Cecelia Ahern is one of those hit-or-miss authors for me. Sometimes she's fantastic (PS I Love You, Love, Rosie) sometimes... not so much (The Book of Tomorrow, If You Could See Me Now) and sometimes she's in-between (The Gift).
One Hundred Names is a definite hit for Ahern's resume, as far as I'm concerned. It's the story of Kitty Logan, a journalist who's hitting rock bottom. She's just epically blown her first major story, she's about to be kicked out of her apartment and her best friend and mentor, Constance, has just died.
Just before Constance's death, she tells Kitty about the story she never wrote, the one that got away, so to speak. She directs Kitty to a file that contains a list of one hundred names and nothing else. Kitty instinctively feels that this will be the story that brings her career back - if she can only figure out what it is.
One Hundred Names is a beautiful and fun book about the story that lives in each of us, no matter how boring and everyday we may seem to the casual observer.
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