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First posted on Dreaming With Open EyesRating 4.5I kindly received The Postcard in exchange of an honest review by the author."Five years ago, after she passed, I believed that I'd never stop. A friend had told me that 'time heals all wounds.' Time, couldn't heal this type of wound. Death is not something you get over. It's a rip that exposes life in a before and after chasm, and all you can do is try to exist as best you can in after. Time could only really offer a moment when the urge to screa...
A touching story sprinkled with magic!I was offered a copy of this novel by the author in exchange for an honest review. The postcard is a delightful story of women’s fiction that had just the right amount of humor, sentiment and quirkiness thrown into the mix to make it just perfect for my tastes. It reminded me a lot of my favorite novels by Irish author Cecilia Ahern, whose stories are sprinkled with the same kind of magic. Lily Graham has written a very touching story. The spirit of a deceas...
Lily has crafted a gorgeous gem of a book, bursting with heartfelt emotion. In less-skilled hands the story could be sacharine, but that is never the case here. What you come away with is the powerful sense of love that Lily conveys in the novella. Highly recommended.
Ivy loves to draw and to paint. She's a children's book illustrator and she has several projects going on. One of which is a secret she doesn't want to share with anyone. She and her husband Stuart wanted to change their way of life and they moved to Cornwall. There Stuart is filling his days with food. Ivy has inherited her mother's old writing desk to put in her new house and her nights are being filled with wonderful meetings because of it. There's a special postcard that's helping Ivy to go
A poignant, magical debut novella.This story embraced me, pulled me cozily into the characters' idyllic life in Cornwall, from the very first page. It begins slowly, sweetly, and through layers reveals more and more about the narrator, a children's book author and illustrator, and her completely adorable husband Stuart...and the sorrows they haven't allowed to come between them.Since I prefer to let authors tell me their stories instead of reviewers, and the book description says enough, I'll ju...
What a lovely book. I got this book from netgalley in exchange for an honest review, the blurb intrigued me the author not known to me before now and someone I will now be looking into.The story follows the lives of Ivy Everest who having inherited her deceased mum's writing desk following a move to Cornwall she then has a series of bizzare events and messages from her mum from beyond the grave.I loved the general magical feel of this story but so much more as well. Lots of combined little thing...
This is a sweet story with just the right touch of magic, and proves that a mother never truly abandons her children. It's the perfect story about grief, love, and the things we keep secret for fear. Ivy's husband Stuart is such a gem, he just tickled me with his silly food concoctions that made him more real somehow. If only we all could have a someone leading us in life, the way Ivy's mother does. The fact that she uses a writing desk in the story worked great, for me there is something magica...
Is it possible to give a book a 6/7 star review? Thanks to Netgalley and Starfell Books for giving me the opportunity to review this book. Words can not describe how I feel about this love story. This is a story about love, magic, Christmas and hope. This Novella was over much to soon but it is the best story that I have read in a very long time. I was sad when I came to the last page and had to say goodbye to all the characters. At no stage was I bored or wanted the story to move at a faster pa...
Ivy Everton is a children’s book illustrator and she still, some years later, hasn’t got over her mother’s early death from cancer. Her husband gives up his high-powered but stressful job and they move to the country where he grows fruit and vegetables and makes, sometimes weird, preserves. Ivy brings her mother’s old writing desk to her new home and finds a postcard in it. This is the catalyst for some strange, supernatural communications which renew Ivy’s hope.I really enjoyed this novella wit...
This is probably the best novella I have ever read and my short review will do it no justice.The postcard it is a beautiful and emotional story It pulled at my heartstrings I was in tears throughout and after I read the postcard I was an emotional wreck thankfully there was only a chapter left after reading this as I was sobbing like a baby.I fell in love with Ivy and Stuart I thought they was a great couple and that they was there for each other no matter how busy their lives got.For me the pos...
Oh how I enjoyed this novella, it was full to the brim on every page. I was happy to totally believe in this read, anybody who has lost somebody so close will probably hang on to any glimmer of *hope*. It was written so beautifully, almost magical and with such sensitivity. I devoured every single page.
What a whimsical and wonderful story about loss, tragedy and hope!Ivy Everton is a children's book illustrator, who is married to a sweet, wonderful man names Stuart.She inherit's her mother's old writing desk and from the first day that it was brought into their home, strange and mysterious acts begin to take place...Ivy tries to understand them at first but just can't fathom what is going on. She cleans up the desk and finds a postcard wedged inside and it's addressed to her with nothing else
