The Bridge of Little Jeremy
By Indrajit Garai
The
story’s main character and narrator, Jeremy, is a young teenager who is way mature
for his age. His independence and maturity is because of the ongoing
situation in his life. For years now his mother is working long hours and he knows
that they are tight on money, they never have enough food in the fridge and
sometimes he knows his mother lies about eating at work. He is really worried
about his mother and he is selling his sketches, but he can’t tell his mother
that he is selling them. He is saving the money for the time she needs it.
Leon,
the German shepherd is his trusted bodyguard and his best friend.
Jeremy
has heart condition and must go through another heart operation because the
valve doesn’t work the way the doctors wanted.
The
story develops very slowly and that might not be attractive to some readers,
yet I enjoyed the pace of this book. The story is set in Paris and the author
has perfectly described and penned all the details about Paris.
The
empathy and kindness between Jeremy, hi mom and Leon is unique and admirable. There
were several moments that Jeremy’s philosophical words reminded me of The
Little Prince.
by
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and I really liked it.
I
liked the character, the plot, the finely described detail and the story.
Many
thanks to Indragit Garai and Estelle for sending me this gifted copy.You can see more reviews on:
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