Over fourteen years Emmie and Lucas were inseparable, every secret shared. A very strong bond developed between Lucas and Emmie, one she always hoped would develop further. Emmie was welcomed into the Moreau family and over the years became one of their own. As the years passed they kept up communication and became the best of friends. Lucas had recently moved from London to France and was thrilled to be in contact with this new pen-friend. Emmie was amazed when she received a message from Lucas Moreau, living in Touquet in France.

One day Emmie decided to release a red balloon containing a secret message, in the hope that someone somewhere would find it. Writing about two lonely strangers an ocean apart, brought together through a single balloon carried on the wind, was the perfect escape.”Įmmie Blue had a very lonely childhood with no father on the scene and a very absent mother. When writing Dear Emmie Blue, I got to totally indulge this daydream. A total stranger from another town, another country, by chance and when either of you least expect it. “The idea of someone you wouldn’t have otherwise crossed paths with finding a piece of you – a note, a letter, or in Emmie Blue’s case, a secret – has always been something I’ve daydreamed about. Lia Louis was inspired by the notion of a stranger finding her ‘message in a bottle’ And guess what? I was swept away with it, like the red balloon that Emmie Blue released many years ago, a balloon that found its way across the channel to France and into the hands of teenager Lucas Moreau. Not a book I would normally pick up but these are not normal times. But what if Lucas isn’t her forever? What if her love story is only just beginning…ĭear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis was published August 6th with Trapeze Books and is described as ‘the love story that everyone is talking about this summer’.

Suddenly Emmie’s dreams are shattered and the one person in her life she can rely on is slipping through her fingers. She never expected him to announce that he was marrying someone else! A long time ago, Emmie Blue released a red balloon with a secret message hidden inside – and against all odds, across hundreds of miles of ocean, it was found on a beach in France by a boy called Lucas.įourteen years later, on the eve of her thirtieth birthday, Emmie hopes that Lucas is finally about to kiss her.

Dear emmie blue by lia louis