![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Clare Wallace, Darley Anderson Agency. ![]() This is a sweet story with an almost magical, but never saccharine denouement, as a newly whole Arthur Pepper emerges. While unraveling Miriam’s past, Arthur realizes that his outward journey is also a journey within, and in a comically heartwarming fashion he attempts to embrace the unknown while slowly discovering his positive impact on others. Perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove, this curiously charming debut follows a lovable widower and his life-changing adventure of love and self-discovery.Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life. He sets about exploring the other charms-including a tiger, a locket, and a thimble-which take him from Yorkshire to a manor house in Bath long past its glory days, and further afield, to London and Paris. From the author of Rise and Shine Benedict Stone, now an original movie on Hallmark.An endearing celebration of life. He calls it and is shocked to learn that Miriam once lived in India. The first of the bracelet’s eight charms is a bejeweled elephant inscribed with a phone number. Since Miriam, his wife of 40 years, died a year ago, 69-year-old Arthur Pepper stopped living he merely exists, until he finds a gold charm bracelet he’d never seen before tucked inside one of her shoes. Patrick’s debut novel evokes whimsy and poignancy. ![]()
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