WISHING FOR TOMORROW by Hilary McKay

 

This is a darling book.  I hesitate to slather it with the warm and furry adjectives it deserves for fear you'll think it's soppy or sloppy, which it is not:  McKay has a sharp eye, a classy style, and a good sense of humour.* 

            I don't read much 'middle age' fiction** because to my evil-cow eye it's a diabolically difficult authorial voice to get right.  The one regular exception is Jacqueline Wilson who is brilliant and I adore her, but I have read McKay's EXILES series which...