{"product_id":"9781501182051","title":"Mornings with Rosemary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe international bestselling debut about friendship and love—featuring the life-changing relationship between an anxious young reporter and an eighty-six-year-old lifelong swimmer that “follows in the footsteps of the enormously popular\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Man Called Ove\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e…charming and heartwarming” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe’re never too old to make new friends or make a difference.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRosemary Peterson has lived in Brixton, London, all her life, but everything is changing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe library where she used to work has closed. The family grocery store has become a trendy bar. And now the lido, an outdoor pool where she’s swum daily since its opening, is threatened with closure by a local housing developer. It was at the lido that Rosemary escaped the devastation of World War II; here she fell in love with her husband, George; here she found community during her marriage and since George’s death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwenty something Kate Matthews has moved to Brixton and feels desperately alone. A once-promising writer, she now covers forgettable stories for her local paper. That is, until she’s assigned to write about the lido’s closing. Soon Kate’s portrait of the pool focuses on a singular woman: Rosemary. And as Rosemary slowly opens up to Kate, both women are nourished and transformed in ways they never thought possible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Charming [and] an unusually poignant tale of married love” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMornings with Rosemary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a feel-good novel that captures the heart and spirit of a community across generations—an irresistible tale of love, loss, aging, and friendship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*Originally published as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lido\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Libby Page","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":52729655656608,"sku":"9781501182051","price":9.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/39654063.jpg?v=1755812754","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781501182051","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}