I don't think this translates super well to audio; it didn't draw me in. This is not promising for my review. :-/

Not sure what to say about this one. Fowler shares stories from the lives of three generations of women in a Brazilian British family. The chapters are very short, jump around in time, and are occasionally (purposefully) vague. The grandmother is very proper (but loving) and is of the upper class; the mother is a doctor who was politically active during her student days and may have been manipulated into leaving the country as a method of silencing her protest voice; the daughter is of both worlds and both cultures, and there is a suggestion of lasting trauma from a romantic relationship that may have included abuse. It feels very personal and specific to the author -- It was interesting, but I am not sure who I would recommend it to.

Firstly, I want to say thank you to FMCM Associates for sending me a copy of this book.

This is not something I would have thought about picking up, however I am all up for trying new things and this was the perfect opportunity to do so. I love reading books from new authors and this was something that I wanted to get behind and support in the best way possible.

The writing style for this book was so unique, as in I have never read a book like it before. It is such an effective writing style in the sense that I picked it up to read a couple of chapters before dinner and flew through 200 pages in no time. I would have sat and finished it in one sitting but I don't need a hungry husband in my life so I stopped to cook dinner before diving straight in and finishing it int he same day that I started it. We move smoothly between the third and second person which is an unusual style to adopt but it worked really well and was still very easy to follow. The short pages really helped with the effect that the author was trying to portray and it was good to see.

I love the move between the two cultures and the languages that come along with them. The growing up in a  society that you were not born in, that your family are not from and trying to adapt to this. Some of the emotion in this is really raw and you can definitely feel what the author is trying to portray.

I actually enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would and it is a brilliant debut novel. There is definitely a gap in the market for a book like this and I can't wait for other people to start picking it up.