Drift Stumble Fall by M.Jonathan lee

Blurb from Amazon

The author of five novels, M Jonathan Lee is a tireless mental health awareness campaigner, working closely with organisations including Mind, Time to Change and Rethink and blogs regularly for Huffington Post. Having personally experienced anxiety and depression during his life, Jonathan draws on his experiences to inform his writing. Richard feels trapped in his hectic life of commitment and responsibility. From the daily mayhem of having young children, an exhausted wife and pushy in-laws who frequently outstay their welcome, Richard's existence fills him with panic and resentment. The only place he can escape the dark cloud descending upon him is the bathroom, where he hides for hours on end, door locked, wondering how on earth he can escape. Often staring out of his window, Richard enviously observes the tranquil life of Bill, his neighbour living in the bungalow across the road. From the outside, Bill's world appears filled with comfort and peace. Yet underneath the apparent domestic bliss of both lives are lies, secrets, imperfections, sadness and suffering far greater than either could have imagined. Beneath the surface, a family tragedy has left Bill frozen in time and unable to move on. As he waits for a daughter who may never return, Bill watches Richard's bustling family life and yearns for the joy it brings. As the two men watch each other from afar, it soon becomes apparent that other people's lives are not always what they seem.

Have you ever sat and wished you had someone else's live and sit planning mentally planning to get away at the first opportunity you can get. This is what this story is like Richard and his family move in across from a elderly couple who live a quiet life and Richard dreams to be like bill and his wife and sits down to plan his escape route. But would Richard go through it  after finding out what bill and his wife have had to live through. And when Lisa's father confides in Richard something that could change everything that Richard has every dreamt of. Could Richard ever go through with his dreams or will he stick with his family and be there when things are hard for them. 

I did enjoy this book it grabs your imagination from the very first page which is why it only took me a couple of days to finish. The book is set out in a day to day diary style and you get the day to day account of Richards every day life.

I would defiantly recommend this book to everyone and anyone its one book that defiantly needs to be put on your to be read piles and should be the next one to read i guarantee that you wont be disappointed this is defiantly a 5 star book and i can not for one wait for M.Jonathan's next book to come out i think he is going to be one of my favourite authors out there.