Mockingbird

I picked this book up without knowing anything of the title or the author while I had a couple of hours to kill. A few days later and I am in absolute awe - the story is beautifully told, the prose atmospheric. The characters feel so real - regardless of their flaws, you can not help but empathise with them.

What I found most fascinating was how the book subtly explores how small actions can have huge implications; how things said and things left unsaid can impact so many lives; how the way you behave and your choices in everything you do or don't do can ripple out to everyone you care about years later.