Meet Me at the Museum: Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2018

ISBN-13: 9781784163464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 240 str.

Anne Youngson

Opis

WINNER OF THE PAUL TORDAY MEMORIAL PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE MCKITTERICK PRIZEA BEAUTIFUL NOVEL ABOUT LATE LOVE AND SECOND CHANCESFull of grace and humanity' Sunday Times________________________When Tina Hopgood writes a letter of regret to a man she has never met, she doesn't expect a reply.When Anders Larsen, a lonely museum curator, answers it, neither does he.They're both searching for something - they just don't know it yet.Anders has lost his wife, along with his hopes and dreams for the future. Tina is trapped in a marriage she doesn't remember choosing.Slowly their correspondence blossoms as they bare their souls to each other with stories of joy, anguish and discovery. But then Tina's letters suddenly cease, and Anders is thrown into despair.Can their unexpected friendship survive?A deep and luminous novel of self-discovery and second chances, MEET ME AT THE MUSEUM is a heartbreaking celebration of love, life and the surprises it throws at us. In a story that is at once urgent and tender, Anne Youngson polishes the everyday until it gleams.'Insightful, emotionally acute and absorbing' DAILY EXPRESS'Beautiful and affecting' NINA STIBBEWHAT READERS ARE SAYING:'I loved this book. It was so different from anything else I have read''I just loved this book and read it in one sitting. There were times when I felt like underlining the sentences that resonated with me''I read this book one letter at a time, just to let the contents sink in. Tears came to my eyes'

Recenzje

Exquisite. Its characters somehow resist following their story and reverse themselves into a new one. A beautiful lasting read. JAMES HANNAH, author of THE A TO Z OF YOU AND ME

O autorze

ANNE YOUNGSON is the author of the Costa First Book Award-shortlisted Meet Me at the Museum; BBC Radio Book Club pick, Three Women and a Boat and the story collection, The Six Who Came to Dinner. Anne Youngson's shrewd, warm-hearted and observational prose has been widely praised. Her new novel, A Complicated Matter explores the human heart through the coming-of-age of a young English refugee during the blitz. Anne's work is published around the world. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and has three grandchildren.