Book Review - Eighty and Out by Kim Cano

[Sharon Martin]

I'm going to jump straight in and say that I loved this book! I couldn't put it down and was annoyed by things that got in the way of reading, like going to work and sleeping! I was intrigued about this one from reading the blurb and after working in a nursing home for over 2 years I could see both sides of the argument around the sister's pact. When you are young being 80 seems surreal, something that someone has told you about but you never believe it will happen to you. It is easy to say "that will never be me" or "I would rather be dead" but what happens when you are faced with the decision?

Eighty and Out by Kim Cano​ follows the life story of a woman born in a time completely foreign to my own, a time when women struggled to get into university and apartheid was commonly accepted, which the Williams family find out at great cost. I was intrigued by Louise, I recognised a lot of myself in the rebellious teenager, in the young woman in love and in the daughter, sister and auntie that she became.

I don't include spoilers in my reviews which regular readers of my blog will know but I can promise you an emotional roller coaster, I laughed with her, cried with her and even gasped out loud (making my fiance jump haha) at a shock that hit Louise and readers like a slap in the face. This book is fantastic one of the best I have read in my time of reviewing for Beck Valley says What Jenna Thought - Blog​

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