But I Smile Anyway…

Four years ago, Fifty Shades of Grey was the top Summer holiday read all over Europe, if not the world.

This year, what is it?

Well, I have walked around the pool at the family owned Hermes Hotel in Kos, and everybody seems to be reading Eleven Miles by Lance Greenfield.

Not only do I see the paperback version in many hands but, when I ask Kindle readers what they are so into, they all tell me, “It’s a book about a little Batswana girl called Boitumelo Hope Tumelo who walks eleven miles to school each day, and eleven miles home, just to get her education. It’s an amazing read from beginning to end. You’ve got to read Eleven Miles by Lance Greenfield!”

So, there it is, the top Summer vacation read of 2015 is officially….