Things Can Only Get Better
An absolutely heartwarming and uplifting read
David M. Barnett
- *FROM
- THE
- INTERNATIONALLY
- BESTSELLING
- AUTHOR
- OF
- CALLING
- MAJOR
- TOM*'I
- loved
- it.
- Nostalgic
- without
- being
- saccharine,
- hopeful,
- real
- characters
- with
- edge.
- A
- brilliant
- book.'
- -
- Hayley
- Webster'I
- adored
- it!
- Truly
- uplifting.
- Exactly
- what
- people
- want
- and
- need
- to
- read
- right
- now.'
- -
- Daisy
- BuchananFor
- elderly
- churchwarden
- Arthur
- Calderbank,
- there's
- no
- place
- like
- home.
- His
- home
- just
- so
- happens
- to
- be
- a
- graveyard.He
- keeps
- himself
- to
- himself,
- gets
- on
- with
- his
- job,
- and
- visits
- his
- wife
- everyday
- for
- a
- chat.
- When
- one
- day
- he
- finds
- someone
- else
- has
- been
- to
- see
- his
- wife
- -
- and
- has
- left
- flowers
- on
- her
- grave
- -
- he
- is
- determined
- to
- solve
- the
- mystery
- of
- who
- and
- why.
- He
- receives
- unlikely
- help
- from
- a
- group
- of
- teenage
- girls
- as
- he
- searches
- for
- answers,
- and
- soon
- learns
- that
- there
- is
- more
- to
- life
- than
- being
- surrounded
- by
- death.Set
- during
- the
- 90s,
- when
- we
- were
- all
- just
- common
- people
- believing
- things
- could
- only
- get
- better,
- this
- is
- an
- uplifting
- story
- about
- the
- power
- of
- a
- little
- kindness,
- friendship
- and
- community.For
- readers
- who
- enjoy
- Sue
- Townsend,
- Ruth
- Hogan
- and
- Joanna Cannon.