Just because you feel ordinary doesn't mean you aren't extraordinary to someone else.
Sixty-two-year-old
Elsie
knows what she likes. Custard creams at four o'clock, jigsaw puzzles with a thousand pieces, her ivy covered, lavender-scented garden.
Ten-year-old
Billy
would rather spend his Saturdays kicking a ball, or watching TV, or anything really, other than being babysat by his grumpy neighbour Elsie and being force fed custard creams.
If it was up to them, they'd have nothing to do with each other. Unfortunately, you can't choose who you live next door to.
But there is always more to people than meets the eye...
Elsie doesn't know that Billy's afraid to go to school now, or why his mother woke him up in the middle of the night with an urgent shake, bags already packed, ready to flee their home.
Billy doesn't know that the rusting red tin he finds buried in Elsie's treasured garden is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode her carefully organised life. And that when he digs it up, he is unearthing a secret that has lain dormant for twenty-eight years...
This moving tale is for anyone who has ever felt the pang of loneliness, or worried that their broken heart might never be the same again. Fans of
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, The Keeper of Lost Things
and
The Library of Lost and Found
will fall head over heels for this life-affirming novel that shows us that if you're willing to take a risk, happiness is only ever a heartbeat away.
Readers absolutely love
Ruby Hummingbird:
'I
absolutely loved
this...
I couldn't put it down
, grabbing every opportunity to continue... Heart-wrenchingly sad but also one of the most
uplifting
heartwarming
books...
It had me crying (and I mean big heaving sobs!!)
... I finished this book last night, and yet
here I am 24 hours later still thinking about it!... Fabulous, amazing, wonderful!!
'
Stardust Book Reviews
, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'What a
wonderful
story this is...
Really touched my heart
brought tears to my eyes
... A real
feel-good-factor
read that
made me glow
inside... A super book.
Couldn't have asked for more from this lovely story
.'
Books from Dusk Till Dawn
Wow! Wow! Wow!
What
a brilliant, beautiful, feel-good, heartwarming book! I absolutely loved it!
' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
What a beautiful book!... Managed to make me cry
with emotion without depressing me at all,
then lifted me up with hope and happiness
... I was
glad I was all on my own reading this as it made me cry on more than one occasion
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