A Book Review for Campari For Breakfast
By Hannah J A Renowden
Sue is a 17-year-old wannabe writer, her mother has just died and her father has shacked up with a new woman, two years older than him. In order to find herself some peace and time to write, Sue moves into her Aunt Coral’s rambling, crumbling old home. It is at Green Place that Sue will learn about the beauty of eccentricities, the subtle plays of love and how to write a really ok book.
I ADORED this book – everyone in it, the story, the sublime cover design by Malika Favre. It was one of those perfect books you dream of disappearing into for a couple of days. Green Place surrounded me and I hated to leave it.
The brilliant cover design by Malika Favre
There are a bevy of bonkers, brilliantly conceived characters and I challenge anyone not to take them straight to their hearts.
The scenes revolving around the writing group that Aunt Coral sets up to help Sue with her endeavours have some of the shiniest comedy gold I have ever read! Anyone who has ever been a 17-year-old wanting to write will cringe and delight in following Sue’s progress. I hate to bring Adrian Mole into every review I do, but I haven’t laughed so much at a character’s literary attempts since “Lo! The Flat Hills of My Homeland“.
The mixture of comedy and pathos is just right, and you will feel your heart strings pung as many times as your funny bone nudged.
I could write on and on about this book, but I’m away for the rest of the week and wanted to get something out there to make sure you all go and buy it! My only regret is that I didn’t save it to read on holiday!
A witty, energetic debut that has made me grieve its ending, a gem!
If you enjoyed The Rosie Project and Where’d You Go Bernadette? This should definitely be on your To Read list.
Book info:
- ISBN: 9780857522153
- Transworld Books, out 10th April 2014
- Sent copy by publisher THANK YOU SO MUCH!
