It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wife’s twins is a night that will haunt five lives forever.

For though David’s son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Downs Syndrome. And, in a shocking act of betrayal whose consequences only time will reveal, he tells his wife their daughter died while secretly entrusting her care to a nurse.

As grief quietly tears apart Davd’s family, so a little girl must make her own way in the world the best she can.

My thoughts:

I have had to give this review a lot of thought as this book deserves the very best. This is a very moving story which is I think tragic yet not depressing. Phoebe, the daughter is such a beautiful character who I found inspiring and was written in such a way that the innocence of Downs Syndrome was made very believable in this book.

Each of the characters had their own traits both good and bad and you couldn’t help but feel sorrow for the unfairness of their lives. I was pulled in from page one and would highly recommend this book and give it a 10/10.

Well what a week! But what a lovely one. Here’s what has been happening:

New home - I have had my new sofa, armchair and storage foot stall delivered on Monday. They are stone in colour and just the most gorgeous things you have ever seen! So now I have neutral furniture I can FINALLY redecorate my lounge in ‘plum’. So I ordered some aubergine curtains and new voiles on Monday. I was told there was an eight week wait so imagine my joy when I got home yesterday and found a note saying they had been left with a neighbour! So as they had arrived I then went and got some paint which I liked and this evening I have been painting a feature wall ‘juniperberry’ which is a browny purple and matches my curtains perfectly!

New hair - On Wednesday I went for my regular hair colour and had lots and lots of pink streaks put in as well. They actually look really really good and I havn’t washed my hair since as I don’t want them to faid…..

New car - Today I picked up a lovely shiny new car! It’s all clean and gleaming and has that new car smell. It is lovely to finally have a car with the ‘mod cons’ such as remote central locking and electric windows! But one of the best features is the quickclear windscreen, which will be very handy in the winter to get rid of the pesky frost, ice and snow!

New books - I have received three review books this week and one book from Read it swap it. The review books are: Lost and Found by Jacqueline Sheehan, The Ingenious Edgar Jones by Elizabeth Garner and Before the Storm by Judith Lennox and the RISI book is A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown. All of these books look very good so I can’t wait to get started on them!

Old friend - An old friend who I went to college with tracked me down yesterday on Friends Reunited. I was so touched that she went to the effort to find me as I am only listed on there for my senior school, not college. We have been exchanging emails since then catching up on the last 15 years and even better she is on Facebook as well! The only bad bit is she now lives in India so I don’t reckon I will be seeing her anytime soon!

The only bad thing about this week is the weather…what’s happened to it? This time last week we were basking in temperatures of 26 degrees and today it was 13 degrees and I was blimming freezing…..

I have had a naughty week this week and as a result I have put on weight. At the begining of the week I lost half a pound so my overall weight loss was half a stone BUT since then I have had a very bad lunch with mum and a BBQ so all in all I have put on a pound and a half. Grumble grumble.

I am sure it is only a temporary set back and I don’t have any plans for naughty meals during the next week or so so hopefully the weight will start falling off again!

Oh and I only got the gym once this week and didn’t do any walking as my son broke his toe so 1. I had to do the school run and 2. obviously he couldn’t walk any distance to walk with me……

I have found four new products in the past week and I wonder how I managed without them!

First, my skincare. I popped into the Body Shop and decided to give their Vitamin E skincare range a go as I felt that my skin needed a little boost. I decided to use their Illuminating cream and also their night cream. Both of which I really really like and can see the difference already. My skin is clearer and healthier looking and my mum even said how ‘fresh’ I was looking!

Whilst in the Body Shop I decided to get one of their Tea Tree Oil Blemish Stick for those pesky outbreaks. I have used this on a spot and it has virtually disappeared and without over drying it as well so you can still cover it with make up easily.  

The other wonder product I have discovered is from Holland and Barrett. I wanted to get something to help my weight loss a little but something that wasn’t too ’artifical’. After speaking to a very nice lady who works there I decided on their Super Green Tea Diet Pills.  I have always been a little weary about diet pills so I spent a lot of time googling these and believe it or not, I couldn’t find anything bad about them at all!

Basically I have to take a pill mid morning and a pill mid afternoon and this is enough to help curb my appetite (not too much but enough to stop the snacking!) and also increase my metabolism. And I have to say I am really pleased with the results! I have a lot more energy so instead of just sitting in my armchair I am finding things to do and therefore being more active. I have also found it easier to resist the snacking so all in all I am happy! There is one down side though, I can’t stop talking for about two hours after taking them! And believe me I can talk for England at the best of times LOL! My poor Dad is the one who has copted it the most as he was at mine all weekend and I work with him - poor man! Ha ha!

Woo Hoo I have lost three and a half Ibs this week!

I have been sticking to my 1400 Kcals a day but only went to the gym once but I have spent all weekend doing some serious gardening so i’m sure I have burnt quite a few calories that way!