Well … where shall I start? Well … the basic story is that a girl, Catherine, is left a box by her mother, who died when she was a baby. Catherine discovers the box when she’s thirty-one, the same age as when her mother died. Inside the box are eleven objects, like a red hat, a map of part of England and so on … all of them meaningless at first, but when Catherine begins to examine each object, she finds new truths not only about her mother but also about herself. Through these objects Catherine finds that her mother was not the sweet and innocent woman that everyone likes to remember her as.
So, what did I think of it? Well … overall … I really enjoyed it – it’s a really interesting idea for a story – and I thought it was very well-written. Not only that but there are lots of aspects of Catherine’s life that I can totally relate to – different events, feelings and thoughts which so accurately mirror my own life that I found myself constantly underlining parts of the text.
However, sometimes I found it a bit slow. I wanted to know about the objects and it seemed to take ages to work out what they were all about. Still … apart from that one small thing … it was very easy to read and I’d certainly recommend it.