Being in limbo, 30,000 feet in the air, offers time to reflect and take stock. For Aaron Umber, it’s an opportunity to connect with his 14-year-old son as they travel halfway across the world to meet a woman who isn’t expecting them.
Unsettled by his past, and anxious for his future, Aaron is at a crossroads in life. The damage inflicted upon him during his youth has made him the man he is but now threatens to widen the growing fissures between him and his only child. This trip could bind them closer together or tear them further apart.
IN AN IDEAL WORLD, I would be spending my fortieth birthday in a bar overlooking Bondi Beach, a beer in my left hand, a woman I love by my right, while friends tease me about my receding hairline (1).
(Doubleday, Hardback, 1 May 2025, 176 pages, borrowed from Irvine Library) This is the last book in the Elements series. It’s a nice to way to wrap up the series and bring everything together. Arron is one of the boys Freya from ‘Fire’ sexually assaulted and his wife, Rebecca, is the daughter of the paedophile from ‘Water’. Arron and his wife as struggling to heal from the trauma of their pasts and find a way to be there for their son. I really enjoyed this and would recommend it.
