A young librarian and an old curmudgeon forge the unlikeliest of friendships in this charming, feel-good novel about one misfit book club and the lives (and loves) it changed along the way.Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never thinks of herself as lonely…but still she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her. Their sparring is such a highlight of Sloane's day that when Arthur doesn't show up one morning, she's instantly concerned. And then another day passes, and another.Anxious, Sloane tracks the old man down only to discover him all but bedridden...and desperately struggling to hide how happy he is to see her. Wanting to bring more cheer into Arthur's gloomy life, Sloane creates an impromptu book club. Slowly, the lonely misfits of their sleepy town begin to find each other, and in their book club, find the joy of unlikely friendship. Because as it turns out, everyone has a special book in their heart―and a reason to get lost (and eventually found) within the pages.Books have a way of bringing even the loneliest of souls together...
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The Lonely Hearts Book Club
von Lucy Gilmore
A young librarian and an old curmudgeon forge the unlikeliest of friendships in this charming, feel-good novel about one misfit book club and the lives (and loves) it changed along the way.Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never thinks of herself as lonely…but still she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her. Their sparring is such a highlight of Sloane's day that when Arthur doesn't show up one morning, she's instantly concerned. And then another day passes, and another.Anxious, Sloane tracks the old man down only to discover him all but bedridden...and desperately struggling to hide how happy he is to see her. Wanting to bring more cheer into Arthur's gloomy life, Sloane creates an impromptu book club. Slowly, the lonely misfits of their sleepy town begin to find each other, and in their book club, find the joy of unlikely friendship. Because as it turns out, everyone has a special book in their heart―and a reason to get lost (and eventually found) within the pages.Books have a way of bringing even the loneliest of souls together...
Aktuelle Rezensionen(1)
Rezension von Paula ChavarriaDesde el comienzo del libro se empieza a notar que la historia se va a enfocar en los personajes y su evolución. Hay cinco personajes principales; Sloane, Arthur, Maisey, Mateo y Greg. Cada uno narra una parte de la historia en determinado momento, haciendo que la historia sea mucho más completa con cada uno de sus aportes. Los personajes resultaron ser muy diferentes entre sí, pero se complementaron muy bien e incluso diría que gracias a esas diferencias, resultaron ser una buena compañía entre ellos. De todos los personajes, mi favorita sin duda fue Maisey por su bondad y transparencia. Inicialmente, Arthur también me estaba gustando por su actitud gruñona (me lo imaginaba como el viejito de UP), pero luego comencé a notar que más que gruñón, era un poco cruel con sus palabras y ahí ya no me gustó tanto. Es la primera vez que leo a esta autora y espero leerla de nuevo, ya que disfruté mucho la historia y me gustó conocer a estos personajes.