Three Letters

De: Josephine Cox

Narrado por: Carole Boyd

The brand new dramatic novel about the power of a father’s love, a little boy’s journey,and the desperate search for a place to call home, from Number 1 best-selling author Josephine Cox.

Eight-year-old Casey’s mother Ruth is a cruel woman, with a weakness for other women’s husbands.

Casey’s father is gentle and hard-working and, though Tom Denton has long suspected his wife of having sordid affairs, he has chosen to turn a blind eye to keep the peace. But then, out of the blue, Tom’s world is cruelly shattered when he receives two bits of devastating news. Because of this, Tom realises that from now on their lives must change, forever.

Tom is made to fight for his son, determined to keep him safe. But, when fate takes a hand, life can be unbearably cruel, and Casey is made to remember his father’s prophetic words…

‘It’s done. The dice is thrown, and nobody wins.’

But, unbeknown to Casey, there are three letters penned by his father, that may just change his destiny forever.

©2012 Josephine Cox (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Maybe I'm too cynical but . . .

The core story might have been okay, but the writing and the narrator were painful. Are we to believe that a one night occurrence over seven years past and they are soul mates for life? Everyone in this story is lonely, as we are told over and over, and just need someone to love them. It seems even the nastiest person who treats everyone very badly is just misunderstood. As I said, the story could have been okay, but it was way over done, both in the writing and the narration. I struggled to reach the end without suffering from saccharine overdose.