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Keirsten Heasley's avatar

Better late than never with my comments!

I enjoyed reading this book as much as the Karen Swan Christmas book.

I loved all the characters and totally agreed with your observations

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Stephanie Saba's avatar

Jemima has hit the nail on the head with the theme of this story, Love and Loss. The whole story revolves around each characters devastating Losses through death and/or breakup. In Ollie and Bea it is both. Emma has even given Ollie’s career as a Cardiac Nurse.

With this ongoing sense of Loss throughout the story it is very clever how Emma has subtly yet strongly made “love” the dominant emotion.

The journey through the story starts with so much Loss and ends with so much Love, with only a few notes of loss in their backgrounds.

Very cleverly written.

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