Release date - 10th May 2018
Book length - 208 pages Publisher - Melville House Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com I want to thank Nikki from www.mhpbooks.com for the opportunity to take part in this blog tour and for providing me with an e-copy of this book for review. ABOUT THE BOOK Holly moved to Brighton to escape. But now she's here, sitting on a bench, listening to the sea sway... what is she supposed to do next? How is she supposed to fill the void Sam left when he died? She had thought she'd want to be on her own. Wrecked. Stranded. But after she meets Frank, the tide begins to shift. Frank, a retired magician who has experienced his own loss but manages to be there for everyone else. Gradually, as he introduces Holly to a circle of new friends, young and old, all with their own stories of love and grief to share, she begins to learn to live again. MY REVIEW LET ME BE LIKE WATER by S.K. Perry is a haunting and moving tale of love, loss, and grief but it also holds a very important message of hope. Holly is lost ever since the death of her boyfriend, the man she loved with her whole heart. Not being able to remain in London where all of her memories of him surround her she moves to Brighton where she finds some comfort in the waves lapping to the shore. But it isn't long before she is lost again. Until she meets Frank, an elderly man who seems to know more about her than is possible. As Frank draws Holly into his circle of friends, she meets people young and old who have their own stories to share, and slowly Holly begins to piece herself back together even though her love for him will never leave her. There is a captivating magic about LET ME BE LIKE WATER by S.K. Perry that is difficult to put into words but it is truly soul-stirring. The characters are fascinating, likeable, and engaging which is so important in a story like this that deals with such sensitive topics of grief and loss. Like the sea, there is a melodious quality to S.K. Perry's writing that allows this story to ebb and flows effortlessly and I highly recommend this story! AUTHOR BIO I’m Sarah, and I’m a fiction writer and poet from Croydon. My first novel, Let Me Be Like Water, was shortlisted for the Mslexia Novel Award and will be published by Melville House in May. I run creative writing projects that develop emotional literacy, and explore mental health, memory, and healing from violence. I’m interested in multi-lingual literature and translation, and how different languages live and are used in cities. I was the Cityread Young Writer in Residence in Soho in 2014 and I qualified on the Spoken Word Education Programme the following year. I’m involved in mentoring young poets’ collectives in Hackney, Glasgow, and Tegucigalpa, and I live in South London. For more information: Website - sk-perry.com Twitter - twitter.com/_sarah_perry
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