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An arresting debut novel about grief, but in the most wonderfully oblique way’ REVEREND RICHARD COLES Is it an alien or is it a figment of Isaac’s broken mind? Whatever it is Isaac decides to take it home where it behaves like an unruly toddler. And something magical begins to happen…. Heartbreaking and heart-stealing, this modern-day fable is an unforgettable novel about sorrow, joy, friendship and love.
Measured, comic and moving... A sad, funny and original novel about grief, loss and embracing change' DAILY MAIL This is an out-and-out character-oriented novel. Such stories are tougher to carry out successfully, but the author does a splendid job. When Isaac Addy walks into the woods on the worst day of his life and finds something extraordinary there, he already knows he's going to take it home.I have avoided the recent trend of books about grief and have issues with audio so this was another choice that perplexed me in hindsight – that was until I started listening. Isaac and the Egg might be the most wholesome book I’ve read this year. It follows the story of Isaac learning to live in his grief with Egg by his side. I was so enthralled with Isaac and felt his pain from the very start; this book left me in tears, grieving for Isaac and Mary and all that could and would never be but hopeful of a different sort of life to come. Beautifully written, told and tasted. A truly good and wholesome book. Mercury, NSW, 5 Stars An utter sparkler of a novel... highly imaginative, extremely funny and profoundly empathetic' S UNDAY INDEPENDENT A modern-day fairy tale full of charm, innocence, pain and humour that is deeply satisfying and wonderfully surprising This book was completely bizarre in the best way. At first I was extremely sceptical, I thought the events in here were a tad silly but I really warned to the odd nature of it.There were several times in here that I actually laughed out loud. It was extremely well written and I had no idea where it was going, but the journey was completely worth it. When you get to the end of the book and things start unfolding so you get the full picture of what happened, I was utterly amazed. It was so well done and hit me right in the heart.
It’s a tale that might seem familiar. But how it speaks to you will depend on how you’ve lived until now.This story is incredible. A tale so beautiful and funny and heart-warming, yet filled with the most evocative descriptions of grief I've ever read. It takes some authorly skill to have a character so bereaved that their mind breaks apart in the same chapter as a hilarious scene of a man and a creature playing baseball with the contents of the fridge. I don’t think anyone other than Johnny Flynn could have read this book. His dulcet tones made the book even more magical and I’ll certainly listen to it again in the future.
A tender, funny and surprising meditation on grief and hope . . . like nothing I’ve ever read before’ STYLISTIsaac Addy might be an alien. He certainly feels like one. Apart from Joy’s flying visit and his sessions with Dr Abbass, he’s barely interacted with anyone of his own kind in months. He looks like one, too. What did Isaac Addy look like last year, before he zapped all his human friends away? Not like this. This, whatever this is, is as alien as can be. His stalagmite hair and stalactite beard make him seem like he’s from a world where the inhabitants are made of stone. His eyes used to sparkle, but now they shine only as much as two polished pebbles one would find on a beach. Isaac has hardened, calcified.” (P. 165) The two are unlikely companions. But their chance encounter will transform Isaac’s life in ways he cannot yet imagine. 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 stands alone on a bridge and screams into the river below. And then, an answer. It can’t be completely definitive of course because grief is wholly and utterly different for every person, which includes the book’s protagonist Isaac Addy, a late-twenties illustrator of children’s books and other things, who suddenly finds his world upended when tragedy befalls him.
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 listen to.A tender, funny and surprising meditation on grief and hope . . . like nothing I've ever read before' STYLIST There are so many wonderful moments in this book seamlessly joined by metaphor and subtext. The idea of grief as an incommunicable language, for example, finds voice in Issac’s initial attempts to understand Egg which gradually evolves through the novel as Isaac begins to emotionally emerge.
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