The Other Half of Augusta Hope - Joanna Glen

Blurb

Augusta Hope has never felt like she fits in.

At six, she’s memorising the dictionary. At seven, she’s correcting her teachers. At eight, she spins the globe and picks her favourite country on the sound of its name: Burundi.

And now that she's an adult, Augusta has no interest in the goings-on of the small town where she lives with her parents and her beloved twin sister, Julia.

When an unspeakable tragedy upends everything in Augusta's life, she's propelled headfirst into the unknown. She's determined to find where she belongs – but what if her true home, and heart, are half a world away?

Review

This is a beautiful story, seamlessly told between two main characters' who are worlds apart. An emotionally heartbreaking tale of home and belonging, and what that really means is it a place and feeling or a mixture of both? The alternating chapters between the main characters are flawless, perfectly connecting Augusta and Parfait.

Brimming with sharp (not always likable) observations of human behaviours. The feelings portrayed are palpable and these characters are unique, not always likable regardless they stole my heart, after all, no one is perfect right?

If you love language, words and their origins this is not to be missed! Augusta spends her life reading the dictionary, intrigued by new and unusual words, she feels the more words she learns the safer she is the more she will belong... join her on as she discovers if words are enough to survive the journey life takes you on or does she need more?

Thanks to Tandem Collective UK for sending me this in exchange for an open & honest review.

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