Book Synopsis:
Sebastian James Murphy is twenty years, six months and two days old. He loves swimming, fried eggs and Billy Ocean. Sebastian is autistic. And lonely.Veronica wants her son Sebastian to be happy … she wants the world to accept him for who he is. She is also thinking about paying a professional to give him what he desperately wants.Violetta is a high-class escort, who steps out into the night thinking only of money. Of her nursing degree. Paying for her dad’s care. Getting through the dark.When these three lives collide – intertwine in unexpected ways – everything changes. For everyone.A topical and moving drama about a mother’s love for her son, about getting it wrong when we think we know what’s best, about the lengths we go to care for family … to survive … This Is How We Are Human is a searching, rich and thought-provoking novel with an emotional core that will warm and break your heart.
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My Review:
Wow what an amazing read. I’m such a huge fan of this author and a new book from her is always very exciting. Once again she has written a thought provoking, moving book which I will be recommending to everyone.
The thing I most like about this author is the amazing way she has in creating characters and a situation that just draws the readers in so they feel like they are actually there watching everything unfold. I quickly fell in love with the three main characters and found myself caring about them like I would friends in real life.
Each chapter is told from the point of view of different characters and it was interesting to follow them through the book. The author gives the reader lots of time to really get to know the characters so I felt like I had really got inside their head and knew what made them tick. I found myself wondering what I would have done in the same situation and admiring Veronica for making what I felt were some very brave decisions.
As someone who has worked with people with autism and actually know a mum who made a similar decision to Veronica I was interested to see how the author described the situation. As expected it’s very sensitively done and I felt very realistic. My understanding is the author actually worked with a family to research this book and I thought the characters were beautifully portrayed. I so enjoyed getting to know them through the book and following them on their journey. I felt very sad to finish the book and leave them behind.
I think this would make a great book club read as I feel there would be lots to discuss and it might help educate people about autism. I will be recommending it to everyone and have already lent my copy to my mum.
Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour. I purchased my own copy of this book.
About The Author:
Louise Beech is an exceptional literary talent, whose debut novel How To Be Brave was a Guardian Readers’ Choice for 2015. The follow-up, The Mountain in My Shoe was shortlisted for Not the Booker Prize. Both of her previous books Maria in the Moon and The Lion Tamer Who Lost were widely reviewed, critically acclaimed and number-one bestsellers on Kindle. The Lion Tamer Who Lost was shortlisted for the RNA Most Popular Romantic Novel Award in 2019. 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. Louise lives with her husband on the outskirts of Hull, and loves her job as a Front of House Usher at Hull Truck Theatre, where her first play was performed in 2012. Follow Louise on Twitter @LouiseWriter and visit her website: louisebeech.co.uk
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