Finding Henry Applebee by Celia Reynolds

`An absolute delight. It's beautiful and elegiac and written with such a good heart' BAFTA award-winning screenwriter and producer Russell T. Davies OBE `A simply heart-string tugging book that offers a ready escape route from these testing time' Jon Gower, Nation Cymru Here Henry was, once again in a bustling train station, ready to resume where he had left off all those years ago. Finding Henry Applebee is a charming, tender and uplifting story about unlikely friendships, the power of love - and how it's never too late to change your life. Perfect for fans of The Single Ladies of the Jacaranda Retirement Village and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Eighty-five-year-old Henry Arthur Applebee has had a pretty good life. But one regret has haunted him for the last sixty-five years. And so, on an ordinary December morning, he boards a train from London to Edinburgh. His goal is simple: to find the woman who disappeared from his life decades earlier. But Henry isn't the only person on a mission. Also bound for Edinburgh is troubled teen, Ariel. And when the two strangers collide, what began as one humble journey will catapult them both into a whole new world. What readers are saying: 'A great book . I highly recommend it to those interested in a narrative that touches one's heart and soul' Peter Thabit Jones `Beautifully written, wonderfully warm' bestselling author Zara Stoneley `An uplifting read . tender, beautiful writing and wonderful observations' bestselling author Tracy Rees `An intricate, absorbing, sliding puzzle of a story about friendship, family and love' bestselling author Iona Grey `Just wonderful' Goodreads reviewer `This book will warm the cockles of your heart' Goodreads reviewer `A moving portrait of the power of human kindness' Goodreads reviewer
Binding: Paperback / softback