They felt like living, breathing people who you could meet at your own library, full of passion, thoughts and feelings as real as any I have ever felt. The characters in this novel may not seem familiar to you, but they become so, and by the end I was able to clearly picture them in my head, and hear their words and picture their expressions. One of the books I’ve loved for a while is actually in the list. Much like Aleisha I didn’t get into reading straight away in life, and much like Mukesh I found solace and comfort in books after a loss in my family. I took my time with this book, fingers creasing the pages lightly as I read, and often re-read every word. This debut is one of the best I’ve read from an author in some time. Slowly, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again. When Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha passes along the reading list…hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too.
As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she’s facing at home. Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other.
It’s a list of novels that she’s never heard of before.
He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.Īleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. Summary: Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. Trigger Warning: Suicide, depression, untreated mental illness, death of a spouse and parent
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