Description
It’s 1990 and the streets of Notting Hill in London are filled with colour, life and the pulse of music from around the world. But behind the front door at 51 St Quentin Avenue, nineteen-year-old February Kingdom is not OK. Her parents were killed in the King’s Cross fire two years ago, and her twin sister — beautiful, vibrant, lovable Diana — died in a car crash just six months ago.
Then, one evening in May, she finds an escaped canary called Yellow in her kitchen, and it sparks a glimmer of hope in her. When its owner, Theo, who works in the pet shop down the road, gives Yellow to Feb to look after, she starts to feel her way out of her own private darkness.
This is a story about being a sister when your sister is gone, of loss, of overcoming grief, and of the bliss of first love. It’s also about what happens when you start looking after something more important than you and the hope a little yellow bird can bring.
A feel-good nostalgic book-club novel about loss, hope and the powerful bond between sisters.
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