The A to Z of You and Me
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By James Hannah
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I’m lying here in a bed, my head full of regret, with only a little bird flitting through a tree to comfort me. Friends want to visit, but I refuse them. So my carer Sheila has given me a task to keep me occupied. An A-Z list. Think of a part of my body for each letter. Tell a little tale about it. When I reach H for Heart, what will I say? How we loved to string crocheted hearts in trees? How our hearts steadily unravelled? So I begin with A. Adam’s apple. Will you be there to catch me when I fall?
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'The A - Z of you and me' tells the story of Ivo looking back over his life whilst lying in a hospital bed, being looked after so tenderly by the lovely Sheila. He tells the story of his friends; the wild Mal and Becca and his sister Laura. These are ordinary people with frailties and faults. He also remembers Mia his love. James Hannah writes so beautifully that you can't help but be moved by the heart breakingly sad story of his life. Some things the author doesn't absolutely clarify which I liked as it gave a bit of an air of mystery. The book is very clever in the way it interweaves the present and the past.
A beautiful beautiful devastatingly sad book, fantastically well written.
I loved it and would recommend wholeheartedly.
