A gloriously quirky and life affirming story of hope that I cannot see anyone being able to resist, after all, who does not love penguins? But, on watching a documentary about penguins, she decides to travel to Antarctica herself – imposing herself on the objecting scientists who work with the Adélie penguins. She lets them know she will be visiting Antarctica, to determine if they are worthy of her funding, and she won’t take NO for an answer!

Away with the Penguins- Book Summary - Samy Reads Away with the Penguins- Book Summary - Samy Reads

When our Antarctic voyage was cancelled just before we flew from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, we were disappointed to be missing out on a lot of things – whale-watching, hiking, camping under the Antarctic sky. I couldn’t help by feel the loss that Veronica felt, reading about her part, and seeing how it intertwined with her present.It is often said that a male penguin will present a female with a pebble as part of the courtship ritual – not unlike the presentation of an engagement ring to a potential spouse in the human world. year old Veronica McCreedy is a very wealthy woman living in a coastal mansion, The Ballahays, in Ayrshire. But as the story progresses you witness how events and other people change them and bring out the best in these two and you also get to spend time amongst the endangered Adélie penguins with their very cute personalities. Since meeting her grandson was disappointing to both of them, she is taking into consideration leaving her wealth to the future of the penguins.

Away with the Penguins: The heartwarming and uplifting

If, like me, you adore penguins, then Hazel Prior's moving and hopeful novel will be the perfect read, it has oodles of charm which had me dissolving into a gooey puddle with its joyous penguins and one special baby penguin in particular that manages to knit together the humans that take care of him.

There are those who make the world worse, those who make no difference and those who make the world better. The story starts with Beyah, a resilient and independent young woman who has grown up in difficult circumstances, with an addicted mother and a missing father. Through the diaries, and later, through time spent together with the penguins, Patrick and Veronica finally manage to forge a relationship and a possible future as a family. This was a King penguin and we were informed that there is a pair of them, new to parenting, who live on the island. It was a short boat ride to Isla Martillo and we were reminded of the rules: don’t get too close to the penguins; don’t feed the penguins; don’t touch the penguins; don’t steal the penguins; don’t take anything from the island.