By Sally Brown I have read all of Dorothy Koomsons previous novels and they are all amazing reads. This book, I am pleased to say, also falls under the category “amazing”! This story is about Libby, a beautician, who meets a man named Jack in a car showroom but unfortunately they do not start off on the right foot. Jack is a widower and his dead wife Eve is rarely mentioned and when she is Jack tends to become distant from Libby. Jack is persistent however and finally manages to win Libby round and finally he wins her heart, they get together and marry. A terrible accident occurs one night and Libby is seriously injured. Whilst in recooperating Libby is forced to rethink their relationship and question whether Jack is still in love with Eve and whether he has ever truly loved Libby at all. Libby decides to find out as much as she can about Eve and a chance discovery helps Libby to find out things about Eve and Jack that could have devastating consequences and which could see Libby ending up like the first and maybe the only woman Jack has ever loved….Eve. This book is moving, gripping [...]
My Story, Dannii Minogue
By Sally Brown I have always liked Dannii Minogue both as a singer and an actress and more recently as a judge on the UK X Factor. When I heard that she was writing an autobiography I wondered if she would have enough interesting stories to make the book a worthwhile read. Well Ms Minogue does not disappoint! The book starts with tales of her childhood and of being the youngest of the Minogues. She was closer to her brother when she was growing up as she was a tomboy and was always up to one scrape or another however she states that at an early age she had an eye for fashion and this was reflected in her teens when she had a sold out fashion range. She talks about her break into showbusiness in some detail starting with Young Talent Time in Australia which then lead to her recording her first pop album whilst landing the part of Emma Jackson in Home and Away. It was here she was to meet her husband to be Julian McMahon but unfortunately young love hit a few major problems and landed Dannii in a financial mess. She talks in depth about [...]
