How to Be Brave, by Louise Beech
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How to Be Brave, by Louise Beech
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Natalie and Rose are transported in their imaginations to the Atlantic Ocean in 1943, where one of their ancestors survived in a lifeboat for 50 days. Natalie struggles when her daughter, Rose, is diagnosed with type-1 diabetes, but the researching and retelling of Grandad Colin's story provides them both with a way to fight through.
Louise Beech has always been haunted by the sea and regularly writes travel pieces for the Hull Daily Mail, where she was a columnist for ten years. Her short fiction has won the Glass Woman Prize, the Eric Hoffer Award for Prose, and the Aesthetica Creative Works competition as well as shortlisting for the Bridport Prize twice and being published in a variety of UK magazines.
Louise lives with her husband and children on the outskirts of Hull - the UK's 2017 City of Culture - and loves her job as a front of house usher at Hull Truck Theatre, where her first play was performed in 2012. She is also part of the Mums' Army on Lizzie and Carl's BBC Radio Humberside Breakfast Show. This is her first book.
How to Be Brave, by Louise Beech- Amazon Sales Rank: #167676 in Audible
- Published on: 2015-09-30
- Released on: 2015-09-30
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 678 minutes
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Intelligent and Emotional By Lincs Reader Author Amanda Jennings is quoted on the front cover of How To Be Brave, she says;"Moving, engrossing and richly drawn, this is storytelling in its purest form .... mesmerising."Amanda has summed up exactly what I would like to say about How To Be Brave, especially her point about storytelling. This really is a perfect example of how a story should be told, and Louise Beech tells not just one story in How To Be Brave, but two. Her modern-day tale of Natalie and Rose, and how they deal with a devastating medical diagnosis is beautifully woven together with Colin's story of survival during World War Two.Two very different stories of battle and endurance, set in different eras and dealing with different issues, but bound together by hope and resilience.Natalie and Rose had the strongest of mother-daughter relationships. With father Jake away fighting in Afghanistan, Natalie has the responsibility of ensuring that Rose's everyday needs are met, that she is happy and that she doesn't miss her father too much. Rose and Natalie share a love of books, and Rose spends hours curled up in her 'book nook' escaping to the places in the stories in her books.Their relationship shatters when Rose is diagnosed with diabetes. Although she's a bright and mature child, she's only nine-years-old and her fear manifests into bad behaviour, surly retorts, foul language and a sudden hatred of books. Natalie struggles to cope, she hates having to inflict pain onto her daughter, yet knows that the regular injections and blood tests are vital for Rose.Alongside Rose and Natalie is a shadowy figure of an elderly man who tells them to 'find the book'.This is when the diary of their ancestor Colin starts to play a big part in their life. Colin's account of the time that he was 'lost' at sea becomes their focus, and their guide, and enables them to find their own way through their upheavals.With a hint of ghost story, mixed up with contemporary, up to the minute narrative and a good dose of wartime history, How To Be Brave is a very special, unique and quite beautiful story. The stories are blended to perfection, the author masterfully and seamlessly knits them together resulting in a hugely satisfying, intelligent and emotional creation.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Quite wonderful By Welsh Annie This wonderful book held me totally spellbound from first page to last, and will stay with me for a very long time.The structure of the story is quite special - two very different journeys, challenging in very different ways. The modern thread features mother Natalie - her husband facing challenges of his own as a front-line soldier - wrestling her way through her relationship with daughter Rose who is facing a life-threatening illness. Rose fights her mother every step of the way until they uncover the diary of her great-grandfather Colin - who also appears as a reassuring presence - written as he tries to survive life at sea after the sinking of his ship in the Atlantic. There are some wonderful moments of synchronicity and overlap between the two stories, and we share Natalie and Rose's enchantment and horror as Colin's story unfolds.The writing is simply beautiful - quite effortless prose, full of emotion, totally engrossing whichever strand of the story you may be immersed in. The relationships are perfectly drawn - whether it's Natalie's relationship with her daughter, her husband at a distance or her next door neighbour, or Colin's with his colleagues on the lifeboat, desperately trying to survive. It's a wonderful story about what bravery really is, the power of words and stories, full of immense sadness, but full of hope and suffused with love.I was absolutely enthralled by this book from beginning to end, with scenes that will stay in my memory for a very long time - whether it's Rose injecting her bruised flesh, Natalie and her mallet, the lead shark following Colin's lifeboat, or the simple reading of the daily prayer. Quite wonderful.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. however in this instance the alternating between past and present worked wonderfully. I’m also not a frequent reader of paranorm By Melinda not a fan of split narratives, however in this instance the alternating between past and present worked wonderfully. I’m also not a frequent reader of paranormal, yet again Beech masterfully knitted this into the narrative with perfection.Beech’s writing is stunning, penetrating. Considering Colin’s story is fact based on his experience and journal entries makes it all the more moving and haunting. Beech’s use of language emotionally grips her audience from beginning to end. Both Colin and Rose’s story will capture you mind, body and spirit.I connected with Colin’s story the most, poignant. His harrowing ordeal, the thread of hope he maintained when his peers perish around him. His hunger and thirst never ceasing. His bravery was arresting. I felt the sting of saltwater, the burn of the sun, constant hunger pangs, counting the days adrift bargaining with God, his ordeal is beyond moving.Louise Beech impresses with this amazing debut novel. Her writing is solid, she certainly comes across as a seasoned author rather than a neophyte. I am anxious to read future writings from this gifted authoress.A marvelous book demonstrating bravery and courage we all possess, along with how a story wields unimaginable power. A story not to be missed.
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