The Lonely Hearts Book Club di Lucy Gilmore

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The Lonely Hearts Book Club (edizione 2023)

di Lucy Gilmore (Autore)

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Fiction. Literature. HTML: A young librarian and an old curmudgeon forge the unlikeliest of friendships in this charming, feel-good novel about one misfit book club and the lives (and loves) it changed along the way. Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never thinks of herself as lonely...but still she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her. Their sparring is such a highlight of Sloane's day that when Arthur doesn't show up one morning, she's instantly concerned. And then another day passes, and another. Anxious, Sloane tracks the old man down only to discover him all but bedridden...and desperately struggling to hide how happy he is to see her. Wanting to bring more cheer into Arthur's gloomy life, Sloane creates an impromptu book club. Slowly, the lonely misfits of their sleepy town begin to find each other, and in their book club, find the joy of unlikely friendship. Because as it turns out, everyone has a special book in their heart�??and a reason to get lost (and eventually found) within the pages. Books have a way of bringing even the loneliest of souls together...… (altro)

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Titolo:	The Lonely Hearts Book Club
Autori:	Lucy Gilmore (Autore)
Info:	Sourcebooks Casablanca (2023), 366 pages
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Review The Lonely Hearts Book Club Lucy Gilmore

The The Lonely Hearts Book Club unfolds in six sections with a different point of view character in each. We begin with Sloane and her interactions with Arthur McLachlan, then move to Maisey, Mateo, Greg, Arthur, and back to Sloane. Each character is a wounded survivor of a failed relationship or loss. All have resolved themselves to a life of lonely isolation.

Sloane, a librarian in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, forms an unlikely, combative relationship with Arthur McLachlin. When Arthur fails to show up daily, Sloane investigates, is fired from her job, and takes on the job of cataloging Arthur’s personal library. I was disappointed at the shift of point of view from Sloane to Maisey, but I soon found myself interested in Maisey’s situation. Sloane and Arthur’s continued inclusion provided continuity, which became the pattern as the story progressed through the other sections.

I found the book a quick read as the story interested me. Each character brings an added dimension, yet loneliness and an inability to move beyond past disappointments provide continuity. The Lonely Hearts Book Club is much more than a typical romance novel. (

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Tatoosh | May 4, 2024 |

Okay, I would have rather said 4 and a half stars, because it takes an awful lot to rate 5 in my view.

To me, five stars implies some kind of perfection, and this book was not perfect. But it really was loads better than many of my 4-stars. So.

The only real flaw was that it took a little too long for me to warm up to and believe the characters. I wondered if I might just give up and move on.

Plus I am a little spoiled by writers who have a more finely tuned ability to animate the reader's sense of place and setting.

But I am VERY glad I did not give up. It was like a love letter to those of us who really, really love books.

And it got better and better (yes, as my friend Diane said it would), until the end was a rich, beautiful completion that brilliantly sidestepped the maudlin and the overly predictable.

Highly recommended: a solid 4 and a half stars! (

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BethOwl | Jan 24, 2024 |

It is very rare that I include a book in my collection that I don't own. That means it is special and this book is. By and large the book club members were strangers to each other and the coming together makes the novel. They need each other even if they don't know it. I found the character development the entire premise of the book and that made it endearing. It is really irrelevant what books they read; the main point is that they come together and lift each other up. I highly recommend this book even if you don't belong to a book club yourself. I may even buy it. (

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book58lover | Jan 17, 2024 |

The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore came by way of Hoopla and was probably recommended because I listened to The Last List of Mabel Beaumont. Both books share an elderly main character who is befriended by younger people and they find that they can all help each other to face their lives. In this book, the character is Arthur, a truly mean old man who despite his best efforts cannot seem to keep the quirky young people out of his life and his house. He meets some of them at the local library and the group eventually finds themselves forming a book group. The book is told from multiple perspectives so we are able to experience the richness of all the characters' lives. I loved the focus on books with Anne of Green Gables, a favorite of mine, playing a central role.

witchyrichy | Nov 29, 2023 |

This book is emotional but still lighthearted and quirky at the same time. It starts with Sloane Parker, a librarian, who likes bantering with grouchy Arthur. Suddenly, Arthur does not appear the library. Sloane gets worried and decides to visit him at home. The book club started from there. Bookclub members are a mixed of different people who does not share anything in common except for their love of books. All I can say is that I love the book! I relate to all the characters in a way especially with their love for books. Thank you Netgalley and Sourcebook Casablanca for the ARC copy.

krizia_lazaro | Oct 16, 2023 |

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Gilmore (I Hate You More) knocks it out of the park with this passionate love letter to books, showing literature's power to offer solace, understanding, and human connection....Gilmore's complex characters jump off the page, and readers should have their handkerchiefs ready for some cathartic tears. This is a treat.

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The day I met Arthur MacLachlan was perfectly ordinary, / I woke up at my usual hour. I ate my usual bowl of oatmeal while hunched over the last few pages of my library copy of Parable of the Sower. I can't remember what I wore, but I'm pretty sure it was both machine washable and designed for comfort.

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Fiction. Literature. HTML:

A young librarian and an old curmudgeon forge the unlikeliest of friendships in this charming, feel-good novel about one misfit book club and the lives (and loves) it changed along the way.

Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never thinks of herself as lonely...but still she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her. Their sparring is such a highlight of Sloane's day that when Arthur doesn't show up one morning, she's instantly concerned. And then another day passes, and another.

Anxious, Sloane tracks the old man down only to discover him all but bedridden...and desperately struggling to hide how happy he is to see her. Wanting to bring more cheer into Arthur's gloomy life, Sloane creates an impromptu book club. Slowly, the lonely misfits of their sleepy town begin to find each other, and in their book club, find the joy of unlikely friendship. Because as it turns out, everyone has a special book in their heart�??and a reason to get lost (and eventually found) within the pages.

Books have a way of bringing even the loneliest of souls together...

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