Some old love letters. A lonely teenager. A new beginning . . .
Asta Fung is sixteen and sulky. Her parents have moved the whole family to take over the Yau Sum takeaway in another town so Grandpa Charlie can be closer to the big hospital. She's had to give up her dog, her friends, her familiar teenage life. All too soon, she has to give up Grandpa Charlie too. What was the point?
When the builder's son, Josh, hands her a bundle of love letters he found under the floorboards, Asta realises they were hidden there by Grandpa Charlie as a young man. Desperate to keep the memory of her grandfather alive, she determines to track down the mysterious Ela Hennessy who wrote them, but as the new girl in town, Asta will have to do it on her own.
Or so she thinks . . .
FROM THE AUTHOR OF HAPPY FAMILIES: WINNER OF THE RICHARD & JUDY 'SEARCH FOR A BESTSELLER'
Love Letters by Julie Ma
Julie Ma's debut novel - Happy Families - was the winner of the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller Competition in 2020. It went on to have one of those very nice 'Best Seller' badges on Amazon.
Born in Wales, with Chinese heritage and a career that includes postwoman, fraud investigator and customer service manager, Julie believes in finding the extraordinary in the ordinary and then writing about it.
When not reading, researching and writing, she continues to work hard in the day job to find material for this, her 'other' job. Also, so her dog can have a better life.