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Strangers aboard a London bus unite to help an elderly man find his missed love connection in the heartwarming new novel from the author of The Last Chance Library



When Libby Lloyd arrives in London, broken-hearted and with her life in tatters, the first person she meets on the bus is elderly pensioner Frank. He tells her about the time in 1962 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 flyers advertising their search. Libby begins to open her guarded heart to new connections as her tightly controlled world expands, but with Frank's dementia progressing quickly, their chance of finding the girl on the No. 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.



Story Locale: London, England

Note biographique

Freya Sampson works in television as a creator and executive producer. Her credits include two documentary series for the BBC about the British royal family as well as a number of factual and entertainment series. She studied history at Cambridge University and in 2018 was short-listed for the Exeter Novel Prize. She lives in London with her husband, two young children, and an antisocial cat.

Fonctionnalité

A DEBUT AUTHOR POISED FOR SUCCESS: Freya's debut novel, The Last Chance Library (Berkley, 8/21), has promising universal bookseller love, early reader buzz, and a gorgeous package



FEEL GOOD FICTION: Like smash hits The Authenticity Project and Anxious People, this book is exactly the uplifting read about the power of small kindnesses that we all need right now



SIMULTANEOUS PUBLICATION: The hardcover and trade paperback editions will publish simultaneously.



SMALL JOYS, BIG REWARD: Readers will love the warmth that Freya imbues even a simple bus ride with-it's impossible not to fall in love with Libby's London or to walk away unmoved by this story of the power of connection between strangers



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