Ebook: 384 pages
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Publisher: Aria and Aries, Sept 2021
Source: My Kindle
First Sentence: My name is Tom Harris and I am invisible.
Review Quote: 'It's hard to convey what a charming, affecting, uplifting and entertaining read it is' My Weekly
Favourite Quote: An embrace can be on many different levels but the basic sensation of emotional and physical warmth given freely by another is most noticeable when it is no longer there.
Main Characters: Tom, a youngster about to take his exams and Maggie a pensioner
My Opinion:
A delightful story about a friendship between a lively but only pensioner and a shy, grieving teenage boy. A chance meeting in the local village library leads gradually to a close bond between the two of them.
The reader travels on an emotional journey with the protagonists Tom and Maggie as they both navigate, with each others help some personal issues.
Throughly recommend this heart warming read, as it tackles recognisable themes that give it a wide appeal.
Précis Courtesy of Goodreads:
Two different generations. Two unusual people. Thrown together to save their local library.
Tom is a teenager and blends into the background of life. After a row with his dad, and facing an unhappy future at the dog food factory, he escapes to the library. Tom unwittingly ends up with a bagful of romance novels and comes under the suspicion of Maggie.
Maggie is a pensioner and has been happily alone for ten years, at least that's what she tells herself. When Tom comes to her rescue, a friendship develops that could change her life. As Maggie helps Tom to stand up for himself, Tom helps Maggie realise the mistakes of her past don't have to define her future.
They each set out to prove that the library isn't just about books – it's the heart of their community.
Together they discover some things are worth fighting for.
Author Profile
Courtesy of Goodreads
Bella has been jotting down stories as far back as she can remember but decided that 2013 would be the year that she finished a full length novel. Since then she’s written a number of best-selling romantic comedies and book club reads and won the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year Award 2022.
Bella's stories are about friendship, love and coping with what life throws at you. She likes to find the humour in the darker moments of life and weaves these into her stories. Her novels are often serialised in four parts ahead of the full book publication.
Bella lives in The Midlands, UK with her husband, daughter and a cat who thinks she’s a dog. When not writing Bella is usually eating custard creams and planning holidays.
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