Name: ISAAC AND THE EGG
Rating: 4.111111111111111 (9 reviews)
ISBN: 9781472285515

BOBBY PALMER

ISAAC AND THE EGG

Bobby Palmer

Find hope in the unexpected in this unforgettable debut novel about grief and friendship, for readers of Patrick Ness, Sarah Winman and Max Porter. Isaac stands alone on a bridge and screams into the river below. And then, an answer. A cry of despair perhaps even greater than his own. The sound draws Isaac into the woods. What he finds there changes everything. It's a tale that might seem familiar. A broken man and an unexpected guest, who can't stay forever. But real life isn't a story. It's full of truths, messy and surprising, that Isaac has been hiding from his new, improbable friend... Powerful, hopeful and utterly extraordinary, this is a truly original tale of love and loss, told with warmth and imaginative humour, from an unforgettable new voice in fiction.

Isaac and the Egg

Brodie smith

Bizarre and brilliant. Isaac's conversations with Egg made me laugh out loud a fair few times. A beautiful, unique book about dealing with grief.

Harriet Langan

This book hit me in the feels with a sledgehammer.

Frederik De Bosschere

Went in with high expectations and was unfortunately disappointed. The lack of dialogue made this super slow for me and while I think the relationship with the egg and Isaac was cute, I just did not care about it. It seems weird that Isaac spends all this time with the egg while his infant son is in the hospital all this time. 

Helen 

However you like your eggs, this one is best consumed as suggested by the author; with no knowledge of what’s about to be served. 

T.J. Sneddon

Somerset Smith

Shanna 

Amna A.

'Truly one of the most beautiful stories you'll ever read' JOANNA CANNON 'I laughed, I cried, I sat quietly and thought about what I'd read... a future classic' CLARE MACKINTOSH This is the story of Isaac and the Egg, the most talked-about book of the year. --- Isaac stands alone on a bridge and screams. Something screams back. And that, like everything which follows, is unforgettable. This is a book about a lot of things - grief, hope, friendship, love. It's also about what you'd do if you stumbled into the woods at dawn, found something extraordinary there, and decided to take it home. It's a tale that might seem familiar. But how it speaks to you will depend on how you've lived until now. Sometimes, to get out of the woods, you have to go into them. Isaac and the Egg is one of the most hopeful, honest and wildly imaginative novels you will ever read. --- EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THAT EGG BOOK: 'I read it in one breath... true and tragic and funny and hopeful and big - big enough somehow to contain all of our stories and all of our lives inside it' JOANNA GLEN 'This book is just magic' KATE SAWYER 'A mad, sad, funny debut' PATRICK GALE 'Fresh, original and beautifully written' RUTH HOGAN 'Will stay with me for a long time' MARK WATSON 'Sublime' BRYONY GORDON 'A mesmerising debut, capturing everything that's funny and sad about real life' DAVID WHITEHOUSE 'A bold, beautiful undertaking' POORNA BELL 'Funny, sad, surreal, life-affirming... I too would like an egg' KASIM ALI 'Bizarre, beautiful and like nothing else I've ever read' ANNIE LORD 'Moving and clever... Although it starts with a death and darkness, it's a story of hope and embracing newness' JUSTIN MYERS, THE GUYLINER 'Joyful, splendidly odd and ultimately profound' LIZZIE POOK 'An extraordinary story . . . brimming with magic and - perhaps most importantly - hope' GLAMOUR

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