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Reviewed by Donna Stevenson for Readers' Favorite
Harry Baxter is on a mission. As the headmaster of Northfields Academy, he has spent thirty years rebuilding the school's reputation and is close to attaining ‘outstanding’ status. Unfortunately, he will not achieve this goal because he will have the first of two serious heart attacks. In Daisy by J A Crawshaw, at 50 years of age, Harry is advised to retire. He moves from London to the Lake District to pursue an aspiring writing career. This is his next mission: to become a published writer. Although he has plenty of ideas for his novel, he finds it difficult to get them out of his head and on to paper. Then he meets Daisy, who becomes both his muse and his lover. Within a short time, his world is turned upside down, and he finds himself unsure of any future at all.
Daisy by J A Crawshaw is a wonderful, heartwarming story about love and the unending pain of love lost. The author has an engaging writing style that flows effortlessly, with vivid and colorful descriptions of nature and mountain scenery. A few significant events tug at the heartstrings, alongside the sadness of the ruptures between the two main characters, Harry and Finlay. I loved the scene where the two of them race down the mountain on sleds. Its significance becomes clear in later chapters as they grow older and their shared experiences mature. Although the ending was not a surprise, it still left me wishing it had not happened.
