The Trick To Time - Kit De Waal

I quite enjoyed this little quiet book.  It tells the story of Mona, who has just turned 60 and makes a living in her little English seaside town making original wooden dolls.  She has only a small group of friends and in telling us about her current life, we also learn about her past, her great loves and great losses. 

We get a lot of novels about 20 and 30 somethings, so it was refreshing to read about an older woman and the journeys in her life.  I felt like I understood her and the way she moved through the world, the way she is treated and how she tries hard to please others often sacrificing her own happiness. 4/5