Book description
A young librarian and an old curmudgeon forge the unlikeliest of friendships in this charming uplit novel about one misfit book club and the lives it changed along the way.
Because books have a way of bringing even the loneliest of souls together...
Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Lonely Hearts Book Club as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I can confidently say that I felt that I really knew these characters, I could hear them, see them, and have empathy for them- these characters were developed beautifully.
The story is about a group of five very different, quirky people who come together for a book club in the home of an elderly curmudgeon. The one thing they all have in common, whether they realize it or not, is that they are all lonely.
The books that this “found family” read help them understand each other a little better. It is an uplifting book with a wonderful mix of…
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