Virginia Macgregor Knihy

Obyčejný devítiletý kluk? To tedy Milo rozhodně není. Je kromobyčejný. Čím to, že vidí mnohem víc než jeho vrstevníci? Mnohem víc než jeho rodiče? Milo trpí vzácnou oční vadou, kvůli níž sice postupně slepne, ale současně také vidí věci, kterých si ostatní vůbec nevšimnou. Vidět víc ho učí prababička, na kterou se po odchodu otce upne a která pro změnu nemluví. Ta jednou zrána podpálí kuchyň a za trest se stěhuje do domova důchodců. Milo si při svých návštěvách začne všímat jistých podivností. Spolu s kuchařem Tripim a svým prasátkem Hamletem, které mu tatínek zanechal doma namísto sebe, se pouští do pátrání, jehož cílem je odhalit tajemství domova důchodců a usvědčit zlotřilou sestru Thornhillovou! Tento na první pohled bláznivý debut britské autorky je mnohem víc než jen příběh o malém klukovi. Je to příběh o rodině - o té, do které jsme se narodili, a o té, kterou tvoříme -, je to příběh o světě a o lásce, o toleranci a předsudcích, o ochotě poslouchat a slyšet, vidět, všímat si a chápat. Milo nám svým neposkvrněným a upřímným pohledem na svět ukazuje vše, co my přes svou narůstající zaslepenost vidět nemůžeme.

A modern-day fable and undoubtedly a future classic Clare Mackintosh, author of I See You, on WHAT MILO SAW

A BIG story about a small boy who sees the world a little differently Nine-year-old Milo Moon has retinitis pigmentosa: his eyes are slowly failing and he will eventually go blind. But for now he sees the world through a pin hole and notices things other people don't. When Milo's beloved gran succumbs to dementia and moves into a nursing home, Milo soon realises there's something very wrong at the home. The grown-ups won't listen to him so with just Tripi, the nursing home's cook, and Hamlet, his pet pig, to help, Milo sets out on a mission to expose the nursing home and the sinister Nurse Thornhill. Insightful, wise and surprising, What Milo Saw is a novel filled with big ideas, simple truths and an emotional message that will resonate with everyone. Milo sees the world in a very special way and it will be impossible for you not to fall in love with him, savour every moment you spend with him and then share his story with everyone you know.

Early one summer morning Isabel and her eleven-year-old daughter River walk across Regent's Park. They come across a rain-soaked man sitting alone on a bench and ask him if he's okay. But he doesn't know. In fact he doesn't know the answer to any of their questions - not even his own name. Urged on by her daughter Isabel takes the man to the hospital she works at, hoping that will be the end of it. But when the tests show there's nothing physically wrong with him, and yet he still can't remember who he is, she realises she can't walk away. Isabel made a promise to River that they would help this man, but with no way to identify him Isabel begins to worry about what his past secrets and his memory loss might be hiding. Can they trust him? This is a powerful family drama and a heart-wrenching novel of mothers, daughters. second chances and finding love in unexpected places.

"One ordinary morning, Norah Wells walked out of her house on Willoughby Street and never looked back. Six years later, she returns to the home she left only to find another woman in her place. Fay held Norah's family together after she disappeared, she shares a bed with Norah's husband and Norah's youngest daughter calls Fay 'Mummy'. Now that Norah has returned, everyone has questions. Where has she been? Why did she leave? And why is she back? As each member of the family tries to find the answers they need, they must also face up to the most pressing question of all what happens to the mother who stayed when the mother who left comes back?"--Back cover

Praise for Virginia Macgregor: 'I defy you not to fall in love' Clare Mackintosh How do you change what's already written in the stars?

When Feather returns home to find her obese mother in a diabetic coma, she decides to try to save her mother's life, but when she realizes that her mother doesn't want to be helped, Feather investigates to find the root of her mom's pain.