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“An amazingly heartfelt audiobook! Equal parts heartfelt and soul crushing, the story unwraps the extraordinary gift of life and finding friendship in unorthodox places, when its needed most. ”
— Colette • Moral Of The Story Bookstore
Brought to you by Penguin.
An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories.
Their last one begins here.
Life is short - no one knows that better than seventeen year-old Lenni Petterssen. On the Terminal Ward, the nurses are offering their condolences already, but Lenni still has plenty of living to do.
When she meets 83-year-old Margot Macrae, a fellow patient offering new friendship and enviable artistic skills, Lenni's life begins to soar in ways she'd never imagined.
As their bond deepens, a world of stories opens up: of wartime love and loss, of misunderstanding and reconciliation, of courage, kindness and joy.
Stories that have led Lenni and Margot to the end of their days.
Fiercely alive, disarmingly funny, and brimming with tenderness, THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LENNI AND MARGOT unwraps the extraordinary gift of life even when it is about to be taken away, and revels in our infinite capacity for friendship and love when we need it most.
'Emotional, involving, witth and sad. All my favourite things. Everyone is going to love LENNI AND MARGOT' JILL MANSELL
'Full of wisdom and kindness. It is just the kind of book I adore' JOANNA CANNON
'Touching and honest and funny. I completely and wholeheartedly fell for Lenni and Margot' NINA POTTELL
ยฉ Marianne Cronin 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Marianne Cronin was born in 1990 and grew up in Warwickshire. After gaining her PhD in applied linguistics, she worked in academia until becoming a writer. Her first novel, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, published by Doubleday in 2021, was voted 'most uplifting book of 2021' by The Independent and shortlisted for a Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction. She lives in the Midlands with her family and her cat.