Daybreak 's book of the month for April is a work of fiction recommended by Anna Hunt from Wellington's Marsden Books.
Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale Photo: Tinder Press
Eustace, a fifty-something London property developer has just 24 hours to reflect on new happiness and old pains. He looks back on how his life was transfigured by the decision to attend a recital by a glamorous cellist.
A Sunday Times bestseller within a week of its launch at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in August 2018, Take Nothing With You is the 16th novel from British author Patrick Gale.
A 'sad-funny comedy of resilience and survival', the cello forms a back drop against this story of a young boy who discovers music-making as a release from emotional turmoil.
Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale is the first work of fiction we've given away on Daybreak.
To win a copy, simply let us know your favourite work of fiction - that book you can read and re-read and still love just as much as the first time.
Email your answer and your name and address to: daybreak@radionz.co.nz
Hear Elizabeth Easter's review of Take Nothing With You on Nine to Noon.
