What a hopeful and heartwarming story to listen to – admittedly one that nearly had me crying at 11pm on a Monday night with 30 minutes of audiobook left. 

I got this book years ago after reading and enjoying A Man Called Ove and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. And yet, since then, it’s sat on my shelf unread but I picked it up again when a bookshelf reorganisation told me I wasn’t quite ready to let go of it yet. And I’m so glad I did. I really wasn’t sure to begin with. I found it quite hard to get behind Missy’s prickliness. But then Angela, her son Otis, and Sylvie start to crack Missy’s façade and squeeze their way in. And at the same time, Missy found her way into my heart too. 

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I’ll be thinking about it for a while to come yet.