The Piper's Son

Rating:   ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

The Piper's Son follows on from Saving Francesca only this time it's five years later and Thomas Mackee is the one who needs saving.

Thomas Mackee wants oblivion. Wants to forget parents who leave and friends he used to care about and a string of one-night stands, and favourite uncles being blown to smithereens on their way to work on the other side of the world.

But when his flatmates turn him out of the house, Tom moves in with his single, pregnant aunt, Georgie.  And starts working at the Union pub with his former friends. And winds up living with his grieving father again. He remembers how he walked away from Tara Finke two years ago, after the death of his uncle.

In a year when everything's broken, Tom realises that his family and friends need him to help put the pieces back together as much as he needs them.

Wow... what beautiful dialogue.  Love Melina Marchetta's use of language and her way of weaving stories within stories.

If you're a fan of Looking for Alibrandi, and Saving Francesca, then The Piper's Son will not let you down.

Graffiti moon

Finished this book over the school holidays. Well written, so compelling.

Here's a review... From The Book Gryffin:

Graffiti Moon- Cath Crowley does not disappoint. Her characters are flawless. The scenario is genius. The dialogue…oh the dialogue!!! I ADORED the dialogue between her characters. Witty, realistic and poetic.
Reading Graffiti Moon left me with a slightly surreal, almost voyeuristic feeling, in the sense that I felt as though as a reader I had literally been drawn into the book. I honestly felt as though I was ’shadowing’ these characters throughout the entire story.
Graffiti Moon is a fantastic read for girls, Lucy is a strong and determined protagonist, her independence and thoughtfulness, her speculations on life make her very endearing. The enormous upside to this novel though is that Ed and Leo are perfectly formed and believable characters for boys to relate to and engage with. I never wanted this imagined night to end. And yet the ending was perfect.
I highly recomend this wonderful novel to ages 15+.

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Rediscovering my old "new best friend"

After spending the past nine years reading titles ranging from "What to expect when your expecting" to "The Reading Bug : and how you can teach your child to catch it", I'm finally making time to read for myself.  A fabo chrissy present (a Kobo) from my mother-in-law and sister-in-law has seen me rediscovering the classics and I have now ditched the ironing in favour of half an hour (or more) with my nose firmly planted in a book.  And just quietly, I'm lovin' it!