Songs For Your Mother
I'm greeted by the strangest sight. A small dark-haired boy is standing there. It’s like he’s a human parcel, delivered to my front door.
‘My name is Luke,’ he says.
When Johnny meets Lauren in a bar in Santa Cruz, there’s an instant connection. On an American road trip with best friend Will, Johnny promises to return to the girl who has stolen his heart.
Until tragedy strikes, forcing Johnny to fly back home without ever seeing Lauren again.
Six years later, Johnny is living his life in London, even if he’s never forgotten the girl with the grey eyes and dark hair.
Until one September morning, he opens his door to find a little boy standing there – a child, Johnny quickly comes to learn, who was created that one magical night. Lauren is dying, and her last wish is to reunite five-year-old Luke with the father he doesn’t yet know.
Thrown into unexpected parenthood, Johnny finds himself navigating school-gate politics, Disney movies and tantrums, guided by the notes Lauren has written for him.
Life as an instant dad isn’t always easy, but as Johnny and Luke open their hearts to each other, Johnny is about to discover that life’s joy isn’t always where you expected it.
An emotional, feel-good read that will have you laughing while you wipe away a tear – readers of Dani Atkins, Mike Gayle and Jojo Moyes will be captivated.
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Author Bio – Gordon Macmillan is a debut novelist and former journalist who now works for Twitter in London.
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Songs For Your Mother
By
Gordon MacMillan
Review
By
Heidi Lynn’s Book Review’s
First, I want to thank Gordon MacMillan, Hera Books, NetGalley and Rachel’s Random Resources for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review.
WOW!! I instantly fell head over heels in love with Gordon MacMillan’s beautifully written debut’s novel Songs For Your Mother!! His book will pull hard on all of your heart strings big time to the point where you may shed a tear or two (at least I did).
The graphic designers did a fantastic job capturing the essence of the book and the characters. I loved how it was done in cartoonish characters too.
Gordon hooked my attention right away within the prologue and just needed to know what happened leading up to those events. Needless to say I knew I was going to fall in love with this book just by that prologue and I was correct!
If you are a music fan then you will love this book. Songs For Your Mother is strongly based around music and song writing. There were many references to pop culture music references such as Say Anything. I couldn’t stop smiling at that reference as I am a huge fan of that movie. Infact, in the back of the book Gordon posts some of the song titles and lyrics used in the book. I thought that was such a unique twist.
One of the best storylines in the book was when Lauren and Johnny met.
Gordon brings awareness to many very important topics in Songs For Your
There were some wicked time jumps with shocking out of the blue outcomes that left me emotional.
However, nothing prepared me for the big climatic shocker that not only blew my mind but of other characters as well. It was this one storyline that Gordon really shined as an author on many different levels. He brought out so many emotions in so many characters on so many levels it was just amazing how he handled each situation.
What was truly beautiful to see this storyline come full circle into something magnificent.
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