'The language is beautiful, and you often feel like you are reading a poem'
This is a beautiful, gentle story, set in Australia, about Layla and a family she is close friends with. She spends a lot of time with the son, Griffin, and the Grandma, Nell.
When the children's school announces that there is to be a senior citizen's day, Layla is worried, as she hasn't anyone special to bring. Griffin is happy to let Layla share Nell, but she really wants someone of her own.
Nell introduces her to an old lady she visits called Miss Amelie; but although she can remember things that happened in the past, Miss Amelie doesn't cope very well with the present. Layla finds out about her sad story and becomes a great comfort to her. But will Miss Amelie remember that it is the senior citizen's day?
This is a short book which I read in just over an hour. I love Griffin's family because they live just as they want to, and are not influenced by what other people do or think. Nell is exactly the sort of Grandma that any child would want. The language is beautiful, and you often feel like you are reading a poem.
I thought Mrs Elliot, Layla's mother, was a bit strange, as she doesn't seem to fit into the story like the other characters do. I wondered if she was a bit resentful about all the time that Layla spent with the Silk family, or perhaps she is just a bit cross with Layla's father because he spends so much time philosophising.
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