Just One Weekend By Catherine Aitken
Paperback published by Handbag Press 1st September 2024
ISBN 9781739475628
Pages 222
A woman in need of change; a reclusive, broken rock star and the city that never sleeps. What could possibly go wrong? Sandy wants adventure. Bored waiting for her husband to give up work so they can travel the world, she jets off to New York with best friend, Isobel, chasing a slice of their youthful dreams at a reunion concert for The Brig – the pop group they fangirled over long past the age they should’ve known better. But her meticulous sightseeing plans unravel when Isobel’s virtual boyfriend makes a surprise appearance and Sandy is saddled with an inebriated passenger who had made her transatlantic flight a misery. So much for smart suits and first-class upgrades. Stuck with this stranger – who turns out to be not such a stranger after all – Sandy embarks on a whirlwind weekend zigzagging across New York. As inhibitions fade and heartbreaks surface, the initial animosity between two lost souls gives way to a surprising connection from long ago. Now, Sandy must decide if this unexpected adventure is the one she’s been searching for.
MY REVIEW
With going to so many boy band concerts I found myself loving this story! Did you have a favourite boy band growing up who you used to follow and go to their gig? Have you ever been to their reunion boy band concert? Sandy who is much older, and now married to Mike to has to work, when Sandy is offered tickets that her best friend Isobel bought so they could see the reunion of a pop group The Brig. Excitedly, leaving, her husband to work, Sandy and Isobel, make their plans for the journey from Edinburgh to Newark. On the flight unexpectedly, Sandy has to deal with a drunken stranger on board their flight. Out of the kindness of Sandy’s heart, she helps this drunken man through passport control, with his bag and guitar to a hotel room, where Sandy discovers by looking at his passport he is the famous guitarist in the band The Brigs. How lucky Sandy is waking up with a famous guitarist, in her hotel room. Have you ever met a member of your idol in unusual circumstances? Married Sandy is having a wow of a time hanging out with Jake, a member of the band, The Brig. I absolutely loved reading about Sandy’s weekend adventure with her boy band idol, who now has a grey beard. Sometimes destiny really is written in the stars. For all fans that love music, boy bands. Or although theses fictional novels are on a different scale that I have read about the pop industry, I would really recommend Just One Weekend by Catherine Aitken if you have read the fiction novels, like, The Songs You’ve Never Heard by Becky James and Ellie Wyatt also the young adult fiction book Skylar and the K-Pop Headteacher by Lunan Goldie.
About author Catherine Aitken
Catherine began her working life as an office junior for Jackie Magazine at DC Thomson in Dundee – her home town – working on the Cathy & Claire page. This was a bit of an education for a sixteen year old! Realising it might take a few years to graduate to the editorial side, Catherine hopped off to travel the world eventually landing in a TV company in London. Fast forward a few years and a return to Scotland, Catherine worked in the Scottish film and TV industry, producing documentary, TV drama and features as well as developing and editing screenplays. A mid career pivot found her setting up an accessories brand and over the 20 years it ran, was very successful, combining the designing and making of bags etc., with working in TV and film.
In 2019 The History Press asked her to write a book – Artisan Edinburgh (still available on Amazon) – and this led Catherine to her first forays into fiction. The Liberation of Bella McCaa is her debut novel and was published in January 2024 with fantastic reviews. Her second book the romantic comedy, Just One Weekend, will be published in the summer. Catherine now lives in Leith, Edinburgh but still travels home to Dundee often. She loves films as much as books and when not writing can usually be found in the cinema. Catherine still works in the film and TV industry and enjoys moving between all her different creative mediums. https://www.catherineaitken.com/ https://www.instagram.com/catherineaitkenauthor https://www.Twitter.com/kellyALacey https://www.Twitter.com/LoveBooksTours https://www.instagram.com/lovebookstours
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