![]() ![]() This profoundly moving tale of a father's eternal love is first and foremost a gift to her, but anybody who has struggled to come to terms with losing a loved one will find solace in this book. Rosalie Lightning, as Hart has said, was once a girl, now, unfairly, a book. Every day presents a sickening new trial – from paying for their daughter's cremation with a cash card, "like I'm buying a bag of bananas", to preparing for their first childless Christmas.īut amid the heartache Hart gradually begins to experience a new sense of hope, powered by his love for his daughter, finding comfort in nature, literature and music. Dean Burnett, The Idiot Brain: 'Lifting the lid on our grey matter'Īnd we meet Tom and Leela, who, with no warning have been lumbered with unwelcome new identities – "everyone's worst-case scenario" whose best memories have become their greatest torments, haunting them as they sleepwalk through the days, stooping to pick up acorns along the paths they used to amble down as a trio.Jean Stein, West of Eden: An American Place, book review.The Man without a Shadow by Joyce Carol Oates - book review. ![]() ![]() You Could Do Something Amazing with Your Life (You are Raoul Moat) In writing Rosalie Lightning, Hart turns himself and Leela into Tom Hart characters. ![]()
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