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Blog Tour: Crossing Over, Ann Morgan

I am pleased to be on the blog tour for this read, and thanks to Renard Press for having me.



Crossing the plot:

Edie finds the world around her increasingly difficult to comprehend. Words are no longer at her beck and call, old friends won’t mind their own business and workmen have appeared in the neighbouring fields, preparing to obliterate the landscape she has known all her life. Rattling around in an old farmhouse on the cliffs, she’s beginning to run out of excuses to stop do-gooders interfering when one day she finds an uninvited guest in the barn and is thrown back into the past.


Jonah has finally made it to England – where everything, he’s been told, will be better. But the journey was fraught with danger, and many of his fellow travellers didn’t make it. Sights firmly set on London, but unsure which way to turn, he is unprepared for what happens when he breaks into Edie’s barn.


Haunted by the prospect of being locked away and unable to trust anyone else, the elderly woman stubbornly battling dementia and the traumatised illegal immigrant find solace in an unlikely companionship that helps them make sense of their worlds even as they struggle to understand each other. Crossing Over is a delicately spun tale that celebrates compassion and considers the transcendent language of humanity.


Bobs and Bobs honest review:


A touching and thought provoking read with some topical and sensitive matters at the very heart of this.


Two very real central characters who are relatable and vivid. I particularly was rooting for Evie as she's just so adorable.


This is sharp is how the two main characters lives intertwine and seemed like an interesting concept to me.


This did feel a bit disjointed on occasions, and some parts were a bit slow, but it was well worth reading for the investment in the characters alone.


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