Rating: 5 out of 5

I love penguins. I think they’re enchanting creatures. And I loved reading about Juan Salvador and his adventures with Tom Michell.

A gorgeous read, warmly written, rich with description and emotion.

Read over a weekend away and it made perfect holiday reading.

Highlighted passages:

At that moment the sense of loss was almost overpowering; the pain of parting is the toll demanded by Fate for all the joy brought to us by loved ones and I felt inconsolable

We keep our loved ones alive through our memories, our conversations and our stories but we don’t necessarily choose to reveal how much they really meant.

Originally posted to my Goodreads account