Calling Major Tom

This book is like comfort food. It's so sweet, and so soul warming. David Barnett develops characters and plot so well that I was genuinely sad that Major Tom wouldn't be coming back to Earth to carry on a life with the people that he helped heal. This book is just damn cathartic and exactly what you need if everything else in the world seems like its going completely mental. Great book.

Calling Major Tom is a really great book. Perfect for young teenagers. Thomas is alone on a rocket to Mars which suits him just fine as he has always been grumpy and dislikes other people. But he contacts a family on Earth by accident and finds himself helping them, changing their lives and his own into the bargain.

I loved this book. It's very funny and readable. I loved the characters, even grumpy Thomas. Highly recommend it.

"He could run forever, if this is what it does, strip away all the horror. So, he decides, that's what he'll do. He'll run for ever. From everyone."

Thomas Major is a middle-aged Grump, who after a strange tangle of events has the opportunity to be the first man ever on mars. It is the perfect escape for him.
Gladys is an old lady tried with the responsibility of taking care of her two grandchildren- and she would do a fine job at it, were it not for her Dementia threatening the balance of their home life.
When Thomas dials a number that's long been changed, he makes the acquaintance of Gladys instead. Quite confused and a bit disturbed, he makes for the exit. Little do they both know, it might be the one call that saves both of them...

I finished this book at 2 A.M., and didn't realize how much the characters grew on me until I read "The End" and felt tears come to my eyes. David M. Barnett sucks you in to two very complex individuals whose lives intersect in the strangest of ways. I couldn't put this book down and didn't want to see the end in sight!

Let me make this easier for myself- I basically just absolutely fell head over heels for this book.