If you could change the past, would you?
*As seen on ITV in The Zoe Ball Book Club*
'Beautiful, well-written...I got goosebumps' Alex Jones
'Portrayed 1977 so brilliantly...it would make an amazing movie' Zoe Ball
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How far would you go to save the person you love?
Luna is about to do everything she can to save her mother's life.
Even if it means sacrificing her own.
A beautiful novel about family, courage, sacrifice and love in all its guises from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Memory Book
Title: The Summer of Impossible Things
Author: Rowan Coleman
Published By: Ebury Press
Publication Date: 3rd May 2018
Our Review
Beautiful, Breathtaking and Mesmerising
When I was younger I used to love the video for ‘Take on Me’ by A Ha and even now if I see it I still get a flutter in my heart and dream that I could be that girl that the gorgeous Morton Harkett takes by the hand and pulls into another world.
With The Summer of Impossible Things I feel the same way, as though Luna the protagonist has grabbed my hand and taken me with her as she travels back in time to try to fix the wrongs that have happened in her mum's life.
I will admit that the thought of time travel didn’t appeal to me at all when I first heard about the book but after having seen it on the Zoe Ball book club my interest was piqued when I saw the short video which brought the book to life. Here's the clip I watched.
I’m so so glad I didn’t miss out on this story as it is the most beautiful book I’ve ever read.
In the 70’s Luna’s mum lived in Bay Ridge New York which was a quiet little unassuming place until the famous film Saturday Night Fever was filmed there and she met the man who was to become her husband as he was a photographer for the show.
After her mum dies, Luna and her sister Pia take a trip to New York to sell off a building that belonged to her. Whilst there Luna has a number of strange happenings that she would have previously thought of as Impossible. But these events seem very real and she has to be ever so careful when she finds herself going back in time as anything she does could alter the future as she knows it.
Having lost my mum I found the thought of being able to go back in time to meet the younger version of her so beautiful and the descriptions of how Luna feels really encompass so strongly the pure love that a daughter has for her mum.
I had to pause quite a few times whilst reading this book because the beauty of it literally took my breath away. I’m actually struggling to describe how wonderful it is because I really don’t think my words can do it justice.
There was an element of mystery throughout and a lot of second guessing as the story almost has a life of its own and morphs around what happens each time Luna visits the past.
It reminds me of a film I really enjoyed which was called Frequency starring Dennis Quaid, like this book it was captivating and so cleverly written.
It seems a shame when we read a book by an author that we are then desperate for the next one and the author has to knuckle down and begin another creation, I just hope that they allow themselves some time to bask in the glorious afterglow of a book like this.
This beautiful amazing life affirming book about a daughter’s unquestioning love for her mother should be made into a film. I adored this story so much.
Sincerely
Book Angel x
About the Author
Rowan Coleman’s first novel Growing Up Twice was a WHS Fresh Talent Winner. Since then, Rowan has written fifteen novels, including The Memory Book which was a Sunday Times bestseller. It was selected for the Richard and Judy Bookclub and awarded Love Reading Novel of the Year, as voted for by readers.
Her latest novel, The Summer of Impossible Things, is a Zoe Ball TV Book Club selection.
Rowan lives with her husband and their five children in a very full house in Hertfordshire, juggling writing novels with raising her family. She really wishes someone would invent time travel.
You can find out more about Rowan at www.rowancoleman.co.uk or follow her on Facebook or Twitter @rowancoleman
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