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The story starts with the Aberfan disaster and the first chapter of two are quite hard to read but the disaster doesn‘t dominate the book, which I think is a good thing. It is a coming of age story, a lovely exploration of friendship and an example of living trauma and how it can overshadow our whole lives. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. A very well crafted story and one I certainly recommend!

This probably isn"t the book I expected but I'm enjoying it all the same. Flaws of the protagonist unravel slowly and humanely. Will be interesting to see how the last chapters round out this story...

The blurb of this book as others has stated makes you believe it is about aberfan the stories of the people and their life‘s the first chapter is excellent very hard toread and should come with a warning of the content. It v well written , after that it‘s all down hill I‘m Afraid and turns into a bewildering Tom browns school days not sure why aberfan or the embalming needed to even be part of it, sadly it wasn‘t one thing or another.a miss for me

If you know nothing of the Aberfan disaster then watch the crown on Netflix season 2 episode 3 it is harrowing and yet again warnings were ignored by an arrogant coal board it is the worse most horrific disaster in wales 116 children were killed a whole community devastated & the Queen didn‘t visit immediately something it‘s stated that she lived to regret, Charles for all his faults still visits the community regularly. This book is a hard read

Accidental colour coordinated afternoon cuppa with an autumnal read 😌 it‘s a hard one to read but beautifully humane & very well written.

Spreyed edge edition for next October read
#bookspinbingo #octobertbr #doublespin synopsis says a heart breaking tale of the worst disaster to ever happen in our life time in beautiful wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 “beautiful prose holds us we might bear witness to that which would otherwise crush the human spirit

Oh, my. I was bought this and went in thinking it might be a bit twee. Maybe it was the cover? What I got was the most lovely, tender, heartbreaking coming of age story. I loved the portrayal of male friendship. There were tears, (always falll for a book that makes me cry); there were also tears on the train, which I now seem unable to control! This put me in mind of some of Patrick Gale‘s writing, which I love.

This book opens up with the Aberfan disaster and decribes the kindness a group of embalmers show as they work to present the bodies of the victims in their best forms to their heartbroken families... but this book is really a coming-of-age story of a young boy with a troubled childhood , his complex relationships, his time as a chorister and how he returns to music for healing after the trauma he has faced. A beautiful book! #2023reading

This was one of my favourite books in January, it's based on a true event the Aberfan coal mine disaster. It's moving, sad, emotional, uplifting.

#12booksofchristmas @Andrew65 October
The opening chapters of the book about the Aberfan disaster and how it impacts on the life of young embalmer are heart wrenching. One of my books of 2023.

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I felt cheated when I was reading this book. It starts so strongly, with a newly qualified embalmer volunteering to help deal with the victims of the Aberfan disaster. The opening chapters are stark, harrowing, moving.
But then it moves back in time and morphs into a run-of-the-mill family drama, and the Aberfan connection loses its grip. Ultimately, the book wasn‘t what I expected and I came away disappointed.

The opening of this bk show the horror of the 1966 Aberfan tragedy through the eyes of young embalmer William. The story tells his life managing both his untold trauma, as well as a troubled childhood, his angelic voice as a chorister, the power of love +friendship. An incredibly moving story, sensitively told which left me bereft at the end. Such a sad piece of history.
#newin2022 #booked2022 @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

Look 👀 at these spredges /stencilled edges worth buying just for those but all on my TBR this is bad for a book 📚 buying addiction #Tsundoku (Japanese: 積ん読) 😂 isn‘t fabulous the Japanese have an actual word for this personality trait / disorder - love it 😍