The Good Part(95)

A thank you to my children R and B who inspired much of Felix’s conversation. They invented Pocket Day, and we still celebrate it today. Children really do come up with funnier things than I could ever invent, and I could easily have written about fifty more pages of Lucy and Felix chatting. Lucky for you, I didn’t. Thanks to my family for their continued support – especially my mother who still buys everyone she knows my books for Christmas.

Thank you to my editors Kim Atkins and Kate Dresser for holding my hand through rewrites and providing such brilliant notes. I love collaborating with you both. To my agent Clare Wallace, who is not only a fab agent, but also an inspiring friend. All my lovely writer friends, who make this crazy job less lonely and are such an uplifting and supportive community.

Finally, my biggest thank you must go to you, my wonderful readers – especially if this is the fourth book of mine you are reading. Honestly, your messages and posts about my writing mean the world to me. I know there are SO many great books out there, so a huge, heartfelt ‘thank you’ for choosing mine. This is the first book I’ve written that makes me cry every time I read the ending, so I hope some of that comes through in the reading experience. I also know that all these ‘live in the moment’, ‘it’s all the good part’, ‘value every day’ sentiments are easier said than done. So don’t beat yourself up if sometimes you just want to eat cheese toasties, watch Netflix and scroll Instagram. Me too. Meeee too.