Book-one-hundred-and-thirty: 31 Dream Street

31 Dream Street (2007)
Lisa Jewell

Rating: 4/5
[The 115: 13/115]

So good. It’s such a great story and for once I wasn’t annoyed by the head jumping. Using I get bored with one of the characters, but in this case they were all interesting. And I just love the way she writes.

I have only read one other book by her, but I think I will have to find more… once I’ve read the other 102, obviously. Or more likely not…

WHO LIVES IN A HOUSE LIKE THIS?

An Air Hostess. A Teenager. A Wild-Haired Recluse. A Rock Chick. An Old Man. A Human Chameleon.

Leah is fascinated by the strange mix of people living across the street from her at 31 Silversmith Road. She'd give anything to find out more about them, so when their reclusive landlord approaches her unexpectedly to ask for some advice, Leah is more than willing to help.

Toby is a failed poet and incurable romantic. For fifteen years he has lived happily in his rambling house filled with waifs and strays, until a quiet tragedy and an unwelcome letter force him to admit that it is time to move on. But how will he persuade his tenants to move on? His house is their refuge. Are they ready to face the real world?

Together, Leah and Toby must help the misfits at no. 31 to grow up and move out, but in doing so can they also make their own dreams come true?

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Finished: Sunday 5/8