'Superb, moving, beautiful' Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

He will be allowed to visit his mother soon. His mother who is terminally ill, his mother who he has been barred from seeing as he recovers from his own bout of pneumonia.

Until then, with the help of his physiotherapist Freya, he must navigate his increasingly empty and isolated existence: his father, who finds solace in the bottom of a glass; his Nana Q, whose betting-slip confetti litters her handbag; his friends, who simply wouldn't understand.

Time passes with the promise of soon, but one hundred and fifty-two days later the boy will come face to face with his grief, and move beyond to a world full of possibility, hope and love.

The lyrical story of a teenage boy finding hope in the face of his mother's terminal illness, from award-winning author Giles Paley-Phillips

About the Author

Giles Paley-Phillips was born in East Sussex in 1977. He is a musician who has performed at Glastonbury, and is the author of nine books, including The Fearsome Beastie, which has now sold over 70,000 copies and won the People's Book Prize 2012 and the Heart Of Hawick Children's Book Award 2013. Giles has appeared on Good Morning Britain and as a judge on ITV's Share a Story. He also writes a regular book column for Title magazine and co-hosts BLANK podcast.

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Reviews

• 'Oh God, a novel made up of poems about a teenage boy whose mother is dying and it captures so much sorrow and confusion. It's BRILLIANT' Marian Keyes
• 'Giles Paley-Phillips has written a beautiful honest heartstopping bookpoem about grief. His enormous gorgeous heart is laid bare. Thoroughly recommend' Dawn French
• 'This book is superb, moving and beautiful' Nick Offerman
• 'It is superb. So moving. So beautiful. Giles writes with such elegance, he finds the very pinpoint of a scene and conveys it so precisely, it feels as though you are standing there alongside him. Just wonderful' Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
• 'Will resonate with anyone who has suffered a loss' Julia Bradbury
• 'A soul-stirring exploration of loss, grief, and hope; its raw melody will stay with me for a long time' Susie Dent
• 'A beautiful, perfect book' Kate Mosse
• 'A moving, honest and thought-provoking account of losing someone you love' Natasha Harding, The Sun
• 'Utterly heart-rending but also healing. You cry but you feel uplifted, cleansed' Katie Fforde
• 'Superb ... moved to tears several times' John Simpson

Book Information
ISBN 9781783527700
Author Giles Paley-Phillips
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint Unbound Digital
Publisher Unbound