The Mother

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love Cathy Rentzenbrinks Dear Reader is the ultimate love letter to reading and to finding the comfort and joy in stories. Exquisite Marian Keyes author of Grown Ups A warm unpretentious manifesto for why books matter’ Sunday Express Growing up Cathy Rentzenbrink was rarely seen without her nose in a book and read in secret long after lights out. When tragedy struck it was books that kept her afloat. Eventually they lit the way to a new path first as a bookseller and then as a writer. No matter what the future holds reading will always help. A moving funny and joyous exploration of how books can change the course of your life packed with recommendations from one reader to another.