Lee and Victoria weren’t the only ones to love “The Wakes” by Dianne Yarwood… Here is what the QBD crew thought:
Written by debut fiction author Dianne Yarwood comes a heartfelt, funny story about two failing marriages, two strangers falling in love, two friends embarking on a catering business – and the four funerals that connect them all…
“The Wakes” is about what to do when your wife leaves you after too many rounds of IVF. It’s about helping your new friend with her funeral catering business, and discovering that, sometimes, the most unlikely of pairings are the very, very best. It is about food that is outrageously good and comforting to sad people. And, for once, not being sensible, and throwing away everything you know. Following Clare, Louise, and Chris… and sometimes Paul, and less often, Beth – we are about to learn that life always manages to break in and remind you how good it can be.
Bittersweet and utterly delightful, this novel perfectly blends laugh-out-loud, wry humour with poignant life reflections. This is the unique kind of story that can make you laugh and cry in the very same chapter, and we could not get enough. What an excellent debut!
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