I was so pleased to be asked to be on this blog tour. As you will read from the synopsis of the book it sounds amazing!
A year ago, Charlie’s life seemed to be following a plan: she had a beautiful house, a lovable dog and an upcoming wedding. But she felt trapped. A few months before the big day, ignoring the warnings from her family, she abandoned her life and fled to the other side of the world in a bid for freedom.
But when her mother unexpectedly falls ill, Charlie has to cut her trip short. She flies home, but by the time she gets to the hospital, it’s too late.
Her mother is gone, but she’s left a mystery behind. Why did she buy a canal boat, and where did the money for it come from? As Charlie attempts to work through her grief and pick up the pieces of her life, she follows the threads of her mother’s secret past – but has she missed her chance to learn the truth?
A little bit about the author
Sarah Jasmon lives on a canal boat near Manchester with her children. She has had several short stories published, is curating a poetry anthology, and has recently graduated from the Creative Writing MA course at Manchester Metropolitan University. To find out more, visit http://www.sarahjasmon.com
My review
I was very intrigued by this book, when I first read the synopsis. A few pages in and I was hooked. I especially loved the author’s experience of canal boats, which is explored in this book, as I found out later she lives on one.
After a few pages I was really enjoying getting to know Charlie and her family and her back story. Charlie was fearless and she seemed to overcome anything, whether that was going to the other side of the world or tackling life on a canal boat
I would love for another book to follow this one as there are quite a few things I wanted to know how they turned out. So please let there be book two!
Disclaimer – Thank you to Damp Pebbles Blog Tours and Black swan for this free copy of this book. I read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.