Published by Avon
Wow, I so want to recommend this book to you. It is fab.
I received this book through the post as a prize for retweeting a promotional tweet on Twitter. I didn't know its genre or its author. It is brilliant. I don't usually like books that go backwards and forwards in time but this one was easy to follow and so enjoyable. It contains many life issues that we can recognise and perhaps identify with. There is a tense marriage and financial situation; depression and low self-esteem; addiction to alcohol; teenage sexuality and bullying problems; teacher/pupil relations; up-to-date issues concerning the use of internet and text messaging. It is heart warming and heart breaking.
As I usually read contemporary fiction by female authors I was surprised to find S D Robertson is male, so a good change for me. As I read the first chapters I was gripped by the tension and began to wonder if it was a physcological thriller. But reading on I loved the boy/girl friendship which is normally the type found between two girls (in my experience) - it is so trusting, caring, open and honest. I also loved the description of teenage awkwardness at a dance and the clumsiness of Elliot's first kiss followed by his self-berating of not getting it right.
Later Elliot is on a mission to repay Lisa for saving his life and gets entangled in Lisa's now dysfunctional family, he touches the heart and soul of her husband and adolescent children one by one. His mission complete will have the reader wondering about true love, faith and hope. To say any more would spoil the plot. It is a thought provoking, gentle, kind read whilst encompassing agonising, confusing and unfathomable questions.
A will be giving a 5 Star Review on Amazon and Good Reads.
