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Cousins Ava Campbell (married, sensible, feeling old before her time) and Hope Scott (single, debt-ridden, in love with a man who will never love her back) have nothing in common.
But fate is about to throw them together.
When their beloved Aunt Betty - the free - spirited black sheep of the Scott family - dies in France the girls find themselves flying to the picturesque village of Saint Jeannet, tasked with sorting through her belongings and fulfilling her last wishes.
To guide them on their way, Betty has left them a series of letters detailing her own life, the heartbreak that lead her to move to France and the peace she found there with her beloved Claude.
As the women find each letter, a different layer of Betty's life, and their own lives, unfolds with hilarious, devastating and life-affirming results.
- Sales Rank: #63579 in eBooks
- Published on: 2012-07-01
- Released on: 2012-07-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Good story, crappy formatting
By Chromeheart
*buyer beware*
This book is seriously sold short by the number of formatting flaws in the kindle edition. The entire thing is riddled with extra indents and line breaks where they don't belong, sometimes with just one word on a line, and absolutely no indication when we're switching from Hope's PoV to Ava's and vice versa. The end result is very frustrating to read.
The story itself is a charming light read; it's the kind of book you pick up on a sunny afternoon with the windows open, and a nice up of tea in your other hand. The characters are lovable in their own flawed ways, alternately making you cry and laugh out loud. I just wish the author had put a little more effort into the French countryside setting. If you don't already know what Provence looks like, don't expect to from the author's (lack of) description.
If excessive profanity and/or fake profanity puts you off, this one isn't for you. I found the smattering of "fecks" on every page irksome and unnecessary.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
If only you knew how brilliant this is!
By Leah
If Only You Knew is about two cousins, Ava Campbell and Hope Scott, who are tasked - although, tasked is a bit strong a word, considering where they go to do said task - with the, er, task of sorting through their late Aunt Betty's life once she dies at her house in Saint Jeannet (in France). They're confused as to why Betty chose them; after all, Ava only met Betty once at a funeral and Hope only stayed with her for a month years ago when she went travelling with her best friend Dylan. However the two cousins duly head to France, and once there, they find letters from Betty, detailing her life in France and her life in Ireland before she went to France, and as the girls delve more into Betty's life they learn of secrets they weren't already aware of and they figure out that although Betty only knew them barely, she was indeed a lot more perceptive than anyone gave her credit for.
I very much enjoyed reading If Only You Knew, the story is an excellent one, although there is a niggling feeling that I've read a similar book that was also really good (so good, I appear to have forgotten what it was...). I wasn't sure what to expect, as you know, but it's a really perceptive read. I felt Claire Allan tapped in to the story brilliantly, managing to make Betty such an important part of the book despite her death, I felt she tapped into Ava and Hope in such a way that they'll stay with me for a while yet and I just found the whole book to be an enchanting read. I found myself getting lost in the story, getting lost in Betty's letters which really, really added to the book. It's truly one of the most impressive books I've read this year and I was just so impressed with how layered it was.
If Only You Knew really impressed me. I just loved it all and it was just the whole package, a nice story, a good backstory, characters I cared about. The only thing I felt was lacking was a real set-to between Hope and her best friend (and secret love) Dylan. I kept waiting for them to duke it out properly, for Hope to just be honest and it never came, which was a shame. It seemed as if it needed to happen, if I'm honest, and I was disappointed it never did. Apart from that, though, I thoroughly enjoyed my reading of the book. Claire Allan is supremely talented (even if she sometimes uses Irish words I don't understand - boking, for example, which if my powers of deduction are correct it means puking. I also don't understand the use of the word "baggage" as in "You're such baggage", because to me, that makes no sense!) and I just loved the whole book. I will indeed be reading the other Allan novel I have, and I can safely presume that this is indeed her breakout book and what a book it is.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Very sweet read. Great way to escape for a few hours.
By bleachhouselibrary
Two cousins, Ava and Hope, both in their thirties, both leading very different lives.
Ava is a married mother of one and juggles family life with her job as a teacher. Always striving for perfection, she is the queen of the to-do-list and organises everything with extreme care.
Hope, on the other hand, is a freelance journalist, living with her best friend Dylan, who she is secretly in love with. Scatty and not at all in control of her life, she is coasting along day to day.
When their Aunt dies and leaves them a letter in her will, it leads them both to France, where they will discover more about themselves, as well their Aunt Betty.
I have read this author's work before and have always enjoyed her novels, so it was a no-brainer to choose this as part of #IrishFictionFortnight. From Derry, in Northern Ireland, Claire has a lovely way with words and yet pulls no punches with her language. The story of these two cousins was believable, with a great cast of supporting characters. I especially loved Fiona, the fellow mother of one, who has nothing good to say about being a mum and who makes you wonder why some people have children at all. Through a series of letters, the author introduces us the wonderful world of Betty. Growing up in Derry, in the midst of The Troubles, she is swept of her feet and moves to France. Her new life is a far cry from the one she left behind, but she has left a part of her in the walled town. The cousins both have their issues, with Ava struggling to be themother she wants to be and Hope feeling let down by her flatmate and the love of her life. However, I found Hope's repetitive rants and thoughts about Dylan became a little tiresome.
The house in France sounds idyllic and, more than once, I had that fleeting dream of packing up my family and moving there. Then I remembered, this is the real world, not a novel, and it's never going to happen! Nonetheless, the descriptions of Betty's home, and the surrounding areas, were divine. I felt like I was with the girls as they crept into the attic to find out more about their Aunt.
This is women's fiction so, of course, there is a love interest. Predictable as it was, it lightened the mood of the book and added the romantic element to the sun drenched chapters. For those who have not read Claire's work, be ready for some Northern Ireland turn of phrase, like 'wee' instead of 'small', which always bring a smile to my face as I read them. Try saying them out loud for added entertainment, my kids loved when I tried my best Derry accent (which is not good). I have already rooted out my next Claire Allan book, as she is a perfect blanket to wrap yourself in, on these cold January evenings...
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