When Michael’s mum falls ill during their weekly shop, she hands her thirteen-year-old son the car keys and says, “You’ll be fine.”
It’s the start of an extraordinary year of secret cinema trips, unexpected driving lessons, and small rebellions against the ordinary world.
But magic has its limits. And when reality finally breaks through, Michael is left to make sense of love, loss, and growing up far too soon.
Funny, tender, and heartbreaking, Days of Magic is a coming-of-age story about a boy, his mum, and the extraordinary moments that make an ordinary life unforgettable.
Because some spells can’t last forever