{"product_id":"narrowboat-summer-book-anne-youngson-9781250764614","title":"The Narrowboat Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lovely...Another heartening story about the possibility of striking out in a new direction at any age. It is also a soothing read, especially welcome in these anxious times.\" --\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the author of \u003ci\u003eMeet Me at the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e, a charming novel of second chances, about three women, one dog, and the narrowboat that brings them together\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eve expected Sally to come festooned with suitcases and overnight bags packed with everything she owned, but she was wrong. She arrived on foot, with a rucksack and a carrier bag.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"I just walked away,\" she said, climbing on to the boat. Eve knew what she meant.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Meet Eve, who has left her thirty-year career to become a Free Spirit; Sally, who has waved goodbye to her indifferent husband and two grown-up children; and Anastasia, a defiantly independent narrowboat-dweller, who is suddenly landlocked and vulnerable.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Before they quite know what they've done, Sally and Eve agree to drive Anastasia's narrowboat on a journey through the canals of England, as she awaits a life-saving operation. As they glide gently - and not so gently - through the countryside, the eccentricities and challenges of narrowboat life draw them inexorably together, and a tender and unforgettable story unfolds. At summer's end, all three women must decide whether to return to the lives they left behind, or forge a new path forward.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Candid, hilarious, and uplifting, Anne Youngson's \u003ci\u003eThe Narrowboat Summer\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the power of friendship and new experiences to change one's life, at any age.\u003c\/p\u003e rrowboat on a journey through the canals of England, as she awaits a life-saving operation. As they glide gently - and not so gently - through the countryside, the eccentricities and challenges of narrowboat life draw them inexorably together, and a tender and unforgettable story unfolds. At summer's end, all three women must decide whether to return to the lives they left behind, or forge a new path forward.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Candid, hilarious, and uplifting, Anne Youngson's \u003ci\u003eThe Narrowboat Summer\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the power of friendship and new experiences to change one's life, at any age.rrowboat on a journey through the canals of England, as she awaits a life-saving operation. As they glide gently - and not so gently - through the countryside, the eccentricities and challenges of narrowboat life draw them inexorably together, and a tender and unforgettable story unfolds. At summer's end, all three women must decide whether to return to the lives they left behind, or forge a new path forward.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Candid, hilarious, and uplifting, Anne Youngson's \u003ci\u003eThe Narrowboat Summer\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the power of friendship and new experiences to change one's life, at any age.rrowboat on a journey through the canals of England, as she awaits a life-saving operation. As they glide gently - and not so gently - through the countryside, the eccentricities and challenges of narrowboat life draw them inexorably together, and a tender and unforgettable story unfolds. 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