The Lost Ticket
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Strangers on a London bus unite to help an elderly man find his missed love connection in the heartwarming new novel from the acclaimed author of The Last Chance Library.
When Libby Nicholls arrives in London, brokenhearted and with her life in tatters, the first person she meets on the bus is elderly Frank. He tells her about the time in 1962 that he met a girl on the number 88 bus with beautiful red hair just like hers. They made plans for a date at the National Gallery art museum, but Frank lost the bus ticket with her number on it. For the past sixty years, he’s ridden the same bus trying to find her, but with no luck.
Libby is inspired to action and, with the help of an unlikely companion, she papers the bus route with posters advertising their search. Libby begins to open her guarded heart to new friendships and a budding romance, as her tightly controlled world expands. But with Frank’s dementia progressing quickly, their chance of finding the girl on the 88 bus is slipping away.
More than anything, Libby wants Frank to see his lost love one more time. But their quest also shows Libby just how important it is to embrace her own chances for happiness—before it’s too late—in a beautifully uplifting novel about how a shared common experience among strangers can transform lives in the most marvelous ways.
Strangers on a London bus unite to help an elderly man find his missed love connection in the heartwarming new novel from the acclaimed author of The Last Chance Library.
When Libby Nicholls arrives in London, brokenhearted and with her life in tatters, the first person she meets on the bus is elderly Frank. He tells her about the time in 1962 that he met a girl on the number 88 bus with beautiful red hair just like hers. They made plans for a date at the National Gallery art museum, but Frank lost the bus ticket with her number on it. For the past sixty years, he’s ridden the same bus trying to find her, but with no luck.
Libby is inspired to action and, with the help of an unlikely companion, she papers the bus route with posters advertising their search. Libby begins to open her guarded heart to new friendships and a budding romance, as her tightly controlled world expands. But with Frank’s dementia progressing quickly, their chance of finding the girl on the 88 bus is slipping away.
More than anything, Libby wants Frank to see his lost love one more time. But their quest also shows Libby just how important it is to embrace her own chances for happiness—before it’s too late—in a beautifully uplifting novel about how a shared common experience among strangers can transform lives in the most marvelous ways.
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This is an incredibly heart warming book that I'd highly recommend. Libby Nicholls has just lost what she thought was the man of her dreams. She meets an elderly man Frank, who tells her about a lost love. He met a pretty redheaded girl on a bus a long time ago and planned to meet her again but then lost her number. Libby, along with a cast of quirky characters, set out to help Frank find this woman.
Spoiler alert: I like to write about how the book ends since I often remember reading a book but then think, how did it end?
Libby meets a punk guy, Dylan, who is very off-putting, but ends up his is Frank's carer. After working together for weeks, putting up posters, and trying to find the lost woman, Dylan and Libby become a couple. He is not the kind of man she usually dates but he is loving and kind. Both Dylan and Libby had frustrated academic careers and really never pursued their dreams.
Poignant ending when we learn Frank no longer remembers who Libby is and she lets him believe that she is the redheaded girl he's always been looking for.
Spoiler alert: I like to write about how the book ends since I often remember reading a book but then think, how did it end?
Libby meets a punk guy, Dylan, who is very off-putting, but ends up his is Frank's carer. After working together for weeks, putting up posters, and trying to find the lost woman, Dylan and Libby become a couple. He is not the kind of man she usually dates but he is loving and kind. Both Dylan and Libby had frustrated academic careers and really never pursued their dreams.
Poignant ending when we learn Frank no longer remembers who Libby is and she lets him believe that she is the redheaded girl he's always been looking for.
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