Saving Missy

Prickly. Stubborn. Terribly lonely. But everyone deserves a second chance...
A dazzling debut for 2020 are you ready to meet Missy Carmichael?
Missy Carmichaels life has become small. Grieving for a family she has lost or lost touch with, shes haunted by the echoes of her footsteps in her empty home; the sound of the radio in the dark; the tick-tick-tick of the watching clock. Spiky and defensive, Missy knows that her loneliness is all her own fault. She deserves no more than this; not after what shes done. But a chance encounter in the park with two very different women opens the door to something different. A new life beckons for Missy, if only she can be brave enough to grasp the opportunity. But seventy-nine is too late for a second chance. Isnt it?
Bittersweet, tender, thoughtful and uplifting ... I loved it. NINA STIBBE, author of Reasons to be Cheerful
A beautiful story about love, loss, guilt and the power of friendship Jill Mansell, author of Maybe This Time
A joyful, tender, life affirming STUNNER of a book Cressida McLaughlin, author of The Cornish Cream Tea Bus
For everyone with an Eleanor Oliphant-shaped hole in their heart, this is the book to fill it Eithne Shortall, author of Grace After Henry
One [debut author] has had 10 publishers fighting over her coming-of-old tale Daily Telegraph
The most buzzed-about novel at the Frankfurt Book Fair Sunday Times Culture