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Heathcote is a successful Instagram influencer with followers hungry for her daily tips on gardening and perfect images of her garden.
From the outside in Ellie looks like she has a fulfilled life but Ellie hasnt stepped outside her garden gate in years.
Told with great sensitivity, mostly from Ellie's point of view, the reader also hears from Harriet who is a journalist back in the lates and earlys.
Covering a plethora of topics, such as mental health, fear and confronting the past The World at My Feet will pull at your heartstrings as it did mine.
A beautiful story written by Catherine Isaac with compassion and care,

I received a complimentary copy of this novel at my request from Simon amp Schuster via NetGalley.
This review is my own unbiased opinion, Another great read from Catherine Isaac, Not at all what I was expecting, but in a good way,

Ellie is an Instagram influencer who hasnt left her home in years, Harriet, Ellies mother is a news reporter who we follows as she travels to Romania for work in the lates/s.


This emotional book is told from dual Timelines and POVs, A beautifully woven story of family, friendship and self discovery,

There are some emotional topics covered in this book, which may be triggering for some, so worth bearing in mind.


Overall an emotional, beautiful read,

Thank you to Netgalley and Simon amp Schuster for a copy of this book, Oooof. I'll admit that from the cover and from the fact that I hadn't read the blurb for a long time before reading I was expecting a lighthearted, comforting read.
This is my first of the author's books so I don't know how naive a thought that was.
Anyway I found a far more powerful read than that,

Ellie is an Instagram star, Her feed shows the perfectly curated lifestyle of an English gardening influencer, . . and completely avoids the fact that due to severe agoraphobia she hasn't left her property for years.


There is some important realworld history from thess touched upon here, which I'm kind of ashamed to say that I knew pretty much nothing of and will be doing some research on.
 

As Ellie's story unfolds, I realised with the benefit of hindsight that there are some fairly big clues about there being more to her background than we're initially lead to believe, however it was done with an excellent level of subtlety, leaving the story to develop for the reader naturally.


This is a book about trauma, about anxiety, about recovery and relapse, about family, and about love.
I felt so deeply for so many of the characters, and I think they will stay with me for a while.
This book is so hard to review without giving away any spoilers but I really want you to be able to discover it without knowing anything about it just like I did because it really is a beautiful journey with highs, lows and everything in between.


I really loved meeting Ellie, I warmed to her straight away and I love the fact that she is an influencer as well.
Massive well done to Catherine Isaac for not being afraid to tackle a job that someone can feasibly do in today's climate without needing to leave their own garden.
This also meant that we got some mixed media text in the book with Instagram posts and also a little insight into Ellie checking how well her posts were doing.
We also get to explore some little talked of mental health issues through Ellie, I love the fact that these issues were shown not to be as cut as dry as they are often portrayed in many forms of media and the fact that they are shown through Ellie's story make them all the more relatable.


This novel does jump about a little time wise and so it must have been carefully and intricately constructed.
Although Harriet's story doesn't get as much coverage as Ellie's does throughout the book hers is great to read about too and I feel like hers would have been one that couldn't been overlooked by many writers or readers.
It was great to hear of someone balancing career and family and also someone taking a stand when she saw injustice taking place.
I would love to revisit her story again in the future because I feel like there is more to tell.


For all that this book has many emotional moments, there are also some really funny and heart warming moments too as well as some romantic explorations.
This writer has balanced the romance with the other much more delicate topics of the book so well.
I feel wrung out having read this book in the best possible way because I feel like I have gone through this journey with Ellie, felt every feeling she has felt and then some.
Oscar, Lucy and Jamie definitely prove

to be excellent side characters and I loved the fact that they also had their own fully formed lives and stories as well as being there for Ellie and adding depth to her story too.


This is a book that has to be experienced, I think everyone reading this will find something personal to take from it.
Catherine Isaac has done it again, this really is another beautiful novel! I was a young child in thes and remember very clearly the images of the Romanian orphanages which were all over the news.
The main character of this book was a Romanian orphan bought to England, who has a lovely life as a gardener now, or so it seems.
The book covers some very sensitive topics but I think theyre done with care and attention, that said there were a few humorous moments too which were needed.
Gardener Ellie has a problem,

Reading a new book by a favourite author is always a terrifying concept, What if I dont like it I didnt like The World At My Feet, I loved it!

Whilst The World At My Feet had all the beautiful, descriptive and humane writing I have come to expect from a Catherine Isaac novel, this time there was an added extra.
Its somewhat difficult to articulate, but I felt as if the author had somehow invested more of herself in the narrative and as a result I felt even more personally affected.
Theres not only Ellies agoraphobia that is so well researched and realistically conveyed, but the Romanian historical details are rich, deep and authoritative, making for a story that penetrates the readers mind and leaves them thinking about the narrative long after the book is closed.
Indeed, after Id finished reading the story and being entertained, I found The World At My Feet kept creeping back into my mind.


Theres a wonderful depth to the writing in The World At My Feet, Catherine Isaacs ability to appeal to all the senses is glorious, The descriptions of Ellies garden lifted my spirits and it is no exaggeration to say that I was compelled to go out into my own garden as a result of my reading, so that it had a positive effect on my own emotional wellbeing, because I experienced the same lift from nature as does Ellie.


I loved meeting Ellie, She is such a complete human being who is battling an awful condition, She illustrates so effectively how we are affected by our past, even when we try to block it out and how metal illness is equally as life changing as physical illness.
The World At My Feet conveys through Ellie the importance of love, of nature, family and friends which I think has enormous resonance in recent times.
She had my sympathy and my empathy even when her realistic, flawed persona made her behave in ways I wanted her to reconsider, making her feel like a metaphor for life.
I cared about her completely and she got right under my skin, It would spoil the story to say how and why her relationships with Guy and Jamie made me feel as they did, but I can say they had a visceral and profound impact on me, causing me to shout at the characters and to weep tears of joy and sadness at some of the outcomes.


Although I always profess that Im not keen on dual timelines or multiple perspectives in books, I found Harriets story equally as engaging as Ellies.
It might sound ridiculous, but because The World At My Feet is based in real events that I remember, I completely forgot that Harriet and Ellie are fictional characters.
I think its the authority behind the writing that created such an effect,

Alongside the wonderful characters and perfectly balanced plotting are themes that elevate The World At My Feet beyond a beautifully told love story a love story not just romantically, but within families too.
Catherine Isaac explores identity of culture, of place, and of our real and social media personas so that reading The World At My Feet gave an insight into how we construct ourselves for others.
Loyalty and trust, true friendship and responsibility also underpin the story, adding layers to uncover, but it was the realistic portrayal of Ellies situation that held my attention so completely.
I think reading The World At My Feet might just be life changing for some, giving them hope at difficult times.


Im aware that I havent really done justice to The World At My Feet, If readers are looking for a light, fluffy diversion they may be disappointed, If, however, they want a book that explores humanity, is romantic, is transporting and is an utterly brilliant multilayered read then Catherine Isaacs The World At My Feet is exactly what they are looking for.
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