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The Day that Changed Everything
When you lose the love of your life, how do you find yourself again?
For Tabitha, the day that changed everything started like any other.
She woke up, slid her feet into fluffy slippers, wrapped herself in a dressing gown and tiptoed out of her bedroom, leaving her husband Andy sleeping. Downstairs, she boiled the kettle and enjoyed a cup of tea as the sun rose.
Upstairs, Andy’s alarm sounded, and Tabitha took him a freshly brewed coffee, like every other morning. Except today, the incessant beeping rang out and her husband hadn’t stirred. She called his name, she nudged his shoulder. But Andy wouldn’t wake up.
Three years later Tabitha is trying her hardest to get by in the shadow of her grief. She may have lost the love of her life but she won’t give up on the family they dreamed of. Fostering troublesome teenage girls and a newborn baby is a chance to piece together her broken heart.
But being a mother isn’t easy, and neither is healing the heartache she carries around. After losing everything, could saving these three children help Tabitha save herself too?
This stunning tale will make you laugh and cry in equal measure, hold your loved ones close and see the beauty in the little things in life. Fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain will love this moving and uplifting story.
Readers absolutely love Catherine Miller’s beautiful
‘Crying like a baby… When those tears started, they didn’t stop. In fact they just came faster and harder… It literally broke my heart, it very much lived up to being an uplifting story also… A thought-provoking, heart-wrenching but beautiful love story.’ By the Letter Book Reviews, 5 stars
‘I was blubbering away into my tissues like the big emotional wreck that I was… It was just as much a happy story as it was a sad one… Equally heartbreaking and uplifting… Make sure you have a large box of tissues to hand!!' Stardust Book Reviews
‘What an amazing book… And the ending, despite being a tear-jerker, was the best ending that could ever have been written… Wish I could give it a lot more than 5 stars… It touched me so much, I want to read it over and over again.’ NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars
‘Wow! This is a heartbreaker of a story.’ Goodreads Reviewer
‘An amazing, life-reaffirming read… So very different to any other book I’ve read in this genre and deserves all the applause and accolades that I’m sure are coming its way… Very well done to the writer for producing something so special.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars
‘Masterpiece… Amazing.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars
‘Breathtakingly beautifully… Leaves you reading through tears but also smiling and finding joy.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars
For Tabitha, the day that changed everything started like any other.
She woke up, slid her feet into fluffy slippers, wrapped herself in a dressing gown and tiptoed out of her bedroom, leaving her husband Andy sleeping. Downstairs, she boiled the kettle and enjoyed a cup of tea as the sun rose.
Upstairs, Andy’s alarm sounded, and Tabitha took him a freshly brewed coffee, like every other morning. Except today, the incessant beeping rang out and her husband hadn’t stirred. She called his name, she nudged his shoulder. But Andy wouldn’t wake up.
Three years later Tabitha is trying her hardest to get by in the shadow of her grief. She may have lost the love of her life but she won’t give up on the family they dreamed of. Fostering troublesome teenage girls and a newborn baby is a chance to piece together her broken heart.
But being a mother isn’t easy, and neither is healing the heartache she carries around. After losing everything, could saving these three children help Tabitha save herself too?
This stunning tale will make you laugh and cry in equal measure, hold your loved ones close and see the beauty in the little things in life. Fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain will love this moving and uplifting story.
Readers absolutely love Catherine Miller’s beautiful
‘Crying like a baby… When those tears started, they didn’t stop. In fact they just came faster and harder… It literally broke my heart, it very much lived up to being an uplifting story also… A thought-provoking, heart-wrenching but beautiful love story.’ By the Letter Book Reviews, 5 stars
‘I was blubbering away into my tissues like the big emotional wreck that I was… It was just as much a happy story as it was a sad one… Equally heartbreaking and uplifting… Make sure you have a large box of tissues to hand!!' Stardust Book Reviews
‘What an amazing book… And the ending, despite being a tear-jerker, was the best ending that could ever have been written… Wish I could give it a lot more than 5 stars… It touched me so much, I want to read it over and over again.’ NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars
‘Wow! This is a heartbreaker of a story.’ Goodreads Reviewer
‘An amazing, life-reaffirming read… So very different to any other book I’ve read in this genre and deserves all the applause and accolades that I’m sure are coming its way… Very well done to the writer for producing something so special.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars
‘Masterpiece… Amazing.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars
‘Breathtakingly beautifully… Leaves you reading through tears but also smiling and finding joy.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars
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First published January 17, 2020
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January 21, 2020
Favorite Quotes:
She wished she could grab a handful of his ashes and scatter them in all the places they’d loved. She wished they were like seeds and in planting them, they’d bring him back. That in sowing them in the quarters of the world that they’d loved, she’d be able to capture moments as if they were happening all over again. That by bringing him back in that way she’d feel that she was being held by him once again and somehow his seed would settle inside her and they’d go on to have the family they’d dreamed of.
‘You don’t want to talk about it because it hurts. Some things are better left unsaid. Some things are better dealt with by eating ice cream.’ And just like that, Tabitha had been schooled by a fifteen-year-old. Because how could she argue with that.
My Review:
This was a slowly evolving and heart-squeezing women’s fiction tale of loss and family drama. This stubborn young widow must have lost her mind for taking on two obnoxious, challenging, and troubled fifteen-year-olds twins and a medically involved newborn as her first attempt at fostering children; in addition to living out in the middle of nowhere and without transportation. I would have needed a fully stocked wine cellar, bars on the windows, and an Uber and therapist on speed dial before even considering such an insane scheme. This was my introduction to the taut storytelling of Catherine Miller, and her angsty tale was thoughtfully and perceptively written with observant insights while teasing and poking at my curiosity as she doesn’t let us in on the actual events of the day that changed everything until 84% into the book, and by then, I had puzzled out the correct scenario that was, thankfully, far afield of my initial assumption.
She wished she could grab a handful of his ashes and scatter them in all the places they’d loved. She wished they were like seeds and in planting them, they’d bring him back. That in sowing them in the quarters of the world that they’d loved, she’d be able to capture moments as if they were happening all over again. That by bringing him back in that way she’d feel that she was being held by him once again and somehow his seed would settle inside her and they’d go on to have the family they’d dreamed of.
‘You don’t want to talk about it because it hurts. Some things are better left unsaid. Some things are better dealt with by eating ice cream.’ And just like that, Tabitha had been schooled by a fifteen-year-old. Because how could she argue with that.
My Review:
This was a slowly evolving and heart-squeezing women’s fiction tale of loss and family drama. This stubborn young widow must have lost her mind for taking on two obnoxious, challenging, and troubled fifteen-year-olds twins and a medically involved newborn as her first attempt at fostering children; in addition to living out in the middle of nowhere and without transportation. I would have needed a fully stocked wine cellar, bars on the windows, and an Uber and therapist on speed dial before even considering such an insane scheme. This was my introduction to the taut storytelling of Catherine Miller, and her angsty tale was thoughtfully and perceptively written with observant insights while teasing and poking at my curiosity as she doesn’t let us in on the actual events of the day that changed everything until 84% into the book, and by then, I had puzzled out the correct scenario that was, thankfully, far afield of my initial assumption.
December 17, 2019
Tabitha is trying to cope with the sudden death of her husband and has decided to become a foster parent.
Fifteen year old twin girls are placed in her care and she is finding them hard work.
This is a story of moving on and new beginnings.
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.
Fifteen year old twin girls are placed in her care and she is finding them hard work.
This is a story of moving on and new beginnings.
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.
January 18, 2020
‘While the chambers of a heart were too delicate to mend, it was possible to build walls around them.’
Catherine Miller is a new to us, author and in The Day That Changed Everything, she tells a story of second chances, friendship and self-discovery, about finding hope and happiness after one of the most heartbreaking and painful events changed her life forever.
‘Her husband was never coming back however many wishes she made.
This was goodbye. Andrew, the son. Andy the husband. He was gone.
And Tabitha needed to work out who she was without him.’
Tabitha is happily married to Andrew (Andy) Sanderson, when, on a morning that was just like any other, Tabitha found Andy, 41, had passed in his sleep, forever changing her life and raising questions about their last moments, leading her to experience crippling moments of misplaced guilt.
One of the things Andy and Tabitha desperately craved was to start a family, something which didn’t come to fruition before Andy’s passing. In making a new life for herself, Tabitha moves and commits to taking in foster children to have the family she and Andy were denied.
‘Sometimes goodbyes weren’t hard when it meant leaving a place that had left you broken.’
With wonderful support from her father, the local neighbours Sylvia and Sylvia’s grown son, Lewis, Tabitha is asked to take in 15yo twin girls, Max and Syd – two girls who have been moved around repeatedly through the system. Tabitha makes a promise that these girls will now know their ‘forever home’ with Tabitha.
However, the placement isn’t without its issues. Max and Syd hold a lot of resentment which they aim directly at Tabitha, and despite her welcoming and heartfelt feelings for the girls, it’s a tough road to obtaining their love and trust. Add a newborn baby to foster into the mix, and things are quite hectic for Tabitha.
‘Sometimes the people in the past were in the past for a very good reason.’
We felt the angst and despair Tabitha experienced bringing up two 15 year old twin girls and we knew there must have been a lot of tenderness and love between them to spur Tabitha on to try and provide Max and Syd a forever home, but sadly, we didn’t experience this first hand. We were indeed told these moments existed, but without feeling them, we only felt the angst and discord between the three – really, those sweet and moving moments, just hanging out would have been such a delight. They were missed.
The story is emotionally told from a ‘then’ and ‘now’ perspective as we learn the last twenty-four hours of Andy’s life throughout the book, and also why Tabitha is carrying so much guilt.
We loved our first taste of Catherine Miller’s prose, and she certainly knows how to weave a sweet and emotional story with lots of heart. More a story of self-discovery, there is a tiny thread of romance that warmed made our hearts skip a beat.
‘This was a day destined to unravel her world. This was the day that changed everything.’
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December 24, 2019
Every time I hear the expression love of your life, I am reminded of Grey's Anatomy and how Derrick was that to Meredith. Well, in this story by Catherine Miller, Tabitha is trying to get past the loss of the one special and perfect man in her life, her husband Andy. Shockingly, Tabitha discovers that Andy had died in his sleep. This one scene alone was heartbreaking.
As the story continues, a few years have passed and Tabitha has started an entirely new life. She has decided to become a foster parent. Her first foster children are fifteen-year-old twin girls. Although they give her a run for her money, she holds on tight to be as good as this as possible. When she is asked to foster a newborn, Tabitha realizes that things are going to be even harder, but she is up to the task.
I was floored by this novel by Catherine Miller. After all, when a woman whose heart was completely broken opened her home to take in children, well, that was enough for me to be fully committed and truly affected as I was reading The Day That Changed Everything.
This book felt to me as an exploration of the human heart and its capacity for love. Not only that, but it also proved to be one of second chances and starting over. I have perused Catherine Miller's backlist, as this is my first book by her, which I devoured in one sitting, and it will most certainly not be my last.
Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
As the story continues, a few years have passed and Tabitha has started an entirely new life. She has decided to become a foster parent. Her first foster children are fifteen-year-old twin girls. Although they give her a run for her money, she holds on tight to be as good as this as possible. When she is asked to foster a newborn, Tabitha realizes that things are going to be even harder, but she is up to the task.
I was floored by this novel by Catherine Miller. After all, when a woman whose heart was completely broken opened her home to take in children, well, that was enough for me to be fully committed and truly affected as I was reading The Day That Changed Everything.
This book felt to me as an exploration of the human heart and its capacity for love. Not only that, but it also proved to be one of second chances and starting over. I have perused Catherine Miller's backlist, as this is my first book by her, which I devoured in one sitting, and it will most certainly not be my last.
Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
January 13, 2020
The heart is a tiny organ as big as your fist approximately, it pumps blood. I have seen it and touched it. Seen a blocked one get the new bypass vessels, gray tissue turning into pink. But that is just the physical organ, but it is so much more. The capacity to love is humongous, it cries, it hurts, it heals, then it loves.
This was one such story where having lost her husband suddenly, Tabitha had to start life anew. It took her some years, but she got there. She soon started fostering three kids. And life taught her how to live again. Heartbreak and second chances, sorrow and love, tears and laughter was all this book about.
My first book by Catherine Miller, how have I missed out on her earlier works? It was beautiful. Each line written on the page was like an emotion written into my heart. Every feeling of Tabitha was reflected on to me until I was nothing but a wraith filled with emotions. I couldn’t stop crying at her pain at losing her life mate. I started to heal when she did… And I breathed and lived when she did.
Never had a book such a dramatic effect on me like this one did. I sniffed and smiled, I cried and laughed out. I believed and trusted that the author would safely guide me to safety, becoming the beacon of light, a ray of hope showing me the way to live my life just like Tabitha. I forgot myself when I read this book.
The writing got to me, the emotions overwhelmed me, the hope and joy that the book left me with was indescribable. I loved how my heart became larger than life showing me that I too could heal from life’s mishaps.
Moving on after a loss is never easy, and starting life with a new direction required courage. I had so much respect for Tabitha. I lived my life for those three hours with her, supporting her on and learning so much more from her. Ah, the power of a written word. The power of Catherine Miller’s words…
Believe me, there is no connection between eyes and the heart physically, but there is a connection between them on a different plane, isn’t it?
This was one such story where having lost her husband suddenly, Tabitha had to start life anew. It took her some years, but she got there. She soon started fostering three kids. And life taught her how to live again. Heartbreak and second chances, sorrow and love, tears and laughter was all this book about.
My first book by Catherine Miller, how have I missed out on her earlier works? It was beautiful. Each line written on the page was like an emotion written into my heart. Every feeling of Tabitha was reflected on to me until I was nothing but a wraith filled with emotions. I couldn’t stop crying at her pain at losing her life mate. I started to heal when she did… And I breathed and lived when she did.
Never had a book such a dramatic effect on me like this one did. I sniffed and smiled, I cried and laughed out. I believed and trusted that the author would safely guide me to safety, becoming the beacon of light, a ray of hope showing me the way to live my life just like Tabitha. I forgot myself when I read this book.
The writing got to me, the emotions overwhelmed me, the hope and joy that the book left me with was indescribable. I loved how my heart became larger than life showing me that I too could heal from life’s mishaps.
Moving on after a loss is never easy, and starting life with a new direction required courage. I had so much respect for Tabitha. I lived my life for those three hours with her, supporting her on and learning so much more from her. Ah, the power of a written word. The power of Catherine Miller’s words…
Believe me, there is no connection between eyes and the heart physically, but there is a connection between them on a different plane, isn’t it?
January 17, 2020
‘While the chambers of a heart were too delicate to mend, it was possible to build walls around them.’
Catherine Miller is a new to us, author and in The Day That Changed Everything, she tells a story of second chances, friendship and self-discovery, about finding hope and happiness after one of the most heartbreaking and painful events changed her life forever.
‘Her husband was never coming back however many wishes she made.
This was goodbye. Andrew, the son. Andy the husband. He was gone.
And Tabitha needed to work out who she was without him.’
Tabitha is happily married to Andrew (Andy) Sanderson, when, on a morning that was just like any other, Tabitha found Andy, 41, had passed in his sleep, forever changing her life and raising questions about their last moments, leading her to experience crippling moments of misplaced guilt.
One of the things Andy and Tabitha desperately craved was to start a family, something which didn’t come to fruition before Andy’s passing. In making a new life for herself, Tabitha moves and commits to taking in foster children to have the family she and Andy were denied.
‘Sometimes goodbyes weren’t hard when it meant leaving a place that had left you broken.’
With wonderful support from her father, the local neighbours Sylvia and Sylvia’s grown son, Lewis, Tabitha is asked to take in 15yo twin girls, Max and Syd – two girls who have been moved around repeatedly through the system. Tabitha makes a promise that these girls will now know their ‘forever home’ with Tabitha.
However, the placement isn’t without its issues. Max and Syd hold a lot of resentment which they aim directly at Tabitha, and despite her welcoming and heartfelt feelings for the girls, it’s a tough road to obtaining their love and trust. Add a newborn baby to foster into the mix, and things are quite hectic for Tabitha.
‘Sometimes the people in the past were in the past for a very good reason.’
We felt the angst and despair Tabitha experienced bringing up two 15 year old twin girls and we knew there must have been a lot of tenderness and love between them to spur Tabitha on to try and provide Max and Syd a forever home, but sadly, we didn’t experience this first hand. We were indeed told these moments existed, but without feeling them, we only felt the angst and discord between the three – really, those sweet and moving moments, just hanging out would have been such a delight. They were missed.
The story is emotionally told from a ‘then’ and ‘now’ perspective as we learn the last twenty-four hours of Andy’s life throughout the book, and also why Tabitha is carrying so much guilt.
We loved our first taste of Catherine Miller’s prose, and she certainly knows how to weave a sweet and emotional story with lots of heart. More a story of self-discovery, there is a tiny thread of romance that warmed made our hearts skip a beat.
‘This was a day destined to unravel her world. This was the day that changed everything.’
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December 15, 2019
Having read, loved and sobbed at the authors previous novel, I was dying to read her latest and had a box of tissues on standby, just in case. Whilst some parts are quite sad, more than anything this was a hopeful and uplifting read.
The story flicks between then and now, with then being around the time that Tabitha’s husband dies and now, with Tabitha starting her fostering journey.
Fostering, as much as it can be rewarding, can be really hard work. Especially when two of them are fifteen year old twins. I loved this aspect of the story though and it really pulls on your heart strings at what kids in care have been through. I admired Tabitha for wanting to do it, more so as she is in this on her own.
This is very much a story about overcoming grief and moving on. I loved Tabitha’s character and I felt so much empathy for her as well as mentally encouraging her to keep on going as she struggles with her own grief and being main carer for her foster children.
The Day That Changed Everything had me hooked from the start and I read it in two sittings. It is a gentle and wonderful story that offers it’s reader hope and by the end I was bursting with so many emotions as these characters had worked their way into my heart. An inspiring must read.
My thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for an advanced readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own and not biased in anyway.
The story flicks between then and now, with then being around the time that Tabitha’s husband dies and now, with Tabitha starting her fostering journey.
Fostering, as much as it can be rewarding, can be really hard work. Especially when two of them are fifteen year old twins. I loved this aspect of the story though and it really pulls on your heart strings at what kids in care have been through. I admired Tabitha for wanting to do it, more so as she is in this on her own.
This is very much a story about overcoming grief and moving on. I loved Tabitha’s character and I felt so much empathy for her as well as mentally encouraging her to keep on going as she struggles with her own grief and being main carer for her foster children.
The Day That Changed Everything had me hooked from the start and I read it in two sittings. It is a gentle and wonderful story that offers it’s reader hope and by the end I was bursting with so many emotions as these characters had worked their way into my heart. An inspiring must read.
My thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for an advanced readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own and not biased in anyway.
January 10, 2020
I adored Catherine's Gin Shack series and was hoping for more of those kind of quirky loveable characters in this book but I was left wanting. I felt like a lot was glossed over in the story and it didn't go as deep as I wanted it to. It also lacked the humor of her other novels. It was still a good read but not my favorite of hers.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for an eARC copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for an eARC copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.
February 5, 2021
12/10✨
This is so beautiful.
I can't even describe it in words.
Every page is satisfying. And for me, this is the perfect book which I can truly relate with grief and loss.
This is so beautiful.
I can't even describe it in words.
Every page is satisfying. And for me, this is the perfect book which I can truly relate with grief and loss.
December 25, 2019
Nice story about fostering two troubled 15 year old girls.
Minimal bad language, and sexual content.
Minimal bad language, and sexual content.
January 18, 2020
The Day That Changed Everything is the second book I have read by the talented author, Catherine Miller. I first fell in love with Miller’s writing style in her previous book, 99 Days with You, and I was hoping that her newest addition would live up to my expectations. I am thrilled to say that Miller has hit me again with all of the feels.
The day that changed everything for Tabitha Sanderson is the day her husband quietly passed away in his sleep. What do you do when you have lost the one person you have loved most in this world? You try to survive the best way you can. Three years later, Tabitha still can’t get over her grief, but decides to move forward with the family she has always wanted. Fostering children is not easy especially when she lands herself as a foster parent to two unruly teenage girls, and an infant. Can they all be what each other needs to heal a broken heart?
Catherine Miller really writes such a powerful story that is both heartfelt and uplifting at the same time. Tabitha has the love of her life and Max and Syd, her foster children, seem to have been tossed around in the system never to have found a place to really call home. To say that Miller’s characters have lost their way is an understatement. I can feel the raw emotion and heartache just oozing off of the pages. I can feel how broken they all were and how Tabitha, Max and Syd hid their grief unable to put into words how they truly felt.
There are so many great things about this story and there are so many emotions weaved between the pages. Sure, most of it is sad, but Miller throws in these humorous little tidbits that keeps the story flowing with a positive outlook. Between some of the chapters are these little passages that are heartfelt and honest and really make you think about the story you are reading. I think the passages really speak to you about the general theme of the book.
I loved Tabitha as a character. She is well written, has heart, is damaged, but still yet so full of love. Max and Syd are twin fifteen year old girls who have lost their way and their faith in the system and I could see this through their actions with Tabitha and I felt they added that little bit of something that Tabitha needed to heal her heart so she could heal the twins in return.
The Day That Changed Everything is raw and uncensored. It is a powerful story with such an emotional message and I think for anyone who has lost a loved one can relate to Tabitha in some way. This is a fantastic book to add to your TBr and one I am giving 5 wonderful stars to.
The day that changed everything for Tabitha Sanderson is the day her husband quietly passed away in his sleep. What do you do when you have lost the one person you have loved most in this world? You try to survive the best way you can. Three years later, Tabitha still can’t get over her grief, but decides to move forward with the family she has always wanted. Fostering children is not easy especially when she lands herself as a foster parent to two unruly teenage girls, and an infant. Can they all be what each other needs to heal a broken heart?
Catherine Miller really writes such a powerful story that is both heartfelt and uplifting at the same time. Tabitha has the love of her life and Max and Syd, her foster children, seem to have been tossed around in the system never to have found a place to really call home. To say that Miller’s characters have lost their way is an understatement. I can feel the raw emotion and heartache just oozing off of the pages. I can feel how broken they all were and how Tabitha, Max and Syd hid their grief unable to put into words how they truly felt.
There are so many great things about this story and there are so many emotions weaved between the pages. Sure, most of it is sad, but Miller throws in these humorous little tidbits that keeps the story flowing with a positive outlook. Between some of the chapters are these little passages that are heartfelt and honest and really make you think about the story you are reading. I think the passages really speak to you about the general theme of the book.
I loved Tabitha as a character. She is well written, has heart, is damaged, but still yet so full of love. Max and Syd are twin fifteen year old girls who have lost their way and their faith in the system and I could see this through their actions with Tabitha and I felt they added that little bit of something that Tabitha needed to heal her heart so she could heal the twins in return.
The Day That Changed Everything is raw and uncensored. It is a powerful story with such an emotional message and I think for anyone who has lost a loved one can relate to Tabitha in some way. This is a fantastic book to add to your TBr and one I am giving 5 wonderful stars to.
March 3, 2021
The story started with a heartbreaking incident and then dealt with the recovery, an ok story....
December 19, 2019
I really wanted to like this book! I was looking forward to reading about Tabitha's journey into foster parenting. I could only finish about 20% of it, though. The writing is engaging and kept my attention, but profanity disrupts the flow and is a personal turn-off. I decided not to finish the book for that reason alone.
February 11, 2020
This was too light, too trite, too predictable. While it seemed like an entertaining beach read kind of book, it just didn’t have enough substance for me.
July 8, 2020
The Day That Changed Everything is an emotionally charged story written by Catherine Miller. This is a new author to me but I am glad I read this wonderful story. The characters are well developed to tell this story and very likeable. The author weaves her readers through a story of devastating events and how the healing takes place. This story is set in the UK so the writing style is very unique. I will be honest that I had a difficult time figuring out what some of the choice of terms meant but thoroughly understood as I continued to read.
When Tabitha awakes early one more and goes about her normal routine her world as she knows it comes to an abrupt halt. Tabitha discovers her husband's lifeless body as she delivers his morning wake up coffee. She is completely devastated not only from the loss but also because the last words she had with her husband were unkind and accusatory. Wishing she could change what happened Tabitha slowly moves on a very emotional journey. When she finally is able to move on and totally change her path in life she becomes a foster mother. First she is gifted with twin fifteen year old sisters. Different as night and day. As they have been bounced around in several homes and a failed adoption the sisters are not easy to deal with. One is especially difficult and leads the other on a troubled path. If this isn't enough to handle Tabitha agrees to take on a newborn with alcohol fetal syndrome. As this newly firmed family tries to find their way so many obstacles are placed in their path. This is an amazing story of healing, reaching out to others, and sacrifice. It is a very emotional story.
I was not given a complimentary copy of this book to read and review. I was not approached to post a favorable response. All opinions are my own. I have rated this story with five stars for meeting my expectations of a wonderful story that I can highly recommend to others.
Congratulations to Catherine Miller on writing this amazing story of forgiveness,love, and a blended family for her readers enjoyment.
When Tabitha awakes early one more and goes about her normal routine her world as she knows it comes to an abrupt halt. Tabitha discovers her husband's lifeless body as she delivers his morning wake up coffee. She is completely devastated not only from the loss but also because the last words she had with her husband were unkind and accusatory. Wishing she could change what happened Tabitha slowly moves on a very emotional journey. When she finally is able to move on and totally change her path in life she becomes a foster mother. First she is gifted with twin fifteen year old sisters. Different as night and day. As they have been bounced around in several homes and a failed adoption the sisters are not easy to deal with. One is especially difficult and leads the other on a troubled path. If this isn't enough to handle Tabitha agrees to take on a newborn with alcohol fetal syndrome. As this newly firmed family tries to find their way so many obstacles are placed in their path. This is an amazing story of healing, reaching out to others, and sacrifice. It is a very emotional story.
I was not given a complimentary copy of this book to read and review. I was not approached to post a favorable response. All opinions are my own. I have rated this story with five stars for meeting my expectations of a wonderful story that I can highly recommend to others.
Congratulations to Catherine Miller on writing this amazing story of forgiveness,love, and a blended family for her readers enjoyment.
May 17, 2020
I thoroughly enjoyed Catherine Miller’s first novels about octogenarian Olive Turner and her Gin Shack on The Beach, which were fun, uplifting reads, so I was delighted to discover Catherine’s latest novels are in my favourite genre, contemporary women’s emotional fiction… Following personal heartbreak, Tabitha sets out to build a new life for herself, which includes becoming a foster mum to teenage twins and a baby girl. The story is told as a dual timeline, flicking between the period that changed everything and the present day. I was particularly interested in reading about someone who is fostering as there are foster parents within my family and Catherine’s book shone a spotlight on just how tricky, but also rewarding, that experience can be. The Day That Changed Everything was peppered with wise little nuggets, many that felt very relevant for where we are today…Find hope. Search for it. And once you have it, never let go… I already have Catherine’s, 99 Days With You, on my to-be-read pile, which I hope to review soon.
January 19, 2020
The day started like a normal day, but suddenly your status changed from wife to widow in the blink of an eye. How are you to cope with this? Your life will never be what it has been. Will you ever recover from this?
It’s only natural that you cannot think clearly the first few days or even weeks, but then it’s time to put yourself into gear again and try to figure out what it is you want to do.
Little by little you start crawling out from the seemingly bottomless pit but you certainly did not take the easy way out. By helping others to heal, you feel that they will help you heal too. It’s a very windy road to happiness, but every corner you turn, you come a little bit closer to your happy ever after.
It’s a beautiful story about loss and coping with it, rekindling friendship and finding what you thought you had lost forever. 4 stars.
Thank you, Catherine Miller and Bookouture
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It’s only natural that you cannot think clearly the first few days or even weeks, but then it’s time to put yourself into gear again and try to figure out what it is you want to do.
Little by little you start crawling out from the seemingly bottomless pit but you certainly did not take the easy way out. By helping others to heal, you feel that they will help you heal too. It’s a very windy road to happiness, but every corner you turn, you come a little bit closer to your happy ever after.
It’s a beautiful story about loss and coping with it, rekindling friendship and finding what you thought you had lost forever. 4 stars.
Thank you, Catherine Miller and Bookouture
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January 23, 2020
Having not read anything by Catherine Miller before I was unaware of what I was in store. Well, I was blown away! This book had my full attention from the very start. It was very well written, full of raw emotion and I felt as if I was actually sitting there with Tabitha listening as she told me her story.
Despite the book beginning with the death of Tabitha’s husband I found it to be overall an uplifting and hopeful tale of rebuilding for the future following the shattering of dreams held close. The story moves between then – the death of Tabitha’s husband – and now – with Tabitha starting her fostering journey.
The author has dealt with the subject of fostering in a beautiful manner and shows that despite it being hard work there is also a rewarding feeling. I loved this aspect of the book having previously worked in a care home setting I could understand some of what kids go through whilst in care. This is very much a heart-wrenching story about overcoming grief and moving forwards.
I found this to be an inspiring read filled with heartwarming characters. Once I started reading I was spell-bound to read until the final page – just as if I was sitting having tea with Tabitha. Lovely!
Despite the book beginning with the death of Tabitha’s husband I found it to be overall an uplifting and hopeful tale of rebuilding for the future following the shattering of dreams held close. The story moves between then – the death of Tabitha’s husband – and now – with Tabitha starting her fostering journey.
The author has dealt with the subject of fostering in a beautiful manner and shows that despite it being hard work there is also a rewarding feeling. I loved this aspect of the book having previously worked in a care home setting I could understand some of what kids go through whilst in care. This is very much a heart-wrenching story about overcoming grief and moving forwards.
I found this to be an inspiring read filled with heartwarming characters. Once I started reading I was spell-bound to read until the final page – just as if I was sitting having tea with Tabitha. Lovely!
January 11, 2020
Wow, so much going on in this book!
Tabitha finds her life changing, a lot, when her husband passes away. She fosters some teens and a newborn baby and despite the various dramas along the way, her life is busy and full, in ways that she didn't expect.
This book was about one woman's journey after a spouse has passed, and the belief that perhaps even if your life isn't panning out the way you had planned, it can still be a good life. I was cheering Tabitha on, every step of the way.
I liked all the characters in this book; Lewis and his mum Sylvie; also Tabitha's dad Frank was such a sweetie. Melissa and Toby added to the story too, proving that some people you should leave behind and some you should include, as you go forward into your new life. Loved the dog too!
I wasn't quite as emotionally invested as I was in the other book of this author I have read, so am giving it a 4.5 stars instead of 5.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture.
Tabitha finds her life changing, a lot, when her husband passes away. She fosters some teens and a newborn baby and despite the various dramas along the way, her life is busy and full, in ways that she didn't expect.
This book was about one woman's journey after a spouse has passed, and the belief that perhaps even if your life isn't panning out the way you had planned, it can still be a good life. I was cheering Tabitha on, every step of the way.
I liked all the characters in this book; Lewis and his mum Sylvie; also Tabitha's dad Frank was such a sweetie. Melissa and Toby added to the story too, proving that some people you should leave behind and some you should include, as you go forward into your new life. Loved the dog too!
I wasn't quite as emotionally invested as I was in the other book of this author I have read, so am giving it a 4.5 stars instead of 5.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture.
June 25, 2021
Life, love, and loss; they are intimately linked. There is wisdom in Miller’s books. When the love of your life dies your world changes. Being open to what that change brings may surprise you with happiness.
April 26, 2020
I love Catherine Miller's books. She writes with such empathy and creates characters you really care about and can relate to. This one is no exception.
The description of Tabitha finding her husband has died in his sleep is so vivid that I felt her shock, the hollow feeling that the death of someone you love creates. Tabitha's grief, although hard, is easy to read and absorb.
The plot is lovely; how Tabitha begins to rebuild her life, taking on foster children in the form of two teenage girls, a massive challenge in itself. It's a beautiful story of love, family and developing relationships.
I very much enjoyed it.
The description of Tabitha finding her husband has died in his sleep is so vivid that I felt her shock, the hollow feeling that the death of someone you love creates. Tabitha's grief, although hard, is easy to read and absorb.
The plot is lovely; how Tabitha begins to rebuild her life, taking on foster children in the form of two teenage girls, a massive challenge in itself. It's a beautiful story of love, family and developing relationships.
I very much enjoyed it.
August 21, 2020
Vomit inducing schmaltz
Badly written with many errors. Boring in the extreme. Why does the writer feel the need to keep swapping time zones? It adds nothing but repetition, maybe she feels it is more literary? I was tempted to bin this yarn many times but like to finish what I've started, what a waste of my time!
Badly written with many errors. Boring in the extreme. Why does the writer feel the need to keep swapping time zones? It adds nothing but repetition, maybe she feels it is more literary? I was tempted to bin this yarn many times but like to finish what I've started, what a waste of my time!
June 18, 2020
**'I absolutely loved this book, it was a beautiful story about love, loss and family. The characters were so well drawn I felt I knew them, and I didn't want to finish the book because that would mean saying goodbye to these wonderful characters.' Goodreads Reviewer,**
**When you lose the love of your life, how do you find yourself again?**
For **Tabitha** , the day that changed everything started like any other.
She woke up, slid her feet into fluffy slippers, wrapped herself in a dressing gown and tiptoed out of her bedroom, leaving her husband **Andy** sleeping. Downstairs, she boiled the kettle and enjoyed a cup of tea as the sun rose.
Upstairs, Andy's alarm sounded, and Tabitha took him a freshly brewed coffee, like every other morning. Except today, the incessant beeping rang out and her husband hadn't stirred. She called his name, she nudged his shoulder. But Andy wouldn't wake up.
Three years later Tabitha is trying her hardest to get by in the shadow of her grief. She may have lost the love of her life but she won't give up on the family they dreamed of. Fostering troublesome teenage girls and a newborn baby is a chance to piece together her broken heart.
But being a mother isn't easy, and neither is healing the heartache she carries around. After losing everything, could saving these three children help Tabitha save herself too?
**This stunning tale will make you laugh and cry in equal measure, hold your loved ones close and see the beauty in the little things in life. Fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain will love this moving and uplifting story.**
**** Readers absolutely love *The Day that Changed Everything* : ** **'An* *emotional** read!... I do **warn you to have some tissues available!**... An **emotional rollercoaster**. It's a **heart-warming, endearing and inspirational** story of love, loss and family. **Would definitely recommend!** ' *Stardust Book Reviews*
' **Beautiful...** **I couldn't stop crying...** Never has a book had such a dramatic effect on me... **I sniffed and smiled, I cried and laughed out loud. The writing got to me, the emotions overwhelmed me, the hope and joy... was indescribable**.' *Book Reviews by Shalini* , 5 stars
' **I devoured it in one sitting... I was floored** by this novel... After all, when a woman whose heart was completely broken opened her home to take in children, well, **that was enough for me to be fully committed and truly affected**.' *Robin Loves Reading* , 5 stars
' **I absolutely loved this book** , it was **a beautiful story** about love, loss and family. **The characters were so well drawn I felt I knew them** , and **I didn't want to finish the book because that would mean saying goodbye to these wonderful characters**.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars
'This was **a very uplifting read that I could not put down**! This story **touched my heart**. **This will pull at your heart strings**... This is **a must read!!** ' *Crossroad Reviews* , 5 stars
'An **incredibly heartfelt and moving novel**. **So well written** , with great characters. **You definitely the tissues** when reading though!' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars
'Had me **hooked from the start and I read it in two sittings...** A **wonderful** story that **offers its reader hope** and **by the end I was bursting with so many emotions as these characters had worked their way into my heart. An inspiring must-read**.' *By the Letter Book Reviews* , 5 stars
'What an **inspiring and uplifting** novel... **Insightful, thought-provoking and beautifully written**... Warm, emotional and **hugely satisfying**.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars
**'I absolutely loved this book, it was a beautiful story about love, loss and family. The characters were so well drawn I felt I knew them, and I didn't want to finish the book because that would mean saying goodbye to these wonderful characters.' Goodreads Reviewer,**
**When you lose the love of your life, how do you find yourself again?**
For **Tabitha** , the day that changed everything started like any other.
She woke up, slid her feet into fluffy slippers, wrapped herself in a dressing gown and tiptoed out of her bedroom, leaving her husband **Andy** sleeping. Downstairs, she boiled the kettle and enjoyed a cup of tea as the sun rose.
Upstairs, Andy's alarm sounded, and Tabitha took him a freshly brewed coffee, like every other morning. Except today, the incessant beeping rang out and her husband hadn't stirred. She called his name, she nudged his shoulder. But Andy wouldn't wake up.
Three years later Tabitha is trying her hardest to get by in the shadow of her grief. She may have lost the love of her life but she won't give up on the family they dreamed of. Fostering troublesome teenage girls and a newborn baby is a chance to piece together her broken heart.
But being a mother isn't easy, and neither is healing the heartache she carries around. After losing everything, could saving these three children help Tabitha save herself too?
**This stunning tale will make you laugh and cry in equal measure, hold your loved ones close and see the beauty in the little things in life. Fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain will love this moving and uplifting story.**
**** Readers absolutely love *The Day that Changed Everything* : ** **'An* *emotional** read!... I do **warn you to have some tissues available!**... An **emotional rollercoaster**. It's a **heart-warming, endearing and inspirational** story of love, loss and family. **Would definitely recommend!** ' *Stardust Book Reviews*
' **Beautiful...** **I couldn't stop crying...** Never has a book had such a dramatic effect on me... **I sniffed and smiled, I cried and laughed out loud. The writing got to me, the emotions overwhelmed me, the hope and joy... was indescribable**.' *Book Reviews by Shalini* , 5 stars
' **I devoured it in one sitting... I was floored** by this novel... After all, when a woman whose heart was completely broken opened her home to take in children, well, **that was enough for me to be fully committed and truly affected**.' *Robin Loves Reading* , 5 stars
' **I absolutely loved this book** , it was **a beautiful story** about love, loss and family. **The characters were so well drawn I felt I knew them** , and **I didn't want to finish the book because that would mean saying goodbye to these wonderful characters**.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars
'This was **a very uplifting read that I could not put down**! This story **touched my heart**. **This will pull at your heart strings**... This is **a must read!!** ' *Crossroad Reviews* , 5 stars
'An **incredibly heartfelt and moving novel**. **So well written** , with great characters. **You definitely the tissues** when reading though!' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars
'Had me **hooked from the start and I read it in two sittings...** A **wonderful** story that **offers its reader hope** and **by the end I was bursting with so many emotions as these characters had worked their way into my heart. An inspiring must-read**.' *By the Letter Book Reviews* , 5 stars
'What an **inspiring and uplifting** novel... **Insightful, thought-provoking and beautifully written**... Warm, emotional and **hugely satisfying**.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars
January 20, 2020
I have been a fan of Catherine's work for a while now. I have read, reviewed and enjoyed every book that she has written. I read the synopsis for 'The Day That Changed Everything' and it certainly sounded like it would be an emotional read and then some. I wasn't wrong either because it was definitely an emotional read. I enjoyed reading 'The Day That Changed Everything' but more about that in a bit.
I started reading this book and at one point I wasn't sure that I would be able to continue. I found myself becoming increasingly emotional and I thought that I might have to stop reading. Part of the problem was that reading this book reminded me of the grief I suffered with the sudden and unexpected loss of my father some years ago. However, I decided that I needed to get a grip, pull up my big girl's pants and I needed to keep reading the story to see what happened. I am so glad that I decided to persevere with the book. Yes 'The Day That Changed Everything' is an emotive read but at the same time it is an inspirational read, which offers hope to those who have suffered loss.
It took me a little while to get into this book for reasons that I have explained above. However once I got into this book that was it, I was away and I found it hard to put the book to one side for any length of time. If I wasn't reading the book, I was thinking about it. I didn't manage to read it over the course of a day because life got in the way but I read it over the course of three or so days. By the time I got to the end of the book I did feel as though Tabitha had become a friend of mine.
'The Day That Changed Everything' is really well written but then I find that to be true of all of Catherine's books. She creates likeable characters and makes them go through experiences which will strike a chord with a lot of people. She certainly grabs your attention and she won't let you have it back until the moment you close the back cover. She writes so convincingly and realistically that I did feel as though I was part of the story myself.
Reading 'The Day That Changed Everything' certainly felt like being on one hell of an emotional rollercoaster journey with all the twists, turns and all the contrasting emotions that I felt myself going through. There was happiness, there was sadness, there were smiles, there were tears and well you get the picture.
In short, 'The Day That Changed Everything' was an interesting and emotive read. I would definitely recommend this book to other readers but perhaps not to those people who are in the early stages of grief following the death of a loved one. I will definitely be reading more of Catherine's work in the future. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a very well deserved 4* out of 5*.
I started reading this book and at one point I wasn't sure that I would be able to continue. I found myself becoming increasingly emotional and I thought that I might have to stop reading. Part of the problem was that reading this book reminded me of the grief I suffered with the sudden and unexpected loss of my father some years ago. However, I decided that I needed to get a grip, pull up my big girl's pants and I needed to keep reading the story to see what happened. I am so glad that I decided to persevere with the book. Yes 'The Day That Changed Everything' is an emotive read but at the same time it is an inspirational read, which offers hope to those who have suffered loss.
It took me a little while to get into this book for reasons that I have explained above. However once I got into this book that was it, I was away and I found it hard to put the book to one side for any length of time. If I wasn't reading the book, I was thinking about it. I didn't manage to read it over the course of a day because life got in the way but I read it over the course of three or so days. By the time I got to the end of the book I did feel as though Tabitha had become a friend of mine.
'The Day That Changed Everything' is really well written but then I find that to be true of all of Catherine's books. She creates likeable characters and makes them go through experiences which will strike a chord with a lot of people. She certainly grabs your attention and she won't let you have it back until the moment you close the back cover. She writes so convincingly and realistically that I did feel as though I was part of the story myself.
Reading 'The Day That Changed Everything' certainly felt like being on one hell of an emotional rollercoaster journey with all the twists, turns and all the contrasting emotions that I felt myself going through. There was happiness, there was sadness, there were smiles, there were tears and well you get the picture.
In short, 'The Day That Changed Everything' was an interesting and emotive read. I would definitely recommend this book to other readers but perhaps not to those people who are in the early stages of grief following the death of a loved one. I will definitely be reading more of Catherine's work in the future. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a very well deserved 4* out of 5*.
December 27, 2019
This is the second book I’ve read by this author, and because of that I knew it was going to be an emotional read! Told from the past and the present, the story begins when Tabitha finds her husband has died in his sleep. Trying to move on with her life, she decides to become a foster parent. Her first two foster children are twin teenage girls, who certainly don’t make life easy for her, but they are nothing compared to the baby she is asked to foster as well. Can Tabitha deal with the trials of bringing up the three children as well as still dealing with her own grief?
I knew this was going to be a bit of a weepy, so I do warn you to have some tissues available! I do like Tabitha’s character and thought what a brave woman she was to begin fostering three years after her husband has died and on her own as well. She obviously struggled to know what to do with two teenage girls, and perhaps they weren’t the best age to be placed with her, being as headstrong and stubborn as they were! I loved though following Tabitha’s relationship with them and how things move along between them all, not just from Tabitha’s point of view but from the twins also.
This book takes you on an emotional rollercoaster, giving an insight on not just how a young widowed woman has to deal with the loss of her husband, but also how the children that are placed with her have to deal with yet another foster placement. The characters are all well written and the story shows us how the loss of a loved one doesn’t mean that life ends for the person left behind. It also shows us that loss can be interpreted in so many ways, as the twins suffer loss by moving from foster family to foster family. It’s a heart-warming, endearing and inspirational story of love, loss and family. Would definitely recommend!
I knew this was going to be a bit of a weepy, so I do warn you to have some tissues available! I do like Tabitha’s character and thought what a brave woman she was to begin fostering three years after her husband has died and on her own as well. She obviously struggled to know what to do with two teenage girls, and perhaps they weren’t the best age to be placed with her, being as headstrong and stubborn as they were! I loved though following Tabitha’s relationship with them and how things move along between them all, not just from Tabitha’s point of view but from the twins also.
This book takes you on an emotional rollercoaster, giving an insight on not just how a young widowed woman has to deal with the loss of her husband, but also how the children that are placed with her have to deal with yet another foster placement. The characters are all well written and the story shows us how the loss of a loved one doesn’t mean that life ends for the person left behind. It also shows us that loss can be interpreted in so many ways, as the twins suffer loss by moving from foster family to foster family. It’s a heart-warming, endearing and inspirational story of love, loss and family. Would definitely recommend!
January 30, 2020
Tabitha wakes up to find her beloved husband dead in their bed. After the grief fades, she's wracked with guilt. Something happened that day, something she can't forget. And it's stopping her fully move on. She's made big steps - bought a barn conversion and is about to foster two troubled teenagers - but whatever happened that day lingers. But while she's moving on, can she fully let go?
I enjoyed this book, particularly the chapters involving the twins. They added dynamic and challenging energy to the novel, lifting it from the heaviness of grief and guilt, and propelling the story forward. However, I found the storyline relating to the past to be less emotive, and a little glossed over. Ultimately, finding out what happened 'the day that changed everything' had less of an impact on me than I would have hoped.
Other than that, a good story about moving on and letting go.
Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for an ARC of this book.
I enjoyed this book, particularly the chapters involving the twins. They added dynamic and challenging energy to the novel, lifting it from the heaviness of grief and guilt, and propelling the story forward. However, I found the storyline relating to the past to be less emotive, and a little glossed over. Ultimately, finding out what happened 'the day that changed everything' had less of an impact on me than I would have hoped.
Other than that, a good story about moving on and letting go.
Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for an ARC of this book.
June 4, 2020
Tabitha starts her day slowly, quietly going downstairs for a little peace and quiet before her husband is awake. When she goes back upstairs she finds he has died during the night.
Three years later she has moved away and has been renovating a house ready for a new type of life as a foster mother. She has no partner and is strong and determined but still grieving inside. The first foster children she is given are troubled teenage girls, not perhaps the little tots she had expected. They aren't particularly keen to be passed onto yet another foster family.
Tabitha has friends in the village who keep an eye out for her but perhaps she has taken on too much.
Then she is offered another foster child and she wonders whether the timing is right to introduce a fifth person to her current family.
Three years later she has moved away and has been renovating a house ready for a new type of life as a foster mother. She has no partner and is strong and determined but still grieving inside. The first foster children she is given are troubled teenage girls, not perhaps the little tots she had expected. They aren't particularly keen to be passed onto yet another foster family.
Tabitha has friends in the village who keep an eye out for her but perhaps she has taken on too much.
Then she is offered another foster child and she wonders whether the timing is right to introduce a fifth person to her current family.
February 17, 2021
I just finished reading The Day that Changed Everything by Catherine Miller. It was ok. A woman’s husband dies in his sleep. As a way to cope with the loss, she becomes a foster parent to 2 teenagers and an infant. Miller’s has a good storyline but there were some grammatical mistakes which a good editor would have noticed. The time frame jumps to 3 different periods which gets annoying after a while. I think it would have been more interesting if it was told in chronological order, leaving a little mystery. There were several sections that repeated what characters said or thought. Again, a good editor would have suggested those sections be deleted or rewritten. Miller does describe the growth in a person as each character matures and accepts their circumstances. This is the first book I have read by this author. I do not plan to read any of her other books at this time.
March 31, 2025
The Day That Changed Everything
Tabitha married Andy the love of her life, but just as her dreams of happily ever after start, Andy dies in his sleep. Tabitha falls into a deep depression and the only way she can see getting out of it is to start over in a new place and become a foster parent. Tabby is fostering two twin 15 year old girls, Max and Syd. They have been sent back into foster care after the people that said they would adopt them and become their forever parents have their own baby. The girls are bitter about being fostered and sent back when things go wrong, so it is hard for them to bond with Tabitha. Tabby is sent a baby soon after the girls arrive causing problems for the girls. Max and Syd believe Tabby is spending so much time with the baby she will want them to go back into the system. Does it work out for them?
Tabitha married Andy the love of her life, but just as her dreams of happily ever after start, Andy dies in his sleep. Tabitha falls into a deep depression and the only way she can see getting out of it is to start over in a new place and become a foster parent. Tabby is fostering two twin 15 year old girls, Max and Syd. They have been sent back into foster care after the people that said they would adopt them and become their forever parents have their own baby. The girls are bitter about being fostered and sent back when things go wrong, so it is hard for them to bond with Tabitha. Tabby is sent a baby soon after the girls arrive causing problems for the girls. Max and Syd believe Tabby is spending so much time with the baby she will want them to go back into the system. Does it work out for them?
December 20, 2019
This is the first book I have read by Catherine Miller and it won't be the last. I loved The Day that Changed Everything! Great writing, easy to read, flowed nicely between past and present, and characters you learn to love. This book very much pulls on your heartstrings and has an element of suspense not knowing what happened that day until the end. I love how Miller put in little snippets at the beginning of different chapters about different kinds of love. It really made me think about different kinds of love and my own life. Overall, excellent read. I will be recommending to others and looking for Miller's other works. Special thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for the advance digital copy in exchange for my honest opinion.
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