This was an unexpectedly lovely and comforting read. Set in Leicester, England during the late 1960s, the novel is a self-described ‘heartwarming saga’ and that seems about right. It opens with our main character, the naïve but big-hearted Josie Rawlins, living with her grandmother and working at the family’s market stall. Through a series of unfortunate events, 19 year old Josie loses her home, her job and her grandmother in one week. She must fend for herself in a world that she is largely unprepared […]
Light reading for anxious times
Josie by Lynda Page
