Augusta Hope has never felt like she fits in.
At six, she’s memorising the dictionary. At seven, she’s correcting her teachers. At eight, she spins the globe and picks her favourite country on the sound of its name: Burundi.
And now that she's an adult, Augusta has no interest in the goings-on of the small town where she lives with her parents and her beloved twin sister, Julia.
When an unspeakable tragedy upends everything in Augusta's life, she's propelled headfirst into the unknown. She's determined to find where she belongs – but what if her true home, and heart, are half a world away?
REVIEW:- I had to take some time before I rated and reviewed The Other Half of Augusta Hope, and I'm still not 100% sure how I feel. In some ways I appear to have enjoyed it, reading the book in two sittings, but in others I'm still waiting for the story to sink in.
Written via two povs which doesn't make much sense until you're a fair bit into the book, it's written as if the characters are talking to you. The story is mainly set in the pasts of the two characters. Augusta's pov in particular could be confusing but it did mature as I suppose the character did, her thoughts running away with her. Parfait's chapters were haunting and sad and hopeful and vibrant.
I'd definitely recommend The Other Half of Augusta Hope, it's a beautiful story, and whilst so sad at times, there is hope too.
At six, she’s memorising the dictionary. At seven, she’s correcting her teachers. At eight, she spins the globe and picks her favourite country on the sound of its name: Burundi.
And now that she's an adult, Augusta has no interest in the goings-on of the small town where she lives with her parents and her beloved twin sister, Julia.
When an unspeakable tragedy upends everything in Augusta's life, she's propelled headfirst into the unknown. She's determined to find where she belongs – but what if her true home, and heart, are half a world away?
REVIEW:- I had to take some time before I rated and reviewed The Other Half of Augusta Hope, and I'm still not 100% sure how I feel. In some ways I appear to have enjoyed it, reading the book in two sittings, but in others I'm still waiting for the story to sink in.
Written via two povs which doesn't make much sense until you're a fair bit into the book, it's written as if the characters are talking to you. The story is mainly set in the pasts of the two characters. Augusta's pov in particular could be confusing but it did mature as I suppose the character did, her thoughts running away with her. Parfait's chapters were haunting and sad and hopeful and vibrant.
I'd definitely recommend The Other Half of Augusta Hope, it's a beautiful story, and whilst so sad at times, there is hope too.