How To Be Brave

by Louise Beech (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2015

  $3.44

  All the stories died that morning ... until we found the one we'd always known.
  
  When nine-year-old Rose is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, Natalie must use her imagination to keep her daughter alive. They begin dreaming about and seeing a man in a brown suit who feels hauntingly familiar, a man who has something for them. Through the magic of storytelling, Natalie and Rose are transported to the Atlantic Ocean in 1943, to a lifeboat, where an ancestor survived for fifty days before being rescued.
  
  A simply unforgettable debut that celebrates the power of words, the redemptive energy of a mother's love ... and what it really means to be brave.
  
  'It's a gentle book, full of emotion and it's similar in tone to The Book Thief, a book that Rose reads with a torch under the bedclothes.' The Irish Times
  
  'Moving, engrossing and richly drawn, this is storytelling in its purest form ... mesmerising' Amanda Jennings
  
  `An amazing story of hope and survival ... a love letter to the power of books and stories' Nick Quantrill
  
  `Two family stories of loss and redemption intertwine in a painfully beautiful narrative. This book grabbed me right around my heart and didn't let go' Cassandra Parkin
  
  `Louise Beech is a natural born storyteller and this is a wonderful story' Russ Litten
  
  `Beautifully written, intelligent and moving, this book will stay with you long after you reach the end' Ruth Dugdall

• New

  Paperback
  2015

  $9.50

  All the stories died that morning ... until we found the one we'd always known.
  
  When nine-year-old Rose is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, Natalie must use her imagination to keep her daughter alive. They begin dreaming about and seeing a man in a brown suit who feels hauntingly familiar, a man who has something for them. Through the magic of storytelling, Natalie and Rose are transported to the Atlantic Ocean in 1943, to a lifeboat, where an ancestor survived for fifty days before being rescued.
  
  A simply unforgettable debut that celebrates the power of words, the redemptive energy of a mother's love ... and what it really means to be brave.
  
  'It's a gentle book, full of emotion and it's similar in tone to The Book Thief, a book that Rose reads with a torch under the bedclothes.' The Irish Times
  
  'Moving, engrossing and richly drawn, this is storytelling in its purest form ... mesmerising' Amanda Jennings
  
  `An amazing story of hope and survival ... a love letter to the power of books and stories' Nick Quantrill
  
  `Two family stories of loss and redemption intertwine in a painfully beautiful narrative. This book grabbed me right around my heart and didn't let go' Cassandra Parkin
  
  `Louise Beech is a natural born storyteller and this is a wonderful story' Russ Litten
  
  `Beautifully written, intelligent and moving, this book will stay with you long after you reach the end' Ruth Dugdall