Louise Beech is one hell of a writer. This is a story about Ben and Andrew. Andrew made a wish that he wrote down and kept in a silver box ... Ben lost his mum to cancer and has a difficult relationship with his father, Andrew never knew his father. Many coincidences bring them together resulting in a moving, tragic yet also uplifting book.
The author transports you to the heat and smells of Africa with such attention to detail that you really believe you are there, and then she takes you back to damp Britain. And the characters are so real that you can't help but love them and care deeply about the choices they make and how life treats them.
Her writing is exquisite, how anyone can convey such emotion with words is amazing, I'm blown away by it. For example, 'the words knotted Ben's stomach, like ribbons just too tight around a gift.'
Louise Beech is now one of my favourite authors ever.
You have to read her books. HAVE TO!
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