Once again, Ms. Lydon brings us a book about two very lovely women who decide to take the leap of faith and choose love over the “what ifs”. What I really enjoyed about this book is that it is a “coming of age” story and a “second chance” story all rolled into one.
Both Harriet and Sally have reasons to be wary of relationships especially as they had been each other’s first loves which ended badly when Harriet went off to college and broke things off with Sally. This book finds them seventeen years later. They are smarter and wiser now and when they run into each other by chance, they realize that for them, their first loves were also their soul mates. The question is, can Sally trust Harriet with her heart for a do-over?
I liked Twice in a Lifetime when I read it, but I loved it as an audiobook. I have read all of Ms. Lydon’s books and this is the only one set in The United States. Well, it wasn’t until I listened to the audiobook that the characters felt 100% relatable. I had been thinking of them with British accents because, you know…Clare Lydon is British. My hat is off to Ms. Lydon because she really captured how often and easily we yanks drop the “F Bomb”.
TJ Richards did an amazing job with this audiobook. She really captured the wistful quality of the flashbacks and the vulnerability of each of the main characters. Her Aunt Paula was hysterical and had me giggling while I was doing my Spring cleaning.
This is definitely worth a listen.