I read Steven Herrick’s #LoveOzYA verse novel The Simple Gift in May last year (2017). It affected me way more than I expected it too. Below is one of the quotes I jotted down while reading it.
The Simple Gift is a story of friendship and second chances, of healing and new love. The characters Caitlin, Billy & Old Bill are three people from different walks of life brought together by circumstance, with the result being that they all end up making each other’s life better. It is a beautiful book and one I highly recommend.
The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick
I’m not proud.
I’m sixteen, and soon
to be homeless.
Weary of his life with his alcoholic, abusive father, sixteen-year-old Billy packs a few belongings and hits the road, hoping for something better than what he left behind. He finds a home in an abandoned freight train outside a small town, where he falls in love with rich, restless Caitlin and befriends a fellow train resident, “Old Bill,” who slowly reveals a tragic past. When Billy is given a gift that changes everything, he learns not only to how forge his own path in life, but the real meaning of family.
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It had that effect on me too Sarah, so few words and it was so incredibly moving and profound. It was the first Steven Herrick book I had read at that point and absolutely fell in love. That quote is beautiful Sarah, although you could probably jot down full passages because it’s all so incredibly beautiful. I wonder what he’s working on next! ♡♡♡
Agreed! Hard to cut it down to one quote.
I’m trying to remember when his latest new release was, 2016?
I might have to do a trawl through his website etc, to see of he‘s got anything new coming out 😃 and check on what of his back catalogue I still need to read.