BOOK REVIEW: OUTSIDE THE LINES

Outside the Lines by Amy Hatvany was released a little while ago and I've just had the chance to read it.  This is the author's third book and it looks like she's getting a much better handle on character development if this latest is any indication.  The basis of the story centres around Eden who, when we meet her, is thirty and running a successful catering company, she hears from her father only rarely and finds out that he is now living on the streets and struggling with a mental illness.  There is of course back story to flesh out Eden's relationship with her father, suffice to say she decides to search for him and in doing so learns what it is like for people who live on the streets.  Of course there is a love interest in the plot and he helps her in the search.

What I liked most about the story is the detail in the search for the father and the description of the conditions for the homeless and most importantly, how putting our own expectations on someone is bound to fail.  It's a story worth spending time with and you may get cross with the main character around the same time in the plot as I did.  There's a free copy here at the bookshop if you'd like to do a review.