#BlogTour-‘The Moments’ by Natalie Winter

About the book-

Life is made up of countless moments. Moments that make us who we are. But what if they don’t unfold the way they’re supposed to…?

What if you get on the wrong bus, or don’t speak to the right person at a party, or stay in a job that isn’t for you? Will you miss your one chance at happiness? Or will happiness find you eventually, when the moment is right?

Meet Matthew and Myrtle. They have never really felt like they fitted – in life or with anyone else. But they are meant to be together – if only they can find each other.

A powerful and emotional story about missed chances, interwoven lives and the moments that define us.

Huge thanks to Alainna Hadjigeorgiou for the blogtour invite, this is a really, really special book.‘The Moments’ by Natalie Winter is published in hardback,audiobook,and ebook formats by Orion and available where all good books are sold.

This is an absolute gem of a book, it is like a snowglobe that the author shakes every other chapter,and as the snow settles, it exposes another moment in the life of either Matthew or Myrtle. Beginning with their births, you follow each of them as they navigate childhood, puberty and adulthood, seeing through their eyes the moments that create them even as you look inside yourself at the moments which made you. Are you defined by these chance points in time,or are they opportunities to take your life down a different path? Are they steps along the path of our lives or is there a set plan in place where deviations from the norm are seen as a waste? For example, the decisin to have children(or not),going to university and then deciding not to do the thing that you went there to learn how to do-necessary turning points or life lessons?

All I know is that this a deeply moving and affecting story as two people live their lives in these pages, they live and breathe and love and lose, recognising these moments and making the most of them. As they grow older, loss inevitably intervenes and how they deal with it is beautifully conveyed. They nearly meet but it wasn’t the right time for them, and when they do, it is everything.

Lifeaffirming, well written and heartwarming with a ending I struggled to read because something was in my eye, blurring the words,this is so worth the time reading. Please read it, it will make your heart happy!

About the author-

Natalie Winter is from Hertfordshire and has worked as a content editor in various media industries for the last fourteen years.

She has lived in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, among other places, and now currently resides in Bristol with her scruffy rescue dog.