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| Ebury Press 21 May 2015 |
Rowan Coleman has delivered a
beautiful story about love and loss, death and dying and the overwhelming value
of dignity and respect.
Stella Carey is a hospice nurse
with first-hand knowledge that life is sometimes filled with regret. Hopes and
dreams are shattered when faced with mortality and yet, even as her patients face
their death, Stella offers a nugget of hope. During her night shifts, Stella writes the
letters her patients want her to deliver after their death, and as she does so,
she discovers that deep within ourselves we all have a still, small place,
where hope and resolution can often find peace.
The story is told from multiple
points of view; we meet several characters who all have their own hopes and
fears and through their letters we find out much more about them as people.
Everyone has secrets, some people have told whopping great lies; whilst others have
hidden things from those they love, but ultimately, when time becomes a
precious commodity, the need to explain, is paramount and all consuming.
We Are all Made of Stars is beautifully written from start to
finish. All the characters exude warmth and charm; some tug away at your hearts
strings more than others, whilst some people we never meet, and yet, through
their letters we are allowed a privileged glimpse into their innermost feelings.
The story would not be complete without any of them.
It should be a sad book, but it
isn’t. True, it is gut wrenchingly emotional in places, but it’s also warm and
loving, sensitive and funny, with some beautifully observed moments that are so
special they take your breath away. It is all the wonderful things I have come
to expect from this talented author and I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Just read it.
I was invited to read this book as part of the
Lovereading.co.uk readers review panel.
You can find out what the reviewers thought about this book ~ Here
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My thanks to Lovereading.co.uk and Ebury Press for my copy of this book.
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