4 Sep 2018

NZ Books review - Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale

From Nine To Noon, 11:06 am on 4 September 2018
cover of the book "Take Nothing With You"

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Elisabeth Easther reviews Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale, which is published by Hachette.

"Growing up in the 1970s seaside Somerset town of Weston-super-Mare, Eustace’s upbringing is, in many ways, unconventional. As he reflects on his adolescence while receiving cancer treatment in present-day London, Eustace listens to the cello music he loved as a devoted young music student. Not at all mawkish, Take Nothing With You is a warm-hearted novel about love, music and the complex business of finding out who you are."