK Trade)
• Pages: 352
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[Leah]

Forget Me Not was one of my favourite reads by Isabel Wolff. I’ve enjoyed most of the books I’ve read by her but Forget Me Not was brilliant. I love when a book is written in first-person style it’s so easier to follow a story, I think.

Anna Temple’s mother has just died and that’s where the story starts: they’re clearing out her parents’ old house as her dad is moving closer to Anna. I loved all the flower references even if I’m no way flower-worldly.

The book not only explores bereavement but also family secrets, a single mother struggling to bring up her baby as well as starting her new business and also finding love again. I guessed, along with Anna that it was her sister who wasn’t her full-sister and was surprised when I found out it wasn’t and who it actually was.

I loved the Milly/Anna parts and thought Xan was irritating at first, flitting in and out at will but I liked that he did eventually come to realise how much he loved Milly even if he also irritated with how protective he became of Anna when he realised she had a new boyfriend.

I thought Jamie was more of a background character at the beginning before becoming more involved, I would have liked a bit more interaction between himself and Anna before they got together but I can’t complain.

I thought Patrick, Anna’s new boyfriend was dodgy and the incident near the end of the book definitely proved that. Also I was so curious as to who was the father of Jenny’s baby, Anna’s friend, and I didn’t see it coming. Luisa was also hilarious teaching Milly Spanish…the characters were just so diverse and so great.

It was a pageturner of high quality and I just love Isabel Wolff’s writing.

Rating: 5/5