This is yet another book nominated for Wirral Paperback of the Year, which I took out from our school library. This wasn't normally one of the type of books I'd read, but once I got into it, it turned out to be one of the most original and moving stories I've read! I t may look like a girly book, and in all truth, it's about a girl and her sister, but I found it very engaging, and was truly emotional. It's about a teenage girl, Rowan, who due to her mum being very distressed (after her bother Jack died) ends up looking after her little sister Stroma, like her mum should have been.Rowan's dad has split up with her mum. Incredibly moving, this book will have you laughing and crying. It's brilliant. Life is not so good, until a boy shows up in a queue and hands her a photo, of her dead brother Jack. She comes to like this boy, and trusts him very much. But just as things start to look up, Rowan's mum was found by her dad, cut, in the bath. She is taken to hospital, where her mum promises she will try to get better. Then, Rowan discovers that her friend Bee has had a child, whose dad is none other than Jack.For a tale about grief, depression and divorce it is most enjoyable: a life-affirming, witty, romantic read, about freedom, responsibility and love.Well worth reading, this is the second book in a series, beginning with Finding Violet Park.
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