I particularly liked Ric, the husband, and the way he and Arla interacted with each other. The nuances of relationships the little irritations we accept rather than cause upset by pointing them out, the lies, not all of them little, we tell to justify our prejudices, are all well realised.
I found all of the principle characters in this novel to be entirely believable. Arla engages a counsellor who helps her to analyse these feelings but it is only when her son, Stuart, introduces the woman he intends to marry that understanding begins to dawn. She is frustrated by her husband’s apparent indifference and his determination to support and defend Edna. After 30 years of marriage, Arla still feels ostracised by her mother-in-law and her husband’s two sisters. I mention this to illustrate how easily I can relate to the problems faced by Stevie Turner’s female protagonist, Arla and her controlling mother-in-law Edna. It took a long time for the pair of them to become reconciled to the fact of our love for each other. That was 54 years ago and ‘the floosy’ and I are still happily married. My mother believed I was throwing my life away, that the young woman she referred to as a ‘floosy’ was certainly not good enough for me. It was my finac ée’s 17th birthday and I had made the proposal some six months previously. Rossis’s website! And here’s the Amazon link.I can still remember my mother’s reaction when, aged 20, I announced that I was engaged to be married. The best kid’s book I’ve read in a long time - would definitely recommend!Ĭlick here to visit Nicholas C. And the message is just really sweet - only real smiles are the ones that can be shared. It’s not just a kid’s book, either - the story is packed full of random hilarious details, like the fact that the boy’s dog is a legitimate superhero who wears glasses at home ala Clark Kent and then puts on his superhero costume and runs off to save the city while his master is at school.
It’s short, it’s sweet, and the illustrations are gorgeous. After spending the entire day trying to find it, he learns the truth behind smiles: the only real smiles are the shared ones. Author of the epic fantasy series Pearseus and the sci-fi short story collection The Power of Six, all Amazon best-sellers.Ī little boy wakes up in the morning and realizes he has lost his smile.
Rossis: avid reader, web developer, architect by training, holder of a PhD in Digital Architecture from the University of Edinburgh.
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