Incoming! is a feature at Ms. Bookish that chronicles new books that have arrived in the Ms. Bookish household. Here’s the latest new arrival:
Crossed Wires, by Rosy Thornton
About the Book:
This is the story of Mina, a girl at a Sheffield call centre, whose next customer in the queue is Peter, a Cambridge geography don, who has crashed his car into a tree stump.
Despite their differences, they’ve got a lot in common – both single, both parents, both looking for love.
Could it be that they’ve just found it?
This is a story about the small joys and tribulations of parenthood; about one-ness and two-ness; about symmetry and coincidence; about the things that separate us and the things that bring us together.
First line: ‘Autocare Direct Motor Insurance. My name is Mina, how may I help you?’
Received from: The author
My initial thoughts:
It’s funny what makes a person decide on a book sometimes. Lately I’ve really been cutting down on the number of review books I’m accepting; but in the case of Crossed Wires, I took a look at Rosy Thornton’s website and immediately thought to myself (perhaps it was that first line, “Hello, I’m Rosy and I appear to be a novelist”), I really like the way she writes.
Books and Movies, one of my favorite book blogs, recently reviewed Crossed Wires and wrote: “Thornton’s writing reminds me some of Alexander McCall Smith, although (and don’t hate me if you’re a total Smith fan) I think Ms. Thornton’s characters are more authentic, less caricature.” If I hadn’t already been sold by Thornton’s writing on her website, this would have done the trick (I enjoy McCall Smith’s writing very much).
Crossed Wires is one of the books I will be bringing with me when I go on holiday at the end of this month. This list is my “short list” of must-reads, as I’m not able to load up the van with books, as much as I would like to; I am really looking forward to reading this book while relaxing on a cool Maritimes beach.
Related Links and other Fun Stuff
“Books Should Be Books!” by Rosy Thornton In this tongue-in-cheek essay, Thornton talks about the mystifying distinction that is made between “Literature” and “Fiction” and offers up her own Utopian solution.
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Thanks for the link – and the compliment!
I read a review of this somewhere and it sounds great. I really hope you like it, can’t wait for the review.
-Lauren
I keep reading good reviews of this one – hope you enjoy it!
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This sounds like a really fun book to take on vacation!
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This is my first time hearing of this author, but I like what I have see from your post. Cute cover too!
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I have this one in my pile. I hope to get to it soon. Looks like fun.
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