April 2015, Barrington Stoke, 80 pages, Paperback, Review copy
Content: grief, tissues needed
Summary from Barrington Stoke
Emily and Mum are close – real close – and then Mum goes. But that
doesn’t mean they have to stop talking, even if Dad doesn’t like it.
Nayu's thoughts
I
had to laugh because I think all mother's enter without knocking at
various points in a child's life, even when they aren't a child! The
first instance was hilarious, counteracting how heartbreaking it was
to see Emily upset over her mother's death. Well, she kind of wasn't
because she could see her, so was really happy, but that happiness
turned to annoyance and had people who cared about her worry at how
she was taking the death. The humour was spot on and worked
brilliantly with the illustrations. It was a happy ending, with
tissues needed both then and at other points in the story.
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