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“Akin ” by Emma Donohue <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n A retired New York professor\u2019s life is thrown into chaos, when he takes his great-nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his own mother\u2019s wartime secrets.<\/p>\n Akin <\/em>is a tender tale of love, loss and family, from Emma Donahue, the international best selling author of Room. <\/em>It is a funny, heart-wrenching story of an old man and a boy who unpick their painful story and start to write a new one together.<\/p>\n In the main, the group thoroughly enjoyed the book with two even scoring it 9 and found it a definite page turner! Most felt that it was nice to read a straight forward book without numerous characters and eras that involved going back time and again to remind oneself of characters and events. The description of the developing relationship between the two was well written without being over emotional. Nice was brought alive both present and the WWII history.<\/p>\n Two members of the group found the book less well written in comparison to Room <\/em>which they had both found extremely good.<\/p>\n Overall the score was 7.5 and made all the more enjoyable by sitting in beautiful sunshine, in a most delightful garden with good company and of course the obligatory moreish lemon drizzle cake!<\/p>\n “Akin ” by Emma Donohue A retired New York professor\u2019s life is thrown into chaos, when he takes his great-nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his own mother\u2019s wartime secrets. Akin is a tender tale of love, loss and family, from Emma Donahue, the international best selling author of Room. 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