(Amazon UK link) I’ve liked the books I’ve read by Stephanie Butland, so I put a few more on my wishlist a couple of years ago. I was given ‘The curious heart of Ailsa Rae’ for Christmas 2023, but my to-be-read shelf has so many books that it’s taken this long to pick this one up. 
I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it, at first. The main character is 28-year-old Ailsa Rae. The first few pages of the book contain a blog post she has written while in hospital, waiting for a new heart. She has had ...