Thank you Putnam Group for the review copy of Clover Hendry's Day Off; I also had an audiobook copy from the PRH audio influencer program (and the narration was great, I listened to the middle-part on audiobook).

This is a fun read, I appreciate, and celebrate, a book that is about women in midlife, the joys of perimenopause (so relatable), the feelings of being pulled to always touch base with (children, spouse, friends, siblings, parents...the caring up and caring down and being the sandwich generation)... the desire indeed to take a day off, no explanation given (or needed though so many expect women to always give a reason/have a reason... the reason is BECAUSE). I appreciated a slightly edgy dark humor vibe in places, the kind of internal dialogue I can relate to while in the end Clover was often making herself still present to and with others even as she yearned for... a break.

I laughed a few times, was reminded of Bridget Jones chaotic life a bit at times (though this book is also very much it's own thing and not in that style of those books), and felt myself thinking what would my day off end up feeling like. What resonated was the Clover felt constantly reminded/pulled back into her daily life despite planning a break... it does feel that way doesn't it at times?