Inheriting Jack

by Kris Webb, Kathy Wilson

Julia finally has her life just the way she wants it: great friends, her own house, a car that goes (mostly) and a promotion on the horizon. As soon as her perfect man comes along the equation will be complete.

Then the phone rings. Her best friend Anita is dead and everything changes.

Three days later Julia has inherited an eighteen-month-old toddler called Jack. Struggling with grief at the loss of Anita, Julia's first faltering days with her friend's son seem doomed: he'd rather spend his time with a brown plastic toad called Harold and eats nothing but fairy bread. Her life quickly unravels as she attempts to manage Jack, an obsessive client and a brother who sees himself as the next celebrity chef.

But after an embarrassing incident at the gym and a run-in with an ice-cream truck, things start to improve in surprising ways. Julia begins to wonder whether Jack's arrival was not the end of the world, but an unexpected and priceless gift...

Genres: Chick Lit

320 pages

First published March 1, 2005

Reviews

[Anne Forrest · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this easy read on the train to Sydney today. Lots of laughs at the antics of the toddler. The kilometers flew by !!

[Jazz Maree · Rating 2 out of 5]

Found this book in a free little libary in Tasmania. Enjoyable cozy read. Romance was a bit boring at times but I enjoyed Jack.

[Carolyn Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this story, however I did find it a bit hard to believe that an intelligent woman who works as a lawyer was so completely out of her depth in knowing the very basics of caring for a toddler. I also felt that her friends were less helpful than you would expect in that situation. Maybe I'm just fortunate to be surrounded by people who are more empathetic and understanding than the average friend? I would be interested in other people's thoughts...

[Jane Weber · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this. Having a kid the same age as Jack myself I found it so accurate of what it would be like to suddenly be faced with a toddler having no experience.
I think the concept of the book was a great idea but is lacking somewhere that I can’t quite put my finger on. The romance side of it was a bit flitty and I felt like they could have dove deeper into her pain of losing Anita and how she was actually managing and what happens with her career etc.

[Arlene · Rating 3 out of 5]

A light read. a typical story of a toddler controlling the adult/minder's life

[Barbara Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

great read

I really liked this book it keep me thinking,and a very easy read well done,will look for your other books

[Elaine · Rating 2 out of 5]

An ok read, a bit stale in places, too similar to other books Ive read in the past. I didnt like the ending as I felt it was rushed to finish the book and I thought the main character made the wrong choice.

[Naomi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Xmas 2006

Good read!!! A bit sad in some places but hard to put down in others

[Debi · Rating 5 out of 5]

If your looking for a light and fluffy book where you don't have to put allot of thought into it and think to hard this is the book for you.
Great read-read it very fast because it was so good.

[Hayley Forrest · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was OK. Nothing revolutionary, but not unpleasant.