Today I'm linking up with Carole from Carole's Random Life of Books for Books from the Backlog. I really enjoy the chance to feature a book that's been hiding in the piles of books for far too long!
Goodreads: The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood
Blurb: The story of your life never starts at the beginning. Don't they teach you anything at school?
So says 104-year-old Ona to the 11-year-old boy who's been sent to help her out every Saturday morning. As he refills the bird feeders and tidies the garden shed, Ona tells him about her long life, from first love to second chances. Soon she's confessing secrets she has kept hidden for decades.
One Saturday, the boy doesn't show up. Ona starts to think he's not so special after all, but then his father arrives on her doorstep, determined to finish his son's good deed. The boy's mother is not so far behind. Ona is set to discover that the world can surprise us at any age, and that sometimes sharing a loss is the only way to find ourselves again.
Why It Needs to Come Off the Shelf: I picked this up a number of years ago but when Will got sick I couldn't read it. I think now is the time to give it a try. It had absolutely glowing reviews.
Oh, this book does sound poignant and very sweet. Hope you do enjoy it, Katherine. Take care and have a good weekend!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed here last novel, How to Read a Book, so much that I added this one to my tbr list. Hope this is the right time for you to read it. I'll be curious to hear what you think!
ReplyDeleteI sense there is some sadness here but you reveiwed it welll, so now I want it.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love books with a premise like this.
ReplyDeleteI also have had this on my reading list for forever. I just looked and hoopla has it, so I should get it read, too. ☺
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