As a sleepy town in rural Ireland starts to wake, a road subsides, trapping an early-morning bus and five passengers inside. Rescue teams struggle and as two are eventually saved, the bus falls deeper into the hole.
Under the watchful eyes of the media, the lives of three people are teetering on the edge. And for those on the outside, from Nina, the reporter covering the story, to rescue liaison, Tim, and Richie, the driver pulled from the wreckage, each are made to look at themselves under the glare of the spotlight.
When their world crumbles beneath their feet, they are forced to choose between what they cling to and what they must let go of.
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Afterwards, those at a comfortable distance will wonder if something small might have made all the difference IDLE SPECULATION
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(@Legend_Press, 15 September 2020, 320 pages, ebook, copy from the publisher and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 3 October, #Legend100)
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Legend Press are among my favourite publishers and I regularly take part in blog tours for their new releases. I really wanted to read this when I read the blurb. It sounded like the kind of book I could get lost in. This is a very sad book, given that only two people are rescued from the bus. The book bounces between the two people rescued from the crash and other important characters such as Nina, Tim and Richie and has alternative chapters about the crash and the aftermath, as the trapped survivors struggle to keep their mood up and reassure each other that help is coming. This is a very raw, painful and emotional book at times. I was riveted.
