Amy Matthews - Best, First and Last

Book Title: Best, First and Last
Author: Amy Matthews

Some family holidays change your life, for better or worse. Best, First and Last is a sharp, heartwarming novel about three generations of women, each at a crossroads, brought together on an impulsive trek to Machu Picchu.

Heather is burned out and broken-hearted. Her mum’s in the middle of a messy divorce. And her grandmother? She’s grieving, with a backpack full of sass and a husband’s ashes. Bonnie, the irrepressible matriarch, decides what they all need is a girls’ trip… on foot, through the Andes.

Between emotional baggage, hilarious mishaps, and the possibility of new love (hello, Owen!), what unfolds is a journey of secrets revealed, strength rediscovered, and love in all its messy, beautiful forms.

Amy Matthews (author of Someone Else’s Bucket List) writes with humour, heart, and whip-smart dialogue. This is a story about healing after heartbreak—without the clichés.

Read if you like: Emma Grey, Marian Keyes, Emily Henry, Nora Ephron, or anyone who can make you laugh-cry in the same chapter.