Product Description

It was love at first sight for Claire and Bill Hudson. They met at Claire's fifth birthday party and they were destined to be together for the rest of their lives. When baby Georgia came along, it was the icing on the cake. So when a tragic accident snatched Bill away, Claire felt like she'd lost everything - except Georgia. In the three years since, Claire has devoted her life to Georgia; she knows no man could ever replace Bill, and the child needs her all her attention. Now Georgia's a teenager, though, and there's one thing Claire can't advise her on: dating. And so, purely to help her lovely young daughter in her journey through the teenage years, Claire sets out on some serial dating. And destiny is watching, again...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74485 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 608 pages

Irish Examiner
'This is chick lit at its very best'

Review

'Her lightness of touch and gentle characterisations have produced another fine read; an ideal addition to that summer holiday'

Scottish Daily Record
'Sheila O'Flanagan is one of the blinding talents on the female fiction scene'

Customer Reviews

She does it again
This is the story of Claire who met Bill at the age of 5, fell in love, married him and then gave birth to their daughter Georgia. Life should have been perfect, but Bill was killed in a tragic holiday accident leaving Claire to try and rebuild her life without him.

Three years later Geogia is a teenager full of questions about boys and love. Claire decides that she can't really answer her question properly and so decides to start dating again for research to help her daughter. What she didn't expect was to enjoy socialising and getting her life back together without Bill.

This book is Sheila O'Flannigan at her best. The book dealt with this subject in a sensitive but also a lighthearted way. I really would recommend this book to anyone, you really will enjoy it.

A Mother Picks Herself Up After Tragically Losing Husband
Not O'Flanagan's best but still a lovely read. There is wonderful description of a mothers close relationship with her daughter following the tragic death of her husband, so touching it brings you close to tears. A lot has been written about the coping with everyday life after the tragedy, which I think a few other reviewers have criticised, but I feel this puts into perspective how Claire's life is changing and moving on. There are two or three background stories as well which nicely dilutes the maudlin feel - a friend who suspects her alcoholic husband is drinking again, Claire's parents deciding to split and Claire's daughter, Georgia, has her own teenage story. The book is well worth reading but for a more exciting read by this author then Carolines Sister and He's Got To Go are excellent.

Slightly Disappointed
I have read all of Sheila O'Flanagan's book and I was looking forward to another one of the same calibre. However, I was slightly disappointed with "How Will I Know". The storyline was slow in parts and I found that the disjointed way in which the reader was given snippets of information about how Bill died. Other parts of the story dragged a little and I found myself wanting to skip pages. However I perserved and the ending of the book was good.

Overall the book is a good for the beach when you have plenty of time to just sit and read.