The Book of Wonders

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She's living her life like every day is his last ... Thelma is the busy single mum of 12-year-old Louis. When he is hit by a lorry one morning, their lives are changed for ever. Louis falls into a coma and the doctors are not optimistic. If he doesn't regain consciousness in the next four weeks, he will probably never wake up again. At home in Louis' bedroom, a devastated Thelma finds a list of all the things he wants to accomplish in his life, and suddenly sees a way to survive: she will fulfil her son's dreams, living them out for him, in the hope that it will bring him back. With the help of his nurse, Thelma sets up an iPad in Louis' hospital room so he can follow his mum's adventures. His first wish: to spend a day in Tokyo. Thelma has just one wish, that her son will recover