Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love
The uplifting new feel-good novel from the author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
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4.3 • 4 Ratings
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
Those we love are never forgotten and it is never too late to try again
FUNNY, UPLIFTING STORY ABOUT THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP AND FINDING LOVE IN UNEXPECTED PLACES, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LENNI AND MARGOT
'Heart-tuggingly lovely'*****
'Can't wait to recommend' *****
'Poignant, funny, emotional' *****
'Read it. You'll be glad you did' *****
'This book is pure joy' Prima
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Eddie Winston is ninety years old. He has lived and he has loved, but he has never been kissed.
A true gentleman and incurable romantic, Eddie spends his days volunteering at a charity shop, where he sorts through the donations of the living and the dead, preserving letters and tokens of love along the way. It is here that he meets Bella, a troubled young woman who, aged twenty-four, has just lost the love of her life.
When Bella learns that Eddie is yet to have his first kiss, she resolves to help him finally find love, sparking an adventure that will take them to unexpected places and, they hope, bring Eddie to the moment he has waited for all his life.
As Bella helps Eddie and Eddie helps, well, everyone, a soul-stirring story of friendship and kindness unfolds as we see how those we love are never forgotten and it is never too late to try again.
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'Brimming over with kindness and hope' Hazel Prior, author of Away with the Penguins
'Lives up to the brilliance of The One Hundred Years of Lenni & Margot and, dare I say it… surpasses it' Julietta Henderson
Readers adore EDDIE WINSTON:
‘Overflows with joy. You will laugh and cry, mostly happy tears, but not all. Read it – you’ll be glad you did’ *****
‘Absolutely heart-tuggingly lovely’ *****
‘4.24 am, and I’ve just finished this. Beautifully written poignant, funny, emotional and lovely. A huge 5 stars’ *****
'I couldn’t wait to finish it fast enough to recommend to my book-reading bestie’ *****
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
British writer Cronin (The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot) serves up an enjoyable story of an unlikely friendship forged at a Birmingham thrift store. Eddie Winston, a 90-year-old store employee, meets Bella, 24, when she comes in with a donation of clothes left by her late boyfriend, Jake, whose death a year earlier she still hasn't recovered from. The pair hit it off and soon get together for lunch in a local park. When Bella learns Eddie has never been kissed, she makes it her mission to help him find love, and signs him up for dating apps. But Eddie still pines for Birdie, the wife of a philandering professor at the university where he taught in the 1960s. Despite their strong mutual attraction, both Eddie and Birdie respected her wedding vows. As the narrative builds toward a sweet finale, Cronin flexes her deadpan wit, particularly in scenes where Bella encourages Eddie to take risks ("Bella promises that if I do die," Eddie narrates before joining her on a roller coaster, "she will help the ride operator to drag my body off the ride and throw it into the sea and then they will call the authorities and say that I fell off the pier while clutching my chest"). It's a winning tale of second chances.
Customer Reviews
Lovely story
Lovely read, gave us all hope that romance remains