The Best Days of Our Lives by Lucy Diamond

The Best Days of Our Lives by Lucy Diamond is a heartwarming and poignant novel that unfolds over the course of one life-changing year.

The McKenzies are an average yet complicated family, bound together by in-jokes, arguments, and closely-guarded secrets. Thirty-something sisters Leni and Alice became inseparable after their parents’ divorce, with younger brother Will trying to keep up. But an ordinary summer day brings tragedy—an accident that changes the family forever. Guilt, questions, and buried secrets emerge, scattering the McKenzies.

Lucy Diamond’s writing is deeply moving, wise, and wonderfully uplifting. She captures the complexities of love, grief, and family dynamics. Despite the heavy subject matter, her lively and humorous style ensures laughter alongside tears. The Best Days of Our Lives is a bittersweet ode to life’s highs, lows, and everything in between - a masterpiece that will charm and resonate with readers.