Arthur Moses is 85 years old. He waters the flowers, strokes the cat and looks after his wife’s grave. Maddie Harris is young and beautiful. She dreams of going to college of art, but often escapes from class to the cemetery, where she hides from the whole world. Fate will bring two lonely souls together, laying the foundation for an amazing friendship. After all, it is sometimes so important that someone says: “Everything will be fine. I’m near».
For fans Fannie Flagg and Fredrik Buckman. A warm, kind, light romance that will give you the very sensations you expect from a large mug of cocoa with vanilla marshmallows. The novel is an escape from a difficult time of big changes. This kind and bright story of love and friendship turned out to be not cloying at all — everything in it is perfectly verified. Berg creates bright, lively, real heroes who fall in love with themselves from the first pages. They may not be like you at all, but they seem so familiar and familiar. “The Story of Arthur Trulove” reminds us again that life is beautiful and there is something good in every day. And then there are fateful meetings with people who will support you, give you good advice, treat you to orange cookies, or just keep quiet nearby.
“All the time I saw in front of me the image of an old man sitting on a small folding chair at the grave of his wife. I wanted to know who this man was and what his life was like. I felt that he could teach me a lot, and I was not mistaken. » — Elizabeth Berg
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