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The Good Women of Safe Harbour
The Good Women of Safe Harbour: A Novel | Bobbi French
6 posts | 4 read | 7 to read
An unforgettable, life-affirming novel about a woman living on her own terms at last and reclaiming the friendship of a lifetime, for readers of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Frye and Me Before You Frances Delaney is staring down the last days of her life. Looking back over her fifty-eight years with wit and no small amount of regret, she sees not the life she wanted but the one that happened. An idyllic childhood in the small Newfoundland fishing town of Safe Harbour was darkened by the loss of her father at sea, an unwanted pregnancy and a betrayal by her closest friend, Annie Malone. Frances and Annie were inseparable, and this rupture rocked Frances to the core. In the aftermath, she fled to St. Johns and a solitary life nothing like what she and Annie had dreamed of as their grand escape. Now, with the help of her young, optimistic friend Edie, Frances begins a journey toward resolution and back to Annie and Safe Harbour. With these good women in her corner, Frances can at last chart her course to living on her own terms, right to the very end. A powerfully touching celebration of friendship and forgiveness, The Good Women of Safe Harbour is about a woman who finally gives herself a chance to love and be loved. Its a story that is impossible to read with dry eyes.
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janeycanuck
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Mehso-so

This is a good book but not a good book for me. It explores some really heavy topics - medically assisted dying (known as MAID in Canada) along with depression - and with all the heaviness of the real world these last few months, I need light in my fiction. It did lead to some good conversation in #mummydaughterbookclub, though.

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JacqMac
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I read a lot in April. This one is in the running for my best book of the whole year.
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@Andrew65

Andrew65 One I need to read. 12mo
kspenmoll I have this- now I must read it! 12mo
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JacqMac
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It‘s not the life she wanted, it‘s the life she lived. It‘s a beautiful, phenomenal heartbreak. But not. It‘s love. I just cried so much I gave myself a headache. This might be my best book of the year. I loved it!
#20in4 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 Sounds excellent. 2y
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JacqMac
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I don‘t know if I‘ll be able to fit 20 into this 4. I have overnight company coming on Sunday. But I‘m going to do what I can until they get here. I have heard many good things about this book. I‘m dying to dive into it.
#20in4 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Best of luck 😁 2y
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Mpcacher
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This is a novel about a Newfoundland woman who, at the premature end of her life, reflects on how she got there and then finds a way with the help of friends to leave on her own terms. It is about female friendship, heartbreak and forgiveness. I loved this book. The characters were richly drawn and the setting was a large part of the charm. The main characters flashbacks also added a historical element. I loved it - 5/5.