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I have always felt that O'Farrell expertly straddles the (perhaps imaginary) line between literary and popular fiction; her books are addictively readable but also hold up to critical scrutiny. I didn't like this latest quite as much as [[The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell|The Hand That First Held Mine]], which I consider her masterpiece, but this is certainly a worthy follow-up to [[Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell|Instructions for a Heatwave]], which in a sense paved the way for its international nature.
As Daniel concludes, it's not where you've been in the past or where you might go in the future that matters, but where you are and what you make of life ''right now'': 'We must purse pursue what's in front of us, not what we can't have or what we have lost. We must grasp what we can reach and hold on, fast.'
I must thank Tinder Press for so graciously sending an advanced copy – it was quite the treat for this O'Farrell fan.
