Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: The Hole in the MiddleAuthor: Kate HiltonNarrator: Nancy von EuwFormat: UnabridgedLength: 11 hrs and 44 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 09-28-17Publisher: Audible StudiosRatings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votesGenres: Fiction, ContemporaryPublisher's Summary:The heartfelt and hilarious international best-selling debut about having it all without losing your mind.Sophie Whelan is the kind of woman who prides herself on doing it all. In a single day, she can host a vegan-friendly and lactose-free dinner for 10, thwart a PTA president intent on forcing her to volunteer, and outwit her hostile 'assistant' in order to get her work done on time.With her 40th birthday looming and her carefully coordinated existence beginning to come apart at the seams, Sophie begins feeling like she needs more from her life - and especially from her husband, Jesse.The last thing Sophie needs is a new complication in her life. But when an opportunity from her past suddenly reappears, Sophie is forced to confront the choices she's made and decide if her chaotic life is really a dream come true - or the biggest mistake she's ever made.Cover image copyright Irene Lamprakou / Trevillion ImagesMembers Reviews:A no brainer A+++.I don't really know what I expected when I started reading this story. I had read the reviews, of course, but I was literally blown away by how really fantastic this story is. It's so far above the usual love story that it's not even in the same league!! It's not only that Sophie is a grown woman of 39 (although a good deal of the book takes place when she is 22 and the time switches are blended beautifully which is extremely difficult to pull off successfully), it's that there was not a single thing that I had in common with anyone, yet I was still touched deeply on an emotional level because every single character, no matter how minor, came alive as long as I was reading the story!!! I felt like if there really was such a hospital in that city and I were to go there, I would walk down the hallway and if I passed someone described in the book, I'd not only recognize their features, I'd know all about their personalities, as well.Reading this book was a rare treat; a truly unexpected pleasure. I read love stories specifically for light reading, sort of to rest my brain in between the often grim reading I normally deal with but to read a love story like The Hole in the Middle was like finding buried treasure!!!I don't think you have to be a working mother to appreciate this story, but I doubt whether someone under 35 or so would be able to identify with Sophie but I could be all wrong. As I said, NOTHING in my life had any correlation to the story (I'm over 60 and I had to stop working when my children were small because of my severe MS) and I still loved and identified with Sophie.So, if you want to read an exceptionally good love story that I give my highest recommendation to, I strongly suggest that you buy and read this one ASAP!!!The story itself was woven around her main character in such a way that you felt like you were were a part of Sophie's lifeFrom the first paragraph, Kate Hilton's "The Hole in the Middle" drew me in. The story itself was woven around her main character in such a way that you felt like you were were a part of Sophie's life. Hilton's story rings true for so many families who are juggling children, work, extended families, friends and working full-time jobs. For those who have walked in the main character's shoes, you know the frustrations of hoping a sick child can make it through the day because your work schedule is so hectic.