A Place Called Here by Cecelia Ahern

Have you ever wondered where your missing stuff goes? One moment you have it and the next moment it disappears. Sometimes this happens to me and I search everywhere and later find it in another place. But I’ve never wondered and never thought that stuff would be landed up another place. But Sandy always wondered where that stuff goes and finally she finds the place, a place called “here”, where all the missing stuff lands up.

This was my first book of Cecelia Ahern and I really liked the concept, though the story can be slow at times. And it’s wonderfully written. The characters, I liked most of them, were built well.

I truly enjoyed reading this book and look forward to read more Cecilia Ahern. Here are the words that Ahern says in the last chapter of the book and it really touched me.

“Sometimes, people can go missing right before our very eyes. Sometimes, people discover you, even though they’ve been looking at you the entire time. Sometimes, we lose sight of ourselves when we’re not paying enough attention.”

“We all get lost once in a while, sometimes by choice, sometimes due to forces beyond our control. When we learn what our soul needs to learn, the path presents itself.”

My Rating: 4 out of 5

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