Post by elliej84 on Jan 10, 2020 22:09:56 GMT
Saving Missy by Beth Morrey
Publishing Feb 2020 - Harper Collins
Synopsis:
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?
Review:
So what can I say about Missy Carmichael, except that she may have stolen a piece of my heart (well her and Bob(by))
The book centres around Missy who lives in a ramshackle house that is too big for her in the time of life she is in. Gradually we see her change as a character as we see people being let in to her closed off world and learning about her past in interspersed chapters throughout.
What I liked is that Missy isn't prefect, she makes mistakes but learns to live with them. I would say this is more like A Man Called Ove than Eleanor Oliphant - although the central theme of loneliness is a it part of both.
This book is about family, community, love and friendship as well as death and old age and I feelt slightly bereft at having finished it. If that hasn't sold it, then buy it for Bob the Dog - who doesn't like a dog in a book?!
I was gifted this book in exchange for an honest review.
Publishing Feb 2020 - Harper Collins
Synopsis:
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?
Review:
So what can I say about Missy Carmichael, except that she may have stolen a piece of my heart (well her and Bob(by))
The book centres around Missy who lives in a ramshackle house that is too big for her in the time of life she is in. Gradually we see her change as a character as we see people being let in to her closed off world and learning about her past in interspersed chapters throughout.
What I liked is that Missy isn't prefect, she makes mistakes but learns to live with them. I would say this is more like A Man Called Ove than Eleanor Oliphant - although the central theme of loneliness is a it part of both.
This book is about family, community, love and friendship as well as death and old age and I feelt slightly bereft at having finished it. If that hasn't sold it, then buy it for Bob the Dog - who doesn't like a dog in a book?!
I was gifted this book in exchange for an honest review.