Release date - 27th June 2019
Book length - 352 pages Publisher - Orion Worldwide - www.bookdepository.com Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com I want to thank Tracy from www.compulsivereaders.com for the opportunity to take part in this blog tour and for providing me with a copy of this book for review. ABOUT THIS BOOK Sometimes you have to risk everything to find your something... Andrew works with death for a living. Searching for people's next of kin and attending the funerals if they don't have anyone, he's desperate to avoid the same fate for himself. Which is fine, because he has the perfect wife and 2.4 children waiting at home for him after a long day. At least, that's what he's told people. The truth is, his life isn't exactly as people think and the little white lie he once told is about to catch up with him. Because in all Andrew's efforts to fit in, he's forgotten one important thing: how to really live. And maybe, it's about time for him to start. MY REVIEW Emotionally-charged, heartbreaking and yet uplifting at the same time, SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR by Richard Roper is a moving story that really got under my skin. Andrew understands loss in a way that a lot of people do not especially because his job centres around it - working for the council, he searches for the next of kin for people who have died in council housing, and he organises their funerals and even attends them if they don't have anyone (though this isn't part of his job description). Andrew lives a very isolated life and the only people he has dealings with are his work colleagues who irritate him and a few people from his model train forum whom he has never met in person. He doesn't need anyone. Well, except for his fictional wife and children whom he accidentally created on the day of his interview and has had to keep 'alive' ever since. But when tragedy strikes and then Andrew actually makes a friend in the form of his new colleague Peggy, he may just be forced to face up to the reality of his life. And for the first time in a long time, Andrew might wonder if there could be something more for him if he was just brave enough to reach for it. This book really hit me in the heart and my eyes filled more times than I could count which is a testament to the skill of Richard Roper in creating characters that burrow into your soul. Andrew is a loner who doesn't want or need anyone. He has an ordered existence which works for him and he goes that extra mile for those people who have nobody. Yet with this imaginary family that he didn't mean to create, he finds the life he wished he had which is truly heartbreaking and he wonders if he will end up like the people he discovers at work. I loved the friendship that sparks between Andrew and Peggy as she is everything he needed even though she has her own issues to deal with. There are funny moments (the dinner parties! lol), moments of grief and sadness, and moments of solid friendship and love that will have you reading this stunning story in one sitting, and I would love to see this appear on my tv screen someday soon. SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR by Richard Roper is a beautiful and thought-provoking story about life and what we make of it and I cannot wait for more from this talented author. AUTHOR BIO Richard Roper was inspired by an article he read about the council workers who deal with situations when someone dies alone. Their days are spent sifting through the ephemera of those who've slipped through the cracks, searching for clues to a next of kin. Council workers are under no obligation to attend the funerals. Yet they do, sometimes dozens of them a year, just to make sure at least someone is there. Richard Roper lives in London. SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR is his first novel. For more information: Twitter - twitter.com/richardroper DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT ALL OF THE OTHER STOPS ALONG THE WAY!!!
0 Comments
Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
Leave a Reply. |
WelcomeHi fellow bookworms. My name is Linda and I'm a reviewer & blogger, wife & mother who loves all things books! Currently ReadingUPCOMING BLOG TOURS
Privacy PolicyNo-one may use Books Of All Kinds content without my permission. Books Of All Kinds does not share personal information with third parties nor do I store information about your visit to this blog for use other than to analyse content performance through the use of cookies, which you can turn off at anytime by modifying your internet browser's settings. Books Of All Kinds is not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this blog on other Web sites or media without our permission. This privacy policy is subject to change without notice.
Archives
November 2023
|