This Book Made Me Think of You
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Join readers around the world who have fallen in love with the book praised by Adriana Trigiani as “the feel-good novel of the year”—an emotional and uplifting story about one woman’s reading-inspired journey to live, dream, and love again.
“A lovely, affecting paean to the power of books and enduring love.”—People
Twelve books. Twelve months. One chance to heal her heart…
When Tilly Nightingale receives a call telling her there’s a birthday gift from her husband waiting for her at her local bookshop, it couldn’t come as more of a shock. Partly because she can’t 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 gift—twelve 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 can’t imagine sinking into a fictional world, but Joe’s tender words convince her to try, and something remarkable happens—Tilly becomes immersed in the pages, and a new chapter begins to unfold in her own life. Monthly trips to the bookstore—and heartfelt conversations with Alfie—give 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 story—like a book—becomes more than her own.
Join readers around the world who have fallen in love with the book praised by Adriana Trigiani as “the feel-good novel of the year”—an emotional and uplifting story about one woman’s reading-inspired journey to live, dream, and love again.
“A lovely, affecting paean to the power of books and enduring love.”—People
Twelve books. Twelve months. One chance to heal her heart…
When Tilly Nightingale receives a call telling her there’s a birthday gift from her husband waiting for her at her local bookshop, it couldn’t come as more of a shock. Partly because she can’t 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 gift—twelve 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 can’t imagine sinking into a fictional world, but Joe’s tender words convince her to try, and something remarkable happens—Tilly becomes immersed in the pages, and a new chapter begins to unfold in her own life. Monthly trips to the bookstore—and heartfelt conversations with Alfie—give 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 story—like a book—becomes more than her own.
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Fun, hopeful, sad, happy - experience all the emotions when reading this light-hearted story about loss.
I loved this book and concept, a very well-told story of grief - particularly the stages of grief - and how the main character, Matilda (Tilly), begins to cope. Six months after she loses her husband, Tilly receives a call from a local bookshop owner, that she will be receiving a book a month gifted by her now deceased husband, Joe. Actually, it's Joe's idea to gift the book-a-month to her after he is gone, in order to help her get through the year following his death. The thing is, Joe, is not really a reader. But they met cute in London at a different bookshop close to Charing Cross, when both Tilly and Joe ducked inside to get out of a downpour. Tilly immediately begins giving Joe some book suggestions. She knows her books, as she works in the publishing industry. Joe is an outdoorsy, athletic American working in London. Tilly is Welsh, now living in London, and is truly a bookworm. They have an instant attraction, and despite seeming to be opposites in every way, they fall in love and marry. But soon, Joe receives a live-altering cancer diagnosis, from which he will likely never recover. In his last month of life, Joe meets with the local owner of their neighborhood bookstore, Booklane. Alfie (Frederick), the owner, took over the store from his father after his death. The store is a neighborhood gem, complete with a resident stray cat. Alfie 'interviews' Joe to learn all about his life with Tilly, so that he can make suggestions. I listened to this, but several chapters start with a number of real-world recommendations from Booklane, that I'm going back to capture for my own personal list of 'to-be-read' books. Alfie does a pretty good job on interpreting Joe's ideas/wishes, and making recommendations. Tilly must come back to the store each month to collect her book from Joe, with an enclosed note that Joe has written in advance. And it turns out that the selections are very serendipitous in helping Tilly through the various states of grief. By remembering the great life she and Joe had together with the monthly choices, Joe's aim is to spur her to rejoin her life and the world. She also broadens her friendship circle, including a dear friendship with the owner, Alfie. It makes me wonder what books I would give to my siblings, my adult daughter, or my husband, if I left them behind. I think I'll get going on those recommendations and enclosure notes! :)
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