A wonderful debut novel, I look forward to what comes in the future from Georgina Moore.

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for kindly gifting me this copy to read and review.

The Garnett Girls is a story of friendship and the characters are richly drawn. The plot is mysterious and uniquely designed.

Iliked this book but i couldnt say I loved it. There was way too many characters in it to keep track off. i felt it was hard to connect to them. It was an easy read which is why i liked it.

Rachel, Imogen and Sasha (better known as the Garnett Girls) have spent their lives trying to recover from their father walking out on them when they were young and the ensuing breakdown and bad behaviour from their mother Margo. Each of the girls is having their own struggles as adults with none of their relationships going well and secrets being kept from each other, with Margo keeping the ultimate secret that will either totally ruin their relationships or bring them back together.
I really enjoyed this novel, the different perspectives and time spans really helped build temporal setting and characterisation. Great read!

The Garnett Girls takes us into the family drama and secrets of a mother and her three daughters as they struggle with personal issues and relationships after a troubled childhood. With the detailed description of each of the characters along with the setting on the Isle of Wright you could imagine all of them on the beach or at their Sandcove home. It did take me a while to get into the story and the sudden timeline changed sometimes through me, overall, I’m so glad I continued reading. Congratulation to Georgina Moore on your debut novel, I look forward to reading more.

Oh goodness! What an extraordinary book! I’ve just finished reading it and have tears streaming down my face. There’s so much to say, yet I don’t know where to start. As debut novels go, this one is a beauty.
Set largely on the Isle of Wight, this is a story of a family shattered by loss, by alcoholism and by anger, yet the Garnett girls, Rachel, Imogen, Sasha and their mother Margo are each strong, vibrant characters, beautifully rounded and each so different. Their story is an emotional roller coaster that drew me in and held me. The more I read, the more I cared. Now I just want to go back to the beginning and start again.

A searingly honest novel that investigates how sisterly and motherly love can breed resentment, jealousy, and contempt. Moore has a rare ability to create characters that are likeable despite their obvious flaws, and her mastery of writing dialogue keeps a reader engaged and desperate to know what’s next. The novel follows the journey of three sisters and their eccentric mother as they navigate their romantic relationships as well as their ties to their family. With an absentee father whose presence lingers years after he abandoned them, this hollowed ghost of a father forces truths about the sisters’ childhood into the present for mother Margot to grapple with, while forever trying to be the mother she always longed to be.

The Garnett Girls was a delightful read. This debut novel explores family relationships, both the good and the bad, and deals with some difficult subjects with sensitivity. I was captivated by all the characters in this novel, and liked some more than others. And it’s always nice to have a satisfying ending!

Margo Garnett was a teenager when she married Richard O’Leary and her parents were very disappointed with her. When Richard left her, Margo struggled to cope, her sister Alice helped out when she could and her eldest daughter Rachel took care of her younger sisters Imogen and Sasha.

It was a lot of responsibility for a ten year old girl, Rachel hates her father and has never tried to find him. Rachel is a lawyer, she and her husband Gabriel and two daughters live at Sandcove on the Isle of Wight, it's the family home by the seaside. The three Garnett girls are close, they love their mother Margo and at times they have found her behavior embarrassing. Margo likes chase younger men, throw wild parties at Sandcove, she’s rather lively and exuberant person.

All three of the Garnett sisters are struggling with personal issues, Rachel want’s to live in London, the responsibly of Sandcove an old crumbling house with it's dodgy heating is a big financial burden and one she doesn’t need. Imogen is engaged to William, everyone is pressuring them to set a wedding date, and she’s not sure if William is the one? Sasha is the youngest sister, she’s married to Phil, he’s controlling, he hates visiting Sandgrove and dislikes her family.

I received a copy of The Garnett Girls from NetGalley and Harlequin Australia in exchange for an honest review. It’s the author Georgina Moore’s debut novel, the narrative explores the dynamics of a mother's relationship with her three daughters and how it evolved over the years. In what ways their past and dysfunctional childhood has affected them, the choices they have made and their futures. A big secrets is revealed and this certainly throws a cat amongst the pigeons, the story highlights the damage caused by consuming too much alcohol and how hard it is to live with an alcoholic. Four stars from me, it was difficult to be a wife, mother and work in the 1990’s, not a lot of support, many women struggled, and they couldn’t complain and simply had to soldier on.