Clover Quinn has been raised by her father Darren. Her mother, Becky, has been missing from her life since she was a baby. Darren has raised Clover by himself, floundering in the unknown world of caring for a baby and raising a girl. Now on the cusp of being a teenager, and trusted to look after her...
The Museum of You is a touching tale of grief and an interesting way of dealing with it.I’m finding it hard to explain why I only gave this book 3 stars, as it is well written, emotional, funny, and Clover is a great character, but for some reason I just didn’t fully connect with it. Perhaps I just ...
I received a copy of this book from the author and this is my honest opinion of the book. This is a collection of seventeen short stories, linked by the theme of parenting and the idea of home. There are stories of trying to parent according to self help books, a twist on the tale of Hansel and Gr...
A Song for Issy Bradley is a truly remarkable book. The characters are engaging. The story is tender and compelling. This is one of those books that is difficult to put down. As far as content and scope, it reminds me considerably of Oates’ We Were the Mulvaneys; there is that same sense of tragedy ...
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At the heart of the book, A Song for Issy Bradley by Carys Bray, is the idea of faith and the role it plays in moving on after a devastating, unexplainable loss such as the death of a child. The book does not imply a judgement as whether a right answer exists or what it may be. The book poses the qu...
I won this book in a goodreads giveaway (thank you goodreads!) and am glad to have had the opportunity to read it.Keeping with the theme of the title, there were two striking notes to this "song" book. The first, was the fallout in a family, when a young child dies. The second is the constraints o...
2.5 StarsA stroy about a mormon family and their struggles with life and faith. We read about a broken family hoping for miracles so they can carry on when their world falls apart.I think perhaps my expectations were too high when I began reading this novel. And while I didn't dislike it, it just d...
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