Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4636 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-03
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Synopsis
From the internationally bestselling author of PS, I Love You and Where Rainbows End comes an enchanting new novel - with more than a little magic...what if love was right there in front of you - you just couldn't see it? Elizabeth Egan is too busy for friends. As a reluctant mother to her sister Saoirse's young son, Luke and with her own business to run, every precious moment is made to count. But with Saoirse crashing in and out of their lives, leaving both her sister and her son reeling, Luke and Elizabeth are desperately in need of some magic. Enter Ivan. Wild, spontaneous and always looking for adventure, in no time at all Ivan has changed Elizabeth in ways she could never have imagined. But is Ivan too good to be true? Has Elizabeth opened her heart only to risk it being broken again? As for Ivan, he thought he was there to help Luke not Elizabeth - or himself!

Customer Reviews

A book that reminds us how beautiful life can be!
A highly recommended book for those who simply want to escape from 'real life'.

Beautifully written.

Fabulous!
I read this book on holiday - it's not exactly 'true life' but it allows to to escape into a completely different world. There are some very touching underlying messages to the book too which only add to it's charm. As usual, Celia Ahern's writing style is very readable and allows you to become embroiled within the story easily.

Very poetical and touching tale of the importance of friendship!
This is the third book I have read by Cecila Ahern, the other two being "P.S I Love You" which I didn't enjoy much and "A Place called Here" which I did rather enjoy. I definately think that Cecilia Ahern has found her niche in this fairytale style of writing.
Elizabeth Egan is uptight in everything she does. She has many burdens such as that of her troublesome sister and her adoptive nephew whom she can't quite seem to show love to, as well as being unable to relate to her father. Along comes "Ivan", who is invisible to everyone except Elizabeths nephew Luke and eventually Elizabeth herself. The story unfolds and so does Elizabeths uptight personality.
I really did enjoy this book. In places it was very poetical and descriptive and therefore quite emotive. There was some beautiful images conjured up and any raw emotions described and felt were balanced by uplifting or inspiring moments.
To me it was like a fairytale for adults, as it had all the magic and wonder of a fairytale but at the same time, dealt with human emotion and relationships.
The only two problems I have with this book, are that was so much of a focus on the main charachter Elizabeth, that some of the other charachters, namely her sister, seemed flat and I felt I still didn't really have all the questions answered I would have wanted. On the other hand, I think if there had been too much focus on other charachters, this would detract from the flow of the story.
The other problem was that in the first part of the book, the emotional endings to chapters and the touching moments were actually bringing a tear to my eye! However, I felt as the book went on there were "too" many of these which made it much of a muchness and actually took away some of the impact.
I would reccommend this book to those that enjoy a bit of a fairytale. I think its one I would read again and its just a nice sweet story, not for cynics!