For her first book, Nicole J R Gilbert imagines the relationship between mother and daughter. The effect it takes them to overcome their own challenges from WW2 to the 80's, setting between Charleston in Cornwall and Crowborough in East Sussex. Never Too Late, dramatizes the story as the two protagonists attempt to come to terms with childhood and adulthood. Louise, the mother has to deal with her affection between two brothers, the secret she keeps and her sense of guilt for one of them. Mandy, the daughter has to deal with a broken marriage, death, and new relationship. Never Too Late retraced how mother and daughter relate to each other in difficult times. Filled throughout with all its weaknesses of life, this story forms this enjoyable reading family saga.