Beyond Grey

Ella Cook

Jan 2021 · Ruby Fiction

About this ebook

Have the tissues ready for this beautifully written, emotional debut novel.

What if you became an outsider in your own life?

Jennifer Hughes doesn’t have an extraordinary life, but that doesn’t matter – she loves her family and enjoys her job as a teacher. In her eyes, her unextraordinary life is utterly perfect.

But then, in the blink of an eye, Jennifer finds herself cut off from everything she knew and loved, confined to a strange new world and forced to watch from a distance as her family and friends pick up the pieces.

Can Jennifer hold her perfect life together, even though she’s not living it herself?

Ratings and reviews

This is a beautifully written book. Jenn is killed a car accident and her Husband David doesn't know how he will cope without her. Their children Lottie and Matty also have to cope without their Mum. But Jenn is still with them, around them when she is needed, trying to ensure they know she is around them, that she hasn't yet left their lives. Jenn is in limbo, a grey world between Earth and the Afterlife but wants her family to be happy without her and wants to encourage David to move on and experience happiness again, even ensuring that she brings Ruth into David's life. Written from the viewpoint of each of the family members and of Ruth, showing their individual feelings and coping mechanisms, this story is emotive and I guarantee you will need a tissue to wipe the tears at the end. The book explores love, grief, anger, moving on and this the afterlife in a brilliant way and I would highly recommend this book. Thank you to Choc-Lit for the opportunity to read and review this book prior to release in exchange for an honest review, which is completely my own.

This is such a touching, unusual story. I loved it! I rarely cry over a book but I did this one! Several times in fact. Right from the start you are involved in the lives of David, Jenn and their family. I found it moving and hopeful, abnormal and believable. As you follow the family for a pivotal year you so want things to go well it is almost as if you are part of the family, or at the very least one of Jenn's friends. Curl up with a cup of hot chocolate, packet of tissues and lose yourself in a story that affects us all.

Story of Jennifer (Jenn) who dies in a car crash but her husband survives. She lives in an alternative world watching her family pick up the pieces. She meets the family dog who passed away years ago. He is her link to the next world but she wants to help support her husband to get through his grief. It is beautifully written and a superb debut novel.