The Break by UK author Marian Keyes is a big juicy novel that’s absolute fun to get lost in. Hugh, wonderful husband and father of teenage daughters, goes through something of a mid-life crisis after the death of his parents and a good friend. Unable to pull himself out of grief, he decides he needs a six month complete break from his life and his marriage and he takes off to Thailand. This means Amy, his heartbroken wife, is also on a break.

This could have been nothing more than a silly book, and it was at times laugh out loud funny; but it was also deeply real and honest, insightful, witty and heartbreaking. As many emotional ups and downs as real life, so you will either love it or hate it and I loved every second of it.