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Meet Jackson - a very unusual boy in a world that prefers 'normal'...

Julia Curtis is a busy mother of three, with a husband often away for work, an ever-present mother-in-law, a career, and a house that needs doing up. Her fourteen-year-old daughter, Milla, has fallen in love for the first time, and her youngest, Ruby, is a nine-year-old fashionista who can out-negotiate anyone.

But Julia’s eleven-year-old son, Jackson, is different. Different to his sisters. Different to his classmates. In fact, Jackson is different from everyone. And bringing up a child who is different isn’talways easy.

Then, one Monday morning, Jackson follows his new friend Digby into the school toilets. What happens inside changes everything; not only for Jackson, but for every member of his family. Julia faces the fight of her life to save her unusual boy from a world set up for ‘normal’.

An extraordinary boy. The mother who loves him. The fight of their lives.

Bestselling novelist Fiona Higgins returns with a heart-stopping, devastating, but ultimately uplifting story about loyalty, love and forgiveness.

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Fiona Higgins is the Australian writer of several bestselling contemporary novels including The Mothers’ Group and Wife on the Run. Her work has been widely reviewed, translated internationally, and described as ‘page-turning domestic melodrama for the social media age’. She lives with her family in Sydney and her first book for Boldwood will be published in October 2020.

 

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An Unusual Boy

By 

Fiona Higgins

Review

By

Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews 

First, I want to thank Fiona Higgins, Boldwood Books, Rachel’s Random Resources and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.

Yes, Jackson is An Unusual Boy and Fiona Higgins has a very different story to tell about this sweet and innocent 11 year old. It is one that will pull on your heart strings, want to hold your little ones tighter, and definitely one to put on your TBR list because everyone will be talking about Fiona’s newest book!! An Unusual Boy will leave a lasting impression on you. 

The graphic design on the cover of this book just melted my heart! A boy with piercing blue eyes staring back at you along with the title hooked me. Not to mention the storyline. 

I love when authors think outside the box when it comes to names, storylines, or careers. It shows they are truly creative and are passionate about what they do. This is one book that did a little bit of everything. Career wise I love how the Mom was a Music Therapist in a Nursing Home. The story behind how she got to that point was an interesting story as well. 

An Unusual Boy deals with a sweet, loving and caring 11 year old who as his Mom calls him not just right. In this book Fiona gives him very adult problems and issues to deal with and I don’t mean medical. This book deals with taboo subjects that no child should have to witness or go through. Even though this was a perfect platform for these issues to be addressed I was surprised that the book went there. 

That being said this is a perfect book for book clubs especially made up of Moms or 

Proud Aunties (like me). Reason being is Fiona in the back of the book has discussion questions about the book. These questions will let you think and open up on your thoughts and feelings on the subject. 

Virginia Lloyd thank you for believing in Fiona’s novel from the beginning and walking with her through the tough road of early evolution and beyond. 

This book was told in Jackson’s (the child) and the mother. So, we get two perspectives on the story and what was going on. Even though there was some serious scenes in the book there were some comical ones told by each. For example Jackson would talk about big silver discs you play music on called CD’s. Heck, I still play CD’s. I feel old, lol. There were other references to my past as well-that seems like yesterday.

There was a lot of mystery, suspense, shocking moments, twists that you never saw coming in this book. 

There was one huge thing I didn’t comprehend in the book nor understood why he was written in was Jackson’s father. He was “overseas” in NY (I live in NY so that just sounds funny to me). He never seemed to be there for his wife or kids until some big event happened; he rushed home to save the day! So, he was MIA for most of the book. I just think he could have been written out and she have been a single Mom.