Three Things About Elsie Three Things About Elsie

Three Things About Elsie

A Novel

    • 4.2 • 64 Ratings
    • $12.99
    • $12.99

Publisher Description

The bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep delivers a suspenseful and emotionally satisfying novel “infused with warmth and humor” (People) about a lifelong friendship, a devastating secret, and the small acts of kindness that bring people together.

There are three things you should know about Elsie. The first thing is that she’s my best friend. The second is that she always knows what to say to make me feel better. And the third thing…might take a bit more explaining.

Eighty-four-year-old Florence has fallen in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. As she waits to be rescued, she thinks about her friend Elsie and wonders if a terrible secret from their past is about to come to light. If the charming new resident is who he claims to be, why does he look exactly like a man who died sixty years ago?

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, Three Things About Elsie “breathes with suspense, providing along the way piercing, poetic descriptions, countless tiny mysteries, and breathtaking little reveals…a rich portrait of old age and friendship stretched over a fascinating frame” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). This is an “amusing and heartbreaking” (Publishers Weekly) story about forever friends on the twisting path of life who come to understand how the fine threads of humanity connect us all.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2018
August 7
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
384
Pages
PUBLISHER
Scribner
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
5.1
MB

Customer Reviews

artisticfolly ,

A Quite Extraordinary Book

Sometimes books leave me wanting or with a feeling of unfinished business. This book left me satiated and comfortable.

Jamiam987 ,

You forget how old they are

I wanted to find out the ending of this story and kept reading…. Finished in a few days

Lovely nurse ,

A lovely read

This is just a lovely read. The characters are endearing. The premise of the book so unlike I have ever read. Flo and Elsie will stay with me for a long time.

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