Finding Henry Applebee: The warmest, most charming and feel good novel of the year!

di Celia Reynolds (Autore)

Leighton Pugh (Narratore)

One More Chapter, 2020

‘An absolute delight. It’s beautiful and elegiac and written with such a good heart’ BAFTA award-winning screenwriter and producer Russell T. Davies OBE ‘A simply heart-string tugging book that offers a ready escape route from these testing time’ Jon Gower, Nation Cymru Here Henry was, once again in a bustling train station, ready to resume where he had left off all those years ago… Finding Henry Applebee is a charming, tender and uplifting story about unlikely friendships, the power of love – and how it’s never too late to change your life. Perfect for fans of The Single Ladies of the Jacaranda Retirement Village and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Eighty-five-year-old Henry Arthur Applebee has had a pretty good life. But one regret has haunted him for the last sixty-five years. And so, on an ordinary December morning, he boards a train from London to Edinburgh. His goal is simple: to find the woman who disappeared from his life decades earlier. But Henry isn’t the only person on a mission. Also bound for Edinburgh is troubled teen, Ariel. And when the two strangers collide, what began as one humble journey will catapult them both into a whole new world… What readers are saying: 'A great book … I highly recommend it to those interested in a narrative that touches one's heart and soul' Peter Thabit Jones ‘Beautifully written, wonderfully warm’ bestselling author Zara Stoneley ‘An uplifting read … tender, beautiful writing and wonderful observations’ bestselling author Tracy Rees ‘An intricate, absorbing, sliding puzzle of a story about friendship, family and love’ bestselling author Iona Grey ‘Just wonderful’ Goodreads reviewer ‘This book will warm the cockles of your heart’ Goodreads reviewer ‘A moving portrait of the power of human kindness’ Goodreads reviewer In this historical fiction, Henry's journey is not just a physical travel by rail, but also a travel back in time, a journey of self-discovery and closure. The humorous undertones and the romance that blossoms along the way add a delightful charm to the narrative. For fans of Beth Miller (Starstruck), Hazel Prior (Call of the Penguins), Fredrik Backman (And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer), Joanna Nell (The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker), and Fiona Valpy (The Cypress Maze).

• Autore: Celia Reynolds
• Narratore: Leighton Pugh
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 11:17:14
• Anno edizione: 2020
• Editore: One More Chapter
• EAN: 9780008409166

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