TThis is a gorgeous book about loneliness and unlikely friendships and being kind.
Ah dear Missy, she really made me sad at the beginning of this book, her son lives in Australia with her Grandson and she really misses them. Her beloved husband Leo has passed away and she has also had a falling out with her daughter Mel. So she finds herself alone…..
She is in the park one afternoon when she has a funny turn and when she comes around and two younger women are helping her. One is called Sylvie and the other Angela they both realise that she is lonely but Missy will not accept it. She lives in a big house alone,and she does not think that they know anything about her, which they don’t really at this point. Then Angela asks her to look after a dog Bob, that belongs to a friend of hers who is having a bad time. Missy thinks it’s a ridiculous idea then she has a change of heart after a break in at her home and Bob comes to stay. Missy finds that just getting out of the house with Bob gets her chatting to people she never would have previously. Her friendship with Sylvie and Angela grows and they start to become part of her life.
Missy goes back over her life and how she met Leo and her life before Leo at University and it is clear that Missy very much was her own woman and knew what she wanted, but life did not turn out the way she thought it would, this second chance with these two young woman change her life.
This is a gorgeous book about loneliness and unlikely friendships and being kind. I loved Missy she is funny and astute don’t be fooled by her age she has her head firmly on her shoulders. It’s funny , magical, sad, nostalgic and uplifting. I really loved it and I couldn’t put it down, its a really wonderful story.
5 Stars *****
She is in the park one afternoon when she has a funny turn and when she comes around and two younger women are helping her. One is called Sylvie and the other Angela they both realise that she is lonely but Missy will not accept it. She lives in a big house alone,and she does not think that they know anything about her, which they don’t really at this point. Then Angela asks her to look after a dog Bob, that belongs to a friend of hers who is having a bad time. Missy thinks it’s a ridiculous idea then she has a change of heart after a break in at her home and Bob comes to stay. Missy finds that just getting out of the house with Bob gets her chatting to people she never would have previously. Her friendship with Sylvie and Angela grows and they start to become part of her life.
Missy goes back over her life and how she met Leo and her life before Leo at University and it is clear that Missy very much was her own woman and knew what she wanted, but life did not turn out the way she thought it would, this second chance with these two young woman change her life.
This is a gorgeous book about loneliness and unlikely friendships and being kind. I loved Missy she is funny and astute don’t be fooled by her age she has her head firmly on her shoulders. It’s funny , magical, sad, nostalgic and uplifting. I really loved it and I couldn’t put it down, its a really wonderful story.
5 Stars *****