A Smatter of Minutes

On Gramme’s death, Abigail is set adrift once more and decides to return to New Zealand, the country of her birth. There she is reunited with her half-brothers Robert and Kenneth. Though they are strangers to her, she cannot deny the tenuous link she shares with them—memories of that terrifying night when she found her parents melting. Memory, they say can be imperfect, and can throw up surprises, as Abigail soon discovers…

A Smatter of Minutes paints a picture of the kind of character growth that will have you rooting for the underdog, Abigail Moore, in hopes she’ll someday blunder into the amazing person she’s meant to be.

Franciska Soares has composed a nuanced, yet powerful
novel that touches all the senses as it moves from New
Zealand to India and back. Layer-by-layer we discover the
truth behind one night that forever changed the lives of one
woman and her patchwork family.
— Laurie Chittenden
Editor, New York, NY, United States.