When God was a Rabbit: From the bestselling author of STILL LIFE

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The prose in this section loses some of its subtlety, as a consequence of Elly's more perceptive adult viewpoint; but that greater directness reflects the theme, running through this half, of life's brightness receding. Watched her with different coloured eyes, until the raging energy that coursed through my body finally revealed itself and gave itself a name: envy.

Apart from the familial adults in her life, these three are Elly's constants; Joe, God and Jenny Penny.This is one of those ubiquitous books that I ended up reading mainly because I kept seeing it everywhere, and it turned out to be a lot better than I thought it might be, given its obvious popularity. Regardless, the sheer perfection of part one makes up for any flaws of part two, and I would still happily recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a story about family, love, faith, and wonder. The wonder and insecurity and confusion of childhood Elly is missing and because of this, part two just doesn't have the same impact. It was left to Nancy and me to pick up the pieces that my brother had become; to resurrect his shrunken spirit and pull his pale tear-stained face from beneath his pillow and give sense to a world that had given him none; he loved, yet he wasn't loved back.

Even though the rabbit frequently disappears, he reappears when she needs him the most, and Elly believes this is somehow magical.

I don’t like when quirkiness is there just for the sake of it, or when secondary characters (who still manage to be more engaging than the primary ones) are little more than a thumbnail description: the lesbian actress aunt, the camp old lodger.