T he Things That We Lost, Jyoti Patel (12 January) The leader of this popular movement predicts an imminent inter-generational conflict – father against son, mother against daughter – that echoes Playfere’s own prophecies.Īgainst this increasingly fraught backdrop, Pol’s dormant condition threatens to resurface – putting both the safety and happiness of his family at risk.Įlements here remind me of The Time Traveller’s Wife or Benjamin Button – a dark whimsy perhaps – and alongside that the historical period of both Pol and his seventeenth century obsession are deeply tempting! And as a plus, the heritage of the Cottrell-Boyce name is a draw. That and Pol’s obsessive interest in the writings of an obscure seventeenth-century Puritan prophet, Bartholomew Playfere, and his premonitions of ecological disaster and the end of the world.īut while Pol is failing to complete his research on Playfere, he encounters a radical new movement that argues that all economic and political events are part of an aeon-long struggle between the old and the young – that the ‘hoarist’ habit of violence, their need to conquer, has also affected how they treat the planet. They’re happy enough, even if having a young child has put something of a strain on their marriage.
But with his condition dormant, Pol and his wife Caroline manage to live an ordinary life in London. Pol suffers from a very rare hormonal disorder that ages him erratically: when he was thirteen, his body aged ten years overnight, and now in his early thirties, he still has the outward appearance of a twenty-three-year-old. So the following list is drawn from various sources, selected by reason of their covers, their blurbs, the endorsements and of course the inherent interest I have in the themes and genres they represent. This week’s theme is a look forward to debut authors that have already piqued our interest – which does require a little research… and also a solid publicity campaign behind those authors. 31st January: Freebie: Fictional Readers.24th January: New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2022.10th January: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2023.27th December: Most Recent Additions to My Book Collection.20th December: Books I Hope Santa Brings This Year.It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018.
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