I love stories like this and I was really looking forward to being able to get stuck into this one. I knew I wanted to read this desperately as soon as I read the synopsis. Juliette begins to wonder if she didn’t get it wrong in her real life…and that maybe, she might want to stay in this new one. Basic tasks may be harder, but things are simpler and there’s a warmth and satisfaction from spending time with family. Her street is a friendly one with neighbours popping over to help, always there when you need them. Instead Juliette finds herself living a simple, frugal life that revolves around her home and family.Īt first it’s almost a nightmare – why on earth does Chris expect her to rise at some ungodly hour and prepare his breakfast when he’s a grown man perfectly capable of cooking two pieces of bread? But as Juliette spends more and more time in this 1960’s lifestyle, she begins to see the benefits, not just at home but in her newfound wider community too. Her modern technology is gone, so are her miracles of plastic surgery, extensive hairdresser treatments, the best make up and fillers money can buy and her wardrobe full of stylish clothes. She doesn’t work, she barely escapes the house. Her days are filled with cooking, cleaning, sewing and washing. Many details are still the same – she’s the same age, she’s married to Chris, they live in the same house. Attacking the vodka, Juliette falls and hits her head…. When Juliette works through her son Ethan’s school concert, Chris tells her to leave by morning and not come back. Receiving this new contract has come at a cost though – Juliette’s husband Chris is fed up with her working all the hours in the day and she’s let her children down time and time again by missing birthdays and events. She recently received a very lucrative contract from Big Al, a sports agent who handles over 50 football stars and now it’s Juliette’s job to promote them and clean up their messes and sweep them under the carpet.

Juliette is a very successful PR agent, running her own business. Copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley

Hindsight by Sarah Belle