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katheastman 's review for:
The One-in-a-Million Boy
by Monica Wood
The One-in-a-Million Boy shines a beautiful light on ordinary lives and the stories behind them. It’s a wonderful novel about cross-generational friendships, how rewarding they can be if we just get past society’s and our own stereotyping and prejudices. They can help us, even heal us, in a way friendships with our peer group might not. And it shows what real friendship and kindness is. It’s not doing something out of a sense of duty or obligation: a good deed. It’s doing something that might make you feel good but more importantly makes the other person feel better/seen/noticed/valued/loved because you want to do it for them. To make them feel like they’re One in a Million.
‘Your boy gave me a present,’ Ona said.
Belle leaned in. ‘What?’
‘My mother tongue,’ Ona said. ‘From the moment I laid eyes on him, it’s been coming back. Dribs and drabs. I can’t explain it, unless he had magic up his sleeve.’
‘He was made of magic,’ Belle gave Ona’s hand a squeeze.
I think Monica Wood might also be made of magic. I was completely disarmed by her book's humour and its gentle storytelling. I wished her characters could move into my neighbourhood because they felt like friends. And I forgive her for making me cry. If you read and loved Elizabeth is Missing, The Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and A Year of Marvellous Ways, then I think you'll fall for The One-in-a-Million Boy. I know I did.
‘Your boy gave me a present,’ Ona said.
Belle leaned in. ‘What?’
‘My mother tongue,’ Ona said. ‘From the moment I laid eyes on him, it’s been coming back. Dribs and drabs. I can’t explain it, unless he had magic up his sleeve.’
‘He was made of magic,’ Belle gave Ona’s hand a squeeze.
I think Monica Wood might also be made of magic. I was completely disarmed by her book's humour and its gentle storytelling. I wished her characters could move into my neighbourhood because they felt like friends. And I forgive her for making me cry. If you read and loved Elizabeth is Missing, The Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and A Year of Marvellous Ways, then I think you'll fall for The One-in-a-Million Boy. I know I did.