Winner of the Costa Book Awards
2013, this is the debut story by Nathan Filer.
The novel explores mental health in a sensitive but not an overly sentimental
or bleak way. It is also about grief and
grieving. It is the story of Mathew
Homes and how he is haunted by the death of his older brother Simon who
suffered from Down syndrome. In the end,
it is the memory of Simon that tips Mathew over the edge and the reader is
taken on his emotional journey as he writes his story about living with mental
health issues. The story jumps about a
bit just as if it is Matthew’s mind flitting from one subject to another and
this gave it a unique style. I found all
the characters believable and I liked Matthew and found myself routing for him. I look forward to reading more from Nathan
Filer.
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