True Friendship

The Summer We Ran Away by Jenny Oliver is the most delightfully refreshing contemporary novel about friendship, life and love.

Friendships may be complicated affairs – new friendships are often about trying to fit in. Real friendships are like a pair of comfy slippers. Jenny Oliver examines false and real friendships. She shows how clicky, cruel and hurtful some can be. A real friendship is one where someone loves you enough to tell you the truth in love.

Keeping up with the Joneses is exhausting. Far better to live in the freedom to be ‘you.’

The novel explores various marriages and relationships. We see just how important it is to cherish your spouse and to be thankful for the life we have built together.

In learning how to be the ‘you’ you were created to be, we see that honesty and loving the face in the mirror is vital.

The reader is in for a real treat as we ‘escape’ to France while still sitting in the safety of our sofa. Jenny Oliver has perfectly painted the scene and captured the atmosphere.

I absolutely adored The Summer We Ran Away. It was a perfectly charming read showing the importance of kindness and true friendship. Treat yourself to a ray of sunshine this summer.

I received this book for free. A favourable review was not required and all views expressed are my own.

JULIA WILSON