If you could see me now by Cecelia Ahern, 2005.

I decided to read this on the recommendation of my daughter who was having a clear out of her room from which this and the previous Robert Goddard came. This particular edition was free with Marie Claire magazine so, I guess, is aimed at young women. When I was the same age I was studying English Literature as part of my degree so my reading material would have been somewhat different. It is quite an unusual book and not the sort of thing that I would normally read as is revealed in this blog. It tells of a woman, Elizabeth, living in a small Irish town with her father and adopted nephew, Luke. She has issues about her mother who used to disappear for long periods when she was a child and issues with her sister who does the same. She eventually realises the reasons for her mother's disappearances. Her mother finally disappeared many years before but her sister is still around. Elizabeth gave up a successful career and relationship in New York when her sister became pregnant and later adopted her sister's son, Luke. The bitterness she feels is never far below the surface. The story begins when Luke begins to see an imaginary friend called Ivan who quickly takes over the story. Charming fantasy for teens to 20 somethings.