Meet Me At The Museum
When Tina Hopgood writes a letter of regret to a man she has never met, she doesn’t expect a reply.
When Anders Larsen, a lonely museum curator, answers it, nor does he.
They’re both searching for something, they just don’t know it yet.
Anders has lost his wife, along with his hopes and dreams for the future. Tina is trapped in a marriage she doesn’t remember choosing.
Slowly their correspondence blossoms as they bare their souls to each other with stories of joy, anguish and discovery. But then Tina’s letters suddenly cease, and Anders is thrown into despair.
Can their unexpected friendship survive?
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A moving tribute to friendship and love, to the courage of the ordinary, and to starting again.
In Meet Me At The Museum by Anne Youngson, one woman’s letter to an author develops into a correspondence between two vulnerable, lonely older people: farmer’s wife Tina and Danish professor Kristian. It’s insightful, emotionally acute and absorbing.
A novel about self-discovery and second chances.
Warm-hearted, clear-minded, and unexpectedly spellbinding, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to savour.
Meet Me at the Museum starts so quiet and small like a bud tightly closed against the winter then it unfurls into something so alive and truly beautiful. I was immensely moved by it.
I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone looking for a book that makes you think and wonder and quietly hope. I loved it.
A quirky, wise and tender novel. Proof that the richest fruits come on the edge of autumn.
Quietly intriguing, beautifully observed, full of powerful emotions.
Tender, wise and moving, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to cherish.
Exquisite. Its characters somehow resist following their story and reverse themselves into a new one. A beautiful lasting read.
Intriguing and compelling, Meet Me at the Museum invites you into the meeting place between two people, imparting wisdom, though, and endless charm.
Readers are sure to love this wise and witty debut that celebrates the art of letter writing and the kindness of strangers.
A correspondence that begins with a search for clarity becomes something much deeper and richer - both for the two main characters, and for the reader. Anne Youngson peels away the layers that prevent us from living the lives we ought to be leading, and her book is both tender and absorbing.
An intriguing and tender read that I found unexpectedly affecting.
As a chief engineer at Land Rover, Anne Youngson had already taken one rather unusual road to the top. Now, at 70, she has changed direction, writing a novel full of grace and humanity that makes her among the oldest debut writers of fiction.
The letters in question are incredibly eloquent and the intellect of the characters is clearly evident… This is a debut that is very comfortable to read from its letter format, and it leaves you asking big life questions.
Anne Youngson’s insightful and emotional debut delves into the heart of lonely woman who feels her life has been ‘a buried one’.
As the two enter into detailed discussions about history and archaeology, as well as sharing intimate details about their family lives, the book becomes a thoughtful and gentle meditation on buried passions, regrets, love, grief and loneliness. But Youngson’s debut offers hope for change in its tender exploration of what it means to have experienced a life well-lived.
Anne Youngson’s Meet Me At The Museum, a present-day tale of late love, is already being hailed as a classic.
An endearingly told story.
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