The Motherhood Intervention

Intervention #3

by Hilary Dartt

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This moving story about forgiveness and the multifaceted role that is motherhood proves that friendship is the ultimate healer.

Summer Gray is exhausted, overwhelmed, and approaching her breaking point.

She's due to give birth to her fifth child, and her older son's heart surgery is just around the corner.

As if things weren't tense enough, Summer's estranged mother shows up on her doorstep, claiming that she wants to repair their relationship after fifteen years. Only, steeped in the fragrance of bourbon and armed with a plethora of barbed comments, she doesn't seem to have changed.

Summer daydreams of contracting a semi-serious illness or suffering nearly life-threatening injuries so she can experience a hospital stay-cation, and she admits as much to her best friends, Josie Garcia and Delaney Collins.

With the tough love and questionable boundaries present only between lifelong friends, they stage The Motherhood Intervention to help Summer rediscover the life she loves and forgive her mother in the process.

236 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 11, 2015

About the author

Hilary Dartt loves great adventures, whether she’s writing, reading, or living them. The author of nine women’s fiction novels, Hilary lives in Arizona’s high desert with her husband, their three children, her Weimaraner and running partner, Leia, a failed barn cat, and a flock of chickens. She loves camping, exploring in the Jeep, and dance parties with her kids.

Reviews

[☆☆Hannah☆☆ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this one too. However, I will admit it was least favorite one. Summer starts thinking about her mom and out of nowhere she shows up to Summer's house. While reading this we see that her mother wants to change but has a hard time. While this is all going on Summer is trying to raise 5 kids and keep her husband happy. She has a mental breakdown. Thankfully in the end with the help of her friends and family she becomes okay.

[Gina Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Summer is a married graphic designer who is pregnant with her fifth child. Happy but overwhelmed, one day she has a knock on her door. When she opens it she is quite surprised to find her estranged, alcoholic mother standing on her doorstep. To make it even worse her mother plans on staying. Summer's husband Derek thinks she should let her mother stay and help her with the kids. Summer's friends, Delaney and Josie, think that she needs to find more time for herself. They come up with a plan to try and help her do this. Will Summer's mother end up as just another thing she has to take care of, or will she turn out to be a help?
* I read this book as past of a box set.

[Amanda Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heart warming and wrenching!

This book was a heart breaker but full of spirit. I loved it. I loved how the relationships evolved, fell apart, and came back stronger then ever. Pass me a vodka cranberry, please, and a box of tissue!

[Brandi Hutton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had to finish reading this book to complete the series. I was invested in the friendships and relationships. I loved reading all three books and enjoyed the distraction from my everyday life. This was a good ending to the series.