Your Roots Are Showing
Friday, May 1, 2009 at 05:31AM 
By Elisa Chidley
Published By 5 Spot
Paperback: 384 pages
Buy it at Amazon for $11.19
Reviewed by Cricket
Just reading the back cover of this book had me sympathizing with it's leading lady Lizzie Buckley. I can certainly relate to that overwhlemed feeling of life after baby. Even with a great husband and nice home. Healthy children and a lifestyle most would envy, Lizzie feels frustrated and depressed. She sends an email venting her frustrations that inadvertantly gets read by her husband James and sets her life on a truly different course. (If you are like me and share a family email it will make you more diligent to delete sent messages!)
Lizzie finds herself moving out of her country estate into a small and less than perfect cottage, complete with a raggedy garden and no conveniences of the home to which she was accustomed. The transition in her physical surroundings are similar to the transition she is going through inside. In an effort to rediscover the part of her that was missing she explores new interests like gardening, running and writing. A very true-to-life tale of what happens when happily-ever-after doesn't turn out that way, Lizzie Buckley faces what many women face and comes up strong.
In dealing with an unexpected crisis with her sister, Lizzie must go out of town to be by her side and needs to leave her twins with her soon to be ex-husband James. Upon dropping them off, she sees that his assistant and new girlfriend is with him. In a scene that friends of mine have to deal with in real life, Lizzie must tell James not to "have any woman stay over" while the children are there. I could feel the nervousness Lizzie felt as she had to approach a tense subject with James.
This is a good romance and heartfelt effort at real life issues like postpartum depression, divorce and life after marriage. A good choice for a summer read or if you need to escape into your own garden cottage!
7 Binkies!
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