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The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

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“A beautiful debut, funny, tender, and animated by a willingness to confront life’s obstacles and find a way to survive. . . . It celebrates friendship, finds meaning in difficulty and lets the reader explore dark places while always allowing for the possibility of light. Lenni and Margot are fine companions for all our springtime journeys.”—Harper’s Bazaar, UK A charming, fiercely alive and disarmingly funny debut novel in the vein of John Green, Rachel Joyce, and Jojo Moyes—a brave testament to the power of living each day to the fullest, a tribute to the stories that we live, and a reminder of our unlimited capacity for friendship and love.An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories. Seventeen-year-old Lenni Pettersson lives on the Terminal Ward at the Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital. Though the teenager has been told she’s dying, she still has plenty of living to do. Joining the hospital’s arts and crafts class, she meets the magnificent Margot, an 83-year-old, purple-pajama-wearing, fruitcake-eating rebel, who transforms Lenni in ways she never imagined.As their friendship blooms, a world of stories opens for these unlikely companions who, between them, have been alive for one hundred years. Though their days are dwindling, both are determined to leave their mark on the world. With the help of Lenni’s doting palliative care nurse and Father Arthur, the hospital’s patient chaplain, Lenni and Margot devise a plan to create one hundred paintings showcasing the stories of the century they have lived—stories of love and loss, of courage and kindness, of unexpected tenderness and pure joy.Though the end is near, life isn’t quite done with these unforgettable women just yet.Delightfully funny and bittersweet, heartbreaking yet ultimately uplifting, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot reminds us of the preciousness of life as it considers the legacy we choose to leave, how we influence the lives of others even after we’re gone, and the wonder of a friendship that transcends time.

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ISBN9780063092761
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication Date06/01/21
Pages352

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  • liliabooklover
    liliabooklover

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    5.0

    Magst du Bücher, die dein Herz brechen? Wenn ja, dann is dieses Buch definitiv etwas für dich! Eine starke, schmerzliche, interessante und vor allem wundervolle Geschichte. Was ist wenn ein junger und ein alter Mensch gemeinsam Erinnerungen schaffen? Erinnerungen, die in die Welt getragen werden. Zwei so unterschiedliche und irgendwo auch ähnliche Menschen finden zu einander. Es entsteht eine tolle Freundschaft und damit auch ein einzigartiges Projekt. Begleite hier Lenni und Margot auf ihrem Weg und erfahre Geschichtenaus ihrem Leben. Ich hatte so oft Tränen in den Augen und am Ende werden definitiv Taschentücher gebraucht. Mein Herz schmerzte und litt so sehr mit. Mein Bedürfnis in dieses Buch zu reisen und die Protagonisten in den Arm zu nehmen war sehr stark. Starkes Buch! 💔❤️‍🩹❤️

    May 4, 2026

  • _areaderslife
    _areaderslife

    403 Followers

    “Do you know”, she said slowly, “that the stars that we see the clearest are already dead?” “Well, that’s depressing.” I took my hand from here. “No”, she said gently, linking her arm through mine, “it’s not depressing, it’s beautiful. They’ve been gone for who knows how long, but we can still see them. They live on.” They live on.

    Dieses Buch ist schon jetzt eins meiner Lesehighlights des Jahres. Das, was für mich diese Geschichte auszeichnet und so besonders macht, sind nicht nur die Figuren Lenni und Margot an sich, die man wirklich sofort ins Herz schließt, sondern vor allem die Freundschaft der beiden, die im Verlauf des Buches immer weiter wächst und ihre Wurzeln immer tiefer schlägt. Es ist eine Freundschaft, die der Traurigkeit und der Tragik der Geschichte ein bisschen die Schwere nimmt. Eine Freundschaft, die unter die Haut geht und berührt - genauso wie die Geschichte zweier Frauen und deren Leben. Dementsprechend glich dieses Buch auch einer Achterbahn der Emotionen und, obwohl mir am Ende einfach nur ein Sturzbach aus Tränen das Gesicht herunter lief, hätte ich es am liebsten direkt noch einmal von vorne gelesen, weil ich die Figuren gar nicht loslassen wollte.

    “Do you know”, she said slowly, “that the stars that we see the clearest are already dead?”
“Well, that’s depressing.” I took my hand from here.
“No”, she said gently, linking her arm through mine, “it’s not depressing, it’s beautiful. They’ve been gone for who knows how long, but we can still see them. They live on.”
They live on.

    Jun 19, 2022

  • abookobsessed
    abookobsessed

    61 Followers

    4.0

    I received an ARC from my local bookstore for this book. For someone who usually does not read literary fiction that often, I actually quite enjoyed this book. It explores many interesting topics such as faith, life, friendship, love, and death, and it did so in a very open and often times funny way. Definitely would recommend this for fans of JoJo Moyes or John Green.

    Nov 15, 2022

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