"Lovely...Another heartening story about the possibility of striking
out in a new direction at any age. It is also a soothing read,
especially welcome in these anxious times." --Christian Science
Monitor
From the author of Meet Me at the Museum, a charming novel of second
chances, about three women, one dog, and the narrowboat that brings them
together
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Eve expected Sally to come festooned with suitcases and overnight bags
packed with everything she owned, but she was wrong. She arrived on
foot, with a rucksack and a carrier bag.* "I just walked away," she
said, climbing on to the boat. Eve knew what she meant.
Meet Eve, who has left her thirty-year career to become a Free Spirit;
Sally, who has waved goodbye to her indifferent husband and two grown-up
children; and Anastasia, a defiantly independent narrowboat-dweller, who
is suddenly landlocked and vulnerable.
Before they quite know what they've done, Sally and Eve agree to drive
Anastasia's narrowboat on a journey through the canals of England, as
she awaits a life-saving operation. As they glide gently - and not so
gently - through the countryside, the eccentricities and challenges of
narrowboat life draw them inexorably together, and a tender and
unforgettable story unfolds. At summer's end, all three women must
decide whether to return to the lives they left behind, or forge a new
path forward.
Candid, hilarious, and uplifting, Anne Youngson's The Narrowboat
Summer is a celebration of the power of friendship and new experiences
to change one's life, at any age.
