Heart breaking yet life affirming read

“The pain is great because the love is great…l know I'll never, ever stop missing her. I know that I'll always wish I had more time with her. Because when it comes to someone you love, the only amount of time that even feels close to enough is forever.”

What if you woke up one day and the loved one you'd lost was suddenly, inexplicably alive again?

Chloe Howard is a workaholic who puts her job first and her familial commitments second. Vowing to change, she agrees to spend the weekend with her mother only to arrive minutes after she’s passed away. Consumed with grief that she didn’t get to say goodbye and racked by guilt and regret, Chloe wonders how she’ll ever get through her mother’s funeral and sinks into a deep depression.

Then two days before the funeral, Chloe wakes up to find her mother alive and realises that somehow time has reversed back three months earlier. No one - not Chloe's brother, family or friends can understand Chloe’s confusion or her erratic behaviour.

Grateful for a second chance to repair family rifts and make amends, a desperate Chloe sets out to change the future and somehow save her mother. But will she be able to prevent the inevitable?

Three Months More is a heartbreaking, life affirming novel that will resonate with readers who have ever lost a loved one. The tagline is, what would you do if you were given a second chance with someone you had lost… Well Chloe is given one such gift and she doesn’t waste it.

The novel immediately grabbed me from its opening pages and I found myself utterly invested and connected to the characters in the story. The grief that Chloe felt was so palpable that I couldn’t stopped the tears from flowing. The momentum did seem to slow by the middle part of the novel which is my only criticism. The story touches on all the familiar themes…family, the often complex but beautiful relationship between a mother and her daughter, death, grief, regret and living in the moment but does it all in a unique and satisfying way.

Like the author says in her book, … “we can't control how long our loved ones are with us. Everyone wishes they could, but it's just a harsh reality of life. What you can control is how you spend the time you have with them now.”

This novel was my first introduction to the author and it won’t be my last.

Joy Regullano’s narration was clear and concise with excellent pacing. I felt that her voice was perfect for the tone of the novel.

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