Release date - 6th February 2020
Book length - 381 pages Publisher - Harper Collins BUY LINKS: Worldwide - www.bookdepository.com UK - www.amazon.co.uk US - www.amazon.com I want to thank Patricia from Harper Collins for providing me with a copy of this book for review. ABOUT THIS BOOK Missy Carmichael’s life has become small. Grieving for a family she has lost or lost touch with, she’s haunted by the echoes of her footsteps in her empty home; the sound of the radio in the dark; the tick-tick-tick of the watching clock. Spiky and defensive, Missy knows that her loneliness is all her own fault. She deserves no more than this; not after what she’s done. But a chance encounter in the park with two very different women opens the door to something new. Another life beckons for Missy, if only she can be brave enough to grasp the opportunity. But seventy-nine is too late for a second chance. Isn’t it? MY REVIEW I wasn't prepared for the emotions that this book brought to life in me but I am so glad that I got to experience this special story, and it truly is an experience. Meet Missy. She is seventy-nine years old and living in the large home which she used to share with her beloved husband, Leo, and her two children who are all grown up and gone now. Missy is used to being alone but it doesn't mean that she enjoys it. When she starts to walk in the local park, Missy encounters loud-mouthed but kind Angela and her adorable little son, and gentle Sylvie who softly introduces Missy to a new world of friendship and support. But it doesn't come without its challenges for Missy can be prickly and struggles to open up about her life and the secrets of her past. With new opportunities opening up, family and friendship within her grasp, can Missy let go of the guilt from all those years ago and let herself feel alive again? Loneliness is something that we all understand yet the way it is developed and portrayed in this book really hit home hard for me and made me stop and think about how long a minute can be when you have nobody to talk to, and I felt for Missy from the very beginning. She reminded me of my own Nana when she was alive - a little too blunt at times but all the more loveable for it - and I desperately wanted to know what she was hiding that made her feel she deserved this empty life. And when I did find out my heart broke even more for her. Angela is ballsy and strong but looks can be deceiving so very often, and Sylvie is compassionate, engaging, and a character that feels like a friend immediately, and the other characters involved add a great sense of community to the overall plot. While the story is mainly told in the present, we get glimpses of a young Missy who falls in love and struggles with who she is and what she wants her life to be like, and this worked well throughout the story. SAVING MISSY by Beth Morrey is the kind of story that you gently fall into and before you know it you have been reading for two hours and you just have to keep going to see how it all will end. I find it hard to write a review when I truly love a story because I'm sure I never convey properly how special that book is, and this is definitely one of those reviews, so I apologise! But please just buy this one and take the time to savour it and those that live among the pages, and when you're finished and out for a walk, maybe say hello to the old man sitting on the bench or the woman feeding the ducks, because you might just make their day. AUTHOR BIO Beth Morrey was inspired to write her debut novel, Saving Missy, while pushing a pram around her local park during maternity leave. Getting to know the community of dog owners, joggers, neighbours and families, she began to sow the seeds of a novel about a woman saved by the people around her, strangers who became friends. Previously Creative Director at RDF Television, Beth now writes full time. She was previously shortlisted for the Grazia-Orange First Chapter award, and had her work published in the Cambridge and Oxford May Anthologies while at university. Beth lives in London with her husband, two sons and a dog named Polly. For more information: Website - www.bethmorrey.co.uk Twitter - twitter.com/BethMorrey Facebook - www.facebook.com/BethMorreyWriter/ Instagram - www.instagram.com/bethmorrey/
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