Shelter Me

Shelter Me by Juliette Fay is a novel I just couldn't put down.

It tells of Janie, a woman in her mid 30's with two young children, whose husband has just died in an accident. We follow her through the first year of her loss, through her anger and grief as she finds solace in the most unlikely places.

There is nothing cliche about his novel. Fay has created very real characters with real emotions and flaws and I was so drawn into the story I stayed up half the night reading; sometimes crying, sometimes laughing, always fully engaged.

It's hard to believe it is her debut novel. I look forward to what she writes in the future.