TW: family violence, death, grief and loss, alcohol

Franny Calderwood is a 65 year old reclusive, alcohol drinking, dog loving neighbour. Not the neighbour you expect to have, when Sally Anne moves in next door with her two children after recently separating from her abusive husband.

Franny is loveable, laughable, relatable, bossy, independent, hilarious and fussy, and I loved every aspect of her. Franny is so beautifully written that you can't not fall in love with her, enjoy her lifestyle, and feel her pain and loss after losing her beautiful husband three years earlier.

The connection between Sally Anne and Franny is empowering, the relationships that are formed with Sally Anne's two children are beautiful, respectful and borderline crazy, and I could see all of this actually panning out in my street.

Beautifully developed, three dimensional women managing their grief, trauma, loss, friedndships and future lives together, what isn't there to love?