Blog Tour stop on publication day for the 10th Novel by the bestselling author Linda Green
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"It only takes one moment to change two lives forever... "
Synopsis
Finn and Kaz are about to meet for the first time...
Ten-year-old Finn, a quirky, sensitive boy who talks a lot and only eats at cafes with a 5-star hygiene rating, is having a tough time at school and home.
Outspoken Kaz, 59, who has an acerbic sense of humour and a heart of gold, is working at the café when Finn and his mum come in.
They don't know it yet, but the second time they meet will be a moment which changes both of their lives forever . . .
My Review
Welcome to this review on it's publication day for the new Novel by Linda Green, Huge congratulations to the author for this her 10th Novel!
For those interested the author has via her Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/lindagreenbooks/
posted some lovely videos one each for each of the books she has created taking us on a little tour of the areas the books are set!
As a West Yorkshire lass myself, I live just down the road from where the author is based and if any of you are near by she is taking part in a lovely publication tour of the area including the launch party tonight at Waterstones in Leeds - see dates below :-
This story is one of the most heart shattering and yet enthralling reads I have read in sometime.
In this tale we meet Finn only ten years old and a bit different in the way he behaves and what he likes, he prefers gardening to sports he likes reading an his friends see him as odd and are not really friends in my opinion they very cruel and he is struggling to get along with his parents at this time who are currently going through a divorce, his father is very grounded, stern and whats everything done right where is mother is a more relaxed person with a hippy vibe she just wants Finn to enjoy and love his life.
Then we have Kaz aged fifty-nine, a lovely lady loud and outspoken with a real heart of gold, she has spent her whole life caring at fighting for the correct treatment for her brother who is diagnosed with Schizophrenia.
When Finn and Kaz meet there lives change in that moment and a real special friendship blossoms ther journey is told in chapters taking us back and forward covering many sensitive subjects such as bullying, mental health, homelessness and divorce all in such a beautiful way.
As a spoiler free blog it is difficult not to say more about the events in this book but know that this is such a special read, I spent many pages with a lump in my throat fighting back tears and more than enough times did I just let the tears flow as the events and emotions in the read played out.
This wonderful, emotive and special story is one not to miss out on, As always I look forward to more from this author she just has this magical quality to her works that no matter the genre the book of the moment falls in to, Romance, Crime or Thriller, I have enjoyed every foray she has made.
Author Bio
Linda Green is the bestselling author of Ten novels, which have sold more than one million copies and been translated into 12 languages. Linda has lived in West Yorkshire for the past 18 years but was born in North London in 1970 and brought up in Hertfordshire. She wrote her first novella, the Time Machine, aged nine, but unfortunately the pony-based time travel thriller genre never took off. Linda joined her local newspaper, the Enfield Gazette, as a trainee reporter at eighteen. During a ten year career in regional journalism, she worked as a reporter on the Birmingham Daily News, news editor on the Birmingham Metro News and Chief Feature Writer on the Coventry Evening Telegraph, winning Highly Commended in the Feature Writer of the Year category of the 1997 Press Gazette Regional Press Awards. By 1998 she left her staff job to write her first novel and work as a freelance journalist. She has written for The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, The Times Educational Supplement, The Big Issue, Wanderlust and Community Care Magazine. After more than a hundred rejections from agents (and more rewrites than she cares to remember) she finally obtained a two-book deal with Headline Review in 2006. Her first novel I Did a Bad Thing was published in paperback in October 2007 and made the top thirty official fiction bestsellers list. 10 Reasons Not to Fall in Love was published in paperback in March 2009 and reached no 22 in the official fiction bestseller charts. Both novels were also long-listed for the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award. They were followed by Things I Wish I'd Known, which was a top thirty paperback bestseller and And Then It Happened, which was a top forty bestseller in paperback and has sold more than 100,000 ebooks. After five years with Headline she left to join Quercus in 2011. Her fifth novel The Mummyfesto, published in 2013, told the story of three women who set up a new political party and stand in the general election and was featured on Radio Four's Woman's Hour. Her sixth novel The Marriage Mender was published in August 2014. Linda's first psychological thriller, While My Eyes Were Closed was published in ebook in January 2016 and paperback in May 2016 and has gone on to sell more than 450,000 copies across all editions. Her eighth novel, After I've Gone, has sold more than 100,000 copies. Linda lives in West Yorkshire with her husband and son. For more info, please go to Linda's website at www.linda-green.com, like @lindagreenauthor on Facebook and follow @LindaGreenisms on Twitter and linda green books on Instagram
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Thank you to the Publisher and Author for sending me an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this novel and for the opportunity to review these works.
All reviews are my own unbiased opinion.