Reviewed By Toni Whitmont, Booktopia Buzz Editor
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Free-Falling is a tragic-romantic comedy - a tale of heartbreak and heroism, grief and ghostly dreams.
Belinda is not coping well with her fiancé Andy's death - and that is before she realises she is pregnant ... with twins.
When out of the blue she starts receiving gifts that were so typical of Andy, and when problems around the apartment are mysteriously fixed, Belinda decides she now believes in ghosts.
Meanwhile Evelyn, Andy's mother, is also struggling with her loss. Her coping strategies include blaming Belinda, shop-lifting, hating Belinda even more, and taking up sky-diving. And it is Baz, her instructor, who helps her look to the future. So why is he so twitchy when he hears how Andy died?
Cutting between the past and present, Nicola Moriarty cleverly weaves the heart-warming story of two women and the man they loved and lost.
This is Australian-made chick-lit from a woman with a very strong fiction pedigree and is essentially about how people can be separated by their grief. It is not going to set the literary world on fire but is perfect for a light summer read, and is rather sweet.
