Em & Me: From the Sunday Times bestselling author, the most joyful book of 2022
by Morrey, Beth
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- ISBN 13
- 9780008334079
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HarperCollins, 2022. Hardcover. New. 400 pages. 9.02x6.34x1.50 inches.
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On Feb 15 2022, CloggieDownunder said:
Em & Me is the second novel by best-selling British author, Beth Morrey. It is nothing like Delphine Jones had envisaged when she was a stellar student at Brownswood Academy: living in her father's basement flat, working for an awful boss in a low-paying, dead-end job, raising her pre-teen daughter as a single mother, sharing a tiny damp bedroom and bed. A better life for her and Emily looks a long way off.
Delphine dearly loves her daughter and her father, but so much is missing from her life: the music and French language she shared with her late mother; the love of language nurtured during childhood by her still-grieving father, much withdrawn from life since his wife's death, and the chance of a career centred on literature. And a man? Well, she doesn't have time for that!
And then an incident with a spiteful rival sees her losing her job: could things get any worse?
Life, though, and her sometimes-devious daughter, have other plans. They conspire to drop opportunities into her lap. Delphine is hesitant at first, but with encouragement and support from newcomers in her life, Delphine convinces herself to grab them with both hands.
It's not without hiccups but, over a period of months, Delphine finds a job she enjoys, with caring employers, a chance to reconnect with her mother's native language, the prospect of singing in a band, and possibility of completing the education she abandoned when she decided to keep her baby. And a man, but she still doesn't have time for that… does she?
As Delphine approaches each new chance at her dreams, her thoughts are also plunged deep into her past, gradually revealing to the reader just how her life changed from her happy and loving childhood to the dissatisfying fog she inhabits at twenty-eight. And as she emerges, so, eventually, does another significant person in her life.
This is a story that abounds with literary references, so those well-read or at least familiar with classics will find their enjoyment much enhanced. Morrey fills her novel with characters that capture the heart and stir up the emotions. She saddles them with realistic problems and challenges that will have the reader cheering them on to a satisfactory resolution. A story that demonstrates the vital importance, in a young person's life, of a good teacher, Beth Morrey's second novel is inspirational and uplifting.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by Better Reading Preview and Harper Collins Australia.
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- Revaluation Books (GB)
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- 2-0008334072
- Title
- Em & Me: From the Sunday Times bestselling author, the most joyful book of 2022
- Author
- Morrey, Beth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0008334072
- ISBN 13
- 9780008334079
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Date Published
- 2022
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