Title: SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES
Author: Jojo Moyes
Read: July 2023
My Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 all the stars!
Book Description:
Who are you when you are forced to
walk in someone else’s shoes?
Nisha Cantor lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her
husband announces a divorce and cuts her off. Nisha is determined to hang onto
her glamorous life. But in the meantime, she must scramble to cope--she doesn’t
even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in.
That’s because Sam Kemp – in the bleakest point of her life – has accidentally
taken Nisha’s gym bag. But Sam hardly has time to worry about a lost gym
bag--she’s struggling to keep herself and her family afloat. When she tries on
Nisha’s six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes, the resulting
jolt of confidence that makes her realize something must change—and that thing
is herself.
My musings:
Let me introduce my feel-good book of 2023! It’s often
obvious in the first few pages whether we will love a book, in the way we
relate to the characters, and I felt instantly drawn to Sam Kemp and her daily
struggles. Even the prickly Nisha Cantor was strangely compelling, perhaps also
aided by the wonderful audiobook narration, which gave her quite a unique
voice.
What would you do if you had to walk
in someone else’s shoes for a day (or more), quite literally? After a mix-up at
the gym, Sam finds out the hard way as she stumbles off to a stressful work
meeting with important clients, teetering precariously on Nisha’s expensive red
Louboutin heels.
The concept of walking in someone
else’s shoes is not new, but taken so literally it made for a most intriguing
and very “visual” read. I could picture the two women clearly and forged an
instant emotional connection with both of them. I laughed, I cried, my heart
full of rage one minute, and full of love and hope the next. Ultimately, the
story soothed my soul and set my world back on its right axis – and I really
needed that at the time. Moyes writes with the warmth, humour and conviction of
a master story teller, and thee wasn’t a moment I didn’t enjoy. I was sad when
the book ended, though it was a very satisfying finale!
Do yourself a favour and pick up
this heart-warming, uplifting story to recharge your batteries and restore your
faith in the power of female friendships, new beginnings and discovering your
own inner lioness.
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