This Beautiful Life

Critics Review

• Bursting with warmth, honesty, poignancy, love and such wonderful depth, this book more than cements Marsh’s bestseller status. 5*****’

  Heat

• A beautiful, warm and moving story… I hugged my family tightly when I finished it

  Amanda Jennings

• ‘This story of love, courage and survival will tug at your heartstrings’

  The Mirror

• Wonderfully joyous and funny… without a moment’s hesitation, one of my books of the year

  Being Anne

• A beautiful, soaring story about love, survival, forgiveness and understanding… highly, highly recommended!

  On My Bookshelf

• I loved every word of This Beautiful Life… Katie Marsh has that deftness of touch that enables her to make her readers smile as well as cry. It resonates through my days and dreams even now. A wonderful, wonderful book. Read it.

  Linda's Book Bag

• An insightful and heartfelt read that will stay on my mind for a long time to come. This author has really touched my heart and I can not wait to delve into another of her novels, even if it is to have my heart broken all over again!

  Rea's Book Review

• Very moving and real

  Kate Eberlen, bestselling author of Miss You

• ‘This heartfelt read will make you think about life’

  Prima

• Brilliantly written, this book is both raw and beautiful

  Fabulous (Sun on Sunday)

• The author deals with the realities of life after cancer in a truly poignant way

  Sun

• Katie’s extraordinary writing is full of warmth and honesty; she examines the power of love in great depth…an absolutely superb read. Highly recommended; an utter delight!

  Random Things Through My Letterbox

• A honest, emotional and quietly powerful book which will stay with me for a long time

  Cosy Books

• A breath-taking read that will break your heart and make you laugh…sad, funny heart-breaking and moving

  The Last Word Book Review

• ‘Powerful, brave and joyous… I adored every single page’

  Miranda Dickinson

• Wonderful . . . so full of heart and honesty; it’s heartbreaking, uplifting and beautiful

  Cressida McLaughlin

• Extraordinary . . . a soaring tale of love, survival and music

  Louise Beech

• Uplifting

  Yours Magazine

• So wonderful – I LOVED it

  Jenny Ashcroft, Beneath a Burning Sky

• A beautifully written book… I couldn’t put it down!

  Daily Mail

• [An] emotional rollercoaster of a read… profoundly touching and moving. 5*****

  Daily Express

• A beautifully touching story of loving, surviving and living

  Ali McNamara, The Little Flower Shop by the Sea

• I love how it’s not a fairy tale and instead is a real and at times raw story about life and illness and love. It’s yet another lovely book from Katie – I’ve enjoyed them all!

  The Unmumsy Mum

• Powerful, brave and joyous . . . a truly special story that celebrates life in all its colours, and the far-reaching power of hope. I adored every single page

  Miranda Dickinson

• Wonderful . . . so full of heart and honesty; it’s heartbreaking, uplifting and beautiful

  Cressida McLaughlin

• ‘Extraordinary… a soaring tale of love, survival and music’

  Louise Beech, author of How to be Brave

• Praise for A Life Without You:

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• ‘Grabs your heart and won’t let go‘

  Miranda Dickinson

• Emotional and brilliantly written

  Fabulous

• A heart-clangingly powerful stunner of a novel

  Isabelle Broom, Heat

• A great read – heartwarming and funny in places and poignantly sad in others.

  The Unmumsy Mum

• Praise for My Everything:

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• Absolutely LOVED it! Such a beautiful book

  Carrie Hope Fletcher

• This thought-provoking debut novel is both brilliantly funny and sad

  Sun