âA lovely, affecting paean to the power of books and enduring love.ââPeople
A woman receives an unexpected gift from the man she loved and lostâa year of books, one for every monthâlaunching a reading-inspired journey to live, dream, and love again in this glimmering and heart-stopping novel.
Twelve books. Twelve months. One chance to heal her heartâŚ
When Tilly Nightingale receives a call telling her thereâs a birthday gift from her husband waiting for her at her local bookshop, it couldnât come as more of a shock. Partly because she canât remember the last time she read a book for pleasure. But mainly because Joe died five months ago....
When she goes to pick up the present, Alfie, the bookshop owner with kind eyes, explains the giftâtwelve carefully chosen books with handwritten letters from Joe, one for each month, to help her turn the page on her first year without him.
At first Tilly canât imagine sinking into a fictional world, but Joeâs tender words convince her to try, and something remarkable happensâTilly becomes immersed in the pages, and a new chapter begins to unfold in her own life. Monthly trips to the bookstoreâand heartfelt conversations with Alfieâgive Tilly the comfort she craves and the courage to set out on a series of reading-inspired adventures that take her around the world. But as she begins to share her journey with others, her storyâlike a bookâbecomes more than her own.
âA lovely, affecting paean to the power of books and enduring love.ââPeople
A woman receives an unexpected gift from the man she loved and lostâa year of books, one for every monthâlaunching a reading-inspired journey to live, dream, and love again in this glimmering and heart-stopping novel.
Twelve books. Twelve months. One chance to heal her heartâŚ
When Tilly Nightingale receives a call telling her thereâs a birthday gift from her husband waiting for her at her local bookshop, it couldnât come as more of a shock. Partly because she canât remember the last time she read a book for pleasure. But mainly because Joe died five months ago....
When she goes to pick up the present, Alfie, the bookshop owner with kind eyes, explains the giftâtwelve carefully chosen books with handwritten letters from Joe, one for each month, to help her turn the page on her first year without him.
At first Tilly canât imagine sinking into a fictional world, but Joeâs tender words convince her to try, and something remarkable happensâTilly becomes immersed in the pages, and a new chapter begins to unfold in her own life. Monthly trips to the bookstoreâand heartfelt conversations with Alfieâgive Tilly the comfort she craves and the courage to set out on a series of reading-inspired adventures that take her around the world. But as she begins to share her journey with others, her storyâlike a bookâbecomes more than her own.