Pack Up The Moon by bestselling author, Kristan Higgins, is a stirring novel about an everlasting love that was lost and supposed never to be found again. With help from beyond the grave comes the gradual realisation that life for the one who is left, isn’t over.
Joshua Park and his wife, Lauren, used to joke about her “honey to-do” lists. He never realised how much he would need them when she was gone.
Joshua never expected to become a widower. When the unexpected happens, Josh is inconsolable and can’t see a way forward. The solitary job as a scientist, a small circle of friends and family, and the social awkwardness he suffers from, provides no plan for Josh as regards a future.
Fortunately, knowing him as she does, Lauren realised that she had to formulate a plan to lead him through his grief, loss, rage, and, most importantly, the will to move on. She did so by writing twelve letters – one for each month to see him through the coming year without her.
Her letters lead him on a heartbreaking, inspiring, and often humorous, journey in the hope he will find pleasure in life again.
From when he leaves his apartment for the first time as a widower to buy groceries, and after finding a new best friend while sobbing in a clothing store, Joshua’s sorrow allows him to learn a priceless lesson from his beloved Lauren – happiness can only be achieved by following a long and winding road!
And, what an amazing journey this is for the reader! A novel that meanders through a whole gamut of emotions and often has the reader laughing and crying at the same time.
Wonderful characters, both loving, and, perhaps, a few less so, would also make a heart-rending movie.
Pack Up The Moon is a must-read for anyone who is romantically inclined!
Pack Up The Moon is available in paperback, e-book and audiobook
Book Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781804993002
About Kristan Higgins
Kristan Higgins is the New York Times, USA TODAY and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of more than twenty novels, which have been translated into more than two dozen languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Her books have received dozens of awards and accolades, including starred reviews from Entertainment Weekly, People, Kirkus, The New York Journal of Books, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and Booklist.
The happy mother of two snarky and well-adjusted adults, Kristan enjoys gardening, mixology, the National Parks and complimenting strangers on their children. She lives in Connecticut with her heroic firefighter husband, cuddly dog and indifferent cat.