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What if you could write your own perfect storyline...? The heartwarming, feelgood novel from the much-loved Sunday Times bestselling author, Milly Johnson. 'Gloriously funny, witty, wise and wonderful, this book is a total joy!’ Alexandra Potter ‘A delicious warm hug of a book’ Jill Mansell ‘Guaranteed to put a spring in your step – I loved it’ Jo Thomas 'Gorgeous, heartwarming and moving, The Happiest Ever After is so original and brilliantly written in the typically funny and clever Johnson style' Lucy Vine 'An escapist, uplifting read full of heart' Libby Page ‘Funny and brilliant and gorgeously warm, Milly Johnson always, always delivers’ Paige Toon 'Takes you on a classic transformative journey in the most wonderful and original way. What a joy!' Julietta Henderson Polly Potter is surviving, not thriving. She used to love her job – until her mentor died and her new boss decided to make her life hell. She used to love her partner Chris – until he cheated on her, and now she can’t forget. The only place where her life is working is on the pages of the novel she is writing – there she can create a feistier, bolder, more successful version of herself – as the fictional Sabrina Anderson. But what if it was possible to start over again? To leave everything behind, forget all that went before, and live the life you’d always dreamed of? After a set of unforeseen circumstances, Polly ends up believing she really IS Sabrina, living at the heart of a noisy Italian family restaurant by the sea. Run by Teddy, the son of her new landlady Marielle, it’s a much-loved place, facing threat of closure as a rival restaurant moves in next door. Sabrina can’t remember her life as Polly, but she knows she is living a different life from the one she used to have. But what if this new life could belong to her after all? ‘Reading a Milly Johnson book is like spending time with a best friend – you always end up feeling better about the world. Written with genuine warmth and heart, they’re an absolute treat’ Lucy Diamond ‘Milly Johnson always delivers an absolutely cracking read’ Katie Fforde ‘One of those novels that draws you in to its world and makes you wish you could be friends with Shay. A tantalising juicy tale full of twists and turns that kept me gripped. Warm, funny and moving. One to curl up with and devour’ Ruth Jones ‘The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available on the NHS’ Debbie Johnson ‘Milly’s writing is like getting a big hug with just the right amount of bite underneath’ Jane Fallon
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I was so happy when Polly left her fiance Chris at the alter, she didn't even know she was planning her own wedding as all the wedding planning was done by Chris sister, so when Polly realised it was her own, she left him (she already had plans to leave him). Thankfully she had majority of her stuff packed and ready and took everything with her. Chris has children from a previous relationship, I was not a fan of his daughter or his sister, who were pretty stuck up. And on top of that she is not enjoying her job. She has been writing a story about a character called Sabrina Anderson, who is a bolder, stronger version of herself. As she trying to find a new place to live, she get mugged and knocked unconscious and has forgotten about most things.
The second part of the story is of her life but under the character she has been writing about; Sabrina. Whilst at the hospital she meets Marielle who offers her to stay with until she gets better as well as to help her remember things. Marrielle son Teddy runs a restaurant, where Polly ends up working and wanting to help grow their business as they are facing closure as a rival restaurant moves next door; the name sounds familiar to Sabrina (Polly) but she cant seem to remember why. As the story progressed she started to remember parts of her life. I loved seeing her live her life as Sabrina, as she got experience life in a whole new way. Chris and his son (Will), are trying to find Polly (Sabrina) and put an advert out on the local newspaper.
Will was a good one, he wasn't anything like his sister. I mean don't get me wrong, I loved that she found herself and when she went back with Chris and Will my heart broke for Teddy. The rival restaurant that sounded familiar turns out are part of the business the Polly works for. I am so glad that Will has some sort of common sense and knows what his dad is like and told Polly the truth about the day of her disappearance. During the board meeting, Polly was recording all the stuff the rival restaurant had done, especially to Teddy restaurant. I absolutely loved Polly for doing this! And the best bit she left Chris!
She is finally living her happiest ever after as Sabrina.