Holly read these letters every month for a year and now six years after that final letter, Holly is about to start another unexpected and very affecting journey. Holly catapulted into a dark place after Gerry passed seven years ago but Gerry knew Holly needed help so he wrote some letters, words that would help her cope with the big gaping hole in her life after he had left her. On days when I was functioning, his presence would creep up behind me and tap me on the shoulder, and suddenly I’d feel an unbearable emptiness. ‘In the days and months after my husband’s death, I searched for some elusive transcendental connection to him, desperate to feel whole again, like an insufferable thirst that needed to be quenched.
From the age of fourteen, they were inseparable, until tragedy struck and Gerry was taken too soon. Holly Kennedy lives in Dublin in the home she shared with Gerry.
If you have read PS I Love You then you know you are set for another crazy, emotional roller-coaster of a ride. Whether or not you have read PS I Love You is irrelevant when picking up a copy of Postscript, as Cecelia Ahern weaves Holly’s past expertly into the present. I am not going to go into my own personal experiences but what I will say is that the stars aligned with the timing of this book for me. I was just a little shattered on finishing it if I’m honest…įor anyone who has suffered a bereavement or witnessed a loved one slip away after a battle with a terminal illness, Cecelia Ahern’s words will cut deep. Postscript by Cecelia Ahern is published with Harper Collins and is a tear-jerking, hankie-soaking read that will pull at EVERY heart string. What did Holly do next? Time to find out. There was a seismic shift, the planets moved, there was a collective roar when it was announced that the very much longed for sequel to the international and New York Times bestselling PS I Love You was on it’s way….
It’s been seven years since Holly Kennedy’s husband died – six since she read his final letter, urging Holly to find the courage to forge a new life…’ National Emerging Writer Programme Overview.
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