Richard & Judy Introduce This Could Be Everything by Eva Rice

A gorgeous, moving story about a young woman finding happiness again after her life is shattered by grief. It’s 1990 in glamorous Notting Hill, a London alive with pop music, models and film stars. At 19, February Kingdom is knocked sideways by tragedy, but her journey back to joy is tenderly chronicled in this enchanting feel-good novel. A comfort blanket to snuggle under this autumn.

Judy's Review:

This is such a wise, tender book about the bond between sisters, full of warmth, sadness and joy.

It’s 1990 in Notting Hill, years before the eponymous movie, an era when Hugh Grant’s floppy fringe was just a twinkle in Richard Curtis’s eye, and Julia Roberts was being courted by Richard Gere in “Pretty Woman.”

February Kingdom has been knocked sideways by the grief of losing first her parents in the 1987 Kings Cross fire, and then her beloved twin sister, Diana, in a car accident. One morning February, or Feb as she is known, comes downstairs to find an escaped canary in her kitchen.

She calls the bird Yellow, and it becomes a sunny symbol of the journey back to hope and joy that Feb now realises she must begin.

Richard's Review:

If you loved the 1990s you’re in for a treat with this enchanting read.

The story plays out in the streets of Notting Hill, vibrant, full of life, colour, and above all music. The Happy Mondays are in the charts, Kate Moss’s lovely fifteen year old face is on the cover of The Face magazine, Julia Roberts in thigh boots is starring with Richard Gere in Pretty Woman.

When the book begins Feb is so beset by grief that she hasn’t left the house for 6 months. Finding the tiny escaped canary in the kitchen tempts her back outside to discover its owner. And from then on, surrounded by the extraordinary street life of London, the fashion, the vibrancy and the pop music Feb finds her way to hope.

An emotional read, sometimes sad, it’s also warm, tender, funny and beautifully written. In fact it’s the perfect feel-good choice to bundle up with by the fire as the autumn nights draw in.