Perfect for a lovely summers afternoon in the card with a nice glass or two of wine....

This is my first Fern Britton book and I loved it .I thought it was fabulous very enjoyable .I was hooked from the start and was fully immersed with the characters and I really loved the charming Cornish Village setting .This is a nice and easy book to read perfect for holiday reading a lovely story .I do hope there will be a sequel

I have read books by Fern before and enjoyed them so I was delighted to be asked to read The Postcard for the blog tour. For anyone who may not know (I have a lot of followers from overseas) Fern is a well known TV personality in the UK and this always comes through in my mind when I read her books. She has a calm, gentle personality and it’s almost as though her voice is in my head narrating the story. We are back in Cornwall (honestly I don’t pick them just because I live here!) in a lovely coastal village called Pendruggan. Penny is married to Simon the local vicar, mother to baby Jenna. She was previously a big name in a tv production and is now trying to adapt to a more ‘mundane’ lifestyle. When she gets word of her mother’s demise it triggers a spiral in her mental health which has been fragile recently. For anyone who suffers depression all the signs are there but Simon seems oblivious, he is too wound up with the care of his congregation. It seems a little mis-matched having a high-flying career woman like Penny married to Simon who in all honesty is a bit of a weed! Jenna is adorable though and is the apple of her mother’s eye. Thankfully Penny’s best friend Helen is a real hands on capable woman .. the kind of bestie all women need. I really liked her and her character adds a lot to the story. The new neighbours bring a little light relief, mix those with the wonderful comments from Queenie the local gossip and it’s amusing in places. There is a running theme with Ella who comes to Pendruggan searching for her past .. But the real emphasis has to be on Suzie .. she is the estranged sister of Penny. The author gives us plenty of insight into their childhood via flashbacks, Penny adored her father but something major causes a rift between her, Suzie and mother. I really disliked Suzie from the onset, she is such a manipulative cow, predictable in places but still addictive to read about. The Postcard itself has a significance and that did make me blink a little. Penny isn’t very houseproud, you will see what I mean when she does the laundry! I became quickly absorbed in this book and it has a certain laid back charm, perfect for a holiday read so you can lose yourself in the village community. All the threads of the tale come together and tie in nicely but there is an abrupt ending which leads on very nicely to another instalment covering Ella’s story. My thanks to Fern, the publisher and Netgalley for my copy which I read and reviewed voluntarily.

Penny Leighton, estranged from her mother and sister, lives in the pretty Cornish village of Pendruggan. She is married to Simon the vicar and is juggling motherhood with her job as a TV producer. Things on the career front are not going well and Penny's life spirals out of control. She feels out of her depth as a mother and a wife and Simon and her best friend Helen support her as best they can. Penny's memories of her childhood and past are mixed. She had a good relationship with her father until he died, but never felt accepted by her mother. Penny has never told Simon why she does not talk to her mother or sister but when her sister suddenly comes back into her life, all begins to unravel. I think this is a good, light holiday read.