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Loved this charming work of historical fiction. The year is 1962, and while the world is concerned with the Soviet Union, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and whether a bomb shelter is needed in the backyard, fourteen-year-old Ernest Bradshaw dreams of being a cycling champion in Lancashire, England. The quirky characters and unique setting absolutely made this book, and author Samantha Henthorn did an outstanding job with the descriptions from Ernest’s run ins with school bullies, to trips to the Brow
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Light and gentle, this is a nostalgic book that doesn't worry too much about tense action or vivid drama, but instead relies on the reader's desire to be swept back in time to a real place. I found this book easy to read, if a little slow, but kind of like a really comfortable old sweater: warm, cozy, a little out of date, but just what you need to escape real-world brutalism. The descriptions were at times too simplistic (it assumes a non-British reader I think) but otherwise pretty good. A dec
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