Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
Publication Date: August 30, 2022
Publisher: Berkley
Genre: Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Historical Fiction
Synopsis:
Strangers on a London bus unite to help an elderly man find his missed love connection in the heartwarming new novel from the acclaimed author of The Last Chance Library.
When Libby Nicholls arrives in London, brokenhearted and with her life in tatters, the first person she meets on the bus is elderly Frank. He tells her about the time in 1962 that he met a girl on the number 88 bus with beautiful red hair just like hers. They made plans for a date at the National Gallery art museum, but Frank lost the bus ticket with her number on it. For the past sixty years, he’s ridden the same bus trying to find her, but with no luck.
Libby is inspired to action and, with the help of an unlikely companion, she papers the bus route with posters advertising their search. Libby begins to open her guarded heart to new friendships and a budding romance, as her tightly controlled world expands. But with Frank’s dementia progressing quickly, their chance of finding the girl on the 88 bus is slipping away.
More than anything, Libby wants Frank to see his lost love one more time. But their quest also shows Libby just how important it is to embrace her own chances for happiness—before it’s too late—in a beautifully uplifting novel about how a shared common experience among strangers can transform lives in the most marvelous ways.
Why I Can’t Wait!
I have not read a book by Freya Sampson, but I’ve heard she’s very good, and the blurb seems like something I’d like.
What book or books are you anxiously waiting for? Comment below!
This sounds adorable — i hope it’s as good a read as it sounds!
Thank you! I hope so too.
This is a lovely read and I’m sure that you will love it
I think I will!
This one does look good although it has a different title in the UK, I wonder why they decide to do that 😂
I’ve often wondered about the marketing people!
This sounds like a great story, Wendy. I have read a book by Freya Sampson and I liked it. Off to NG to see if I can get this one.
Thank you! I hope you’re able to get it.
This sounds like a very good story. The idea that his time is running out because of dementia is so sad though. I guess it is a good reminder to all of us to enjoy the present because we don’t know what our future (on earth) holds.
That’s so true, Linda
Sounds like a cute read Wendy! I look forward to reading your review of it.☺️
Thank you, Jodie!
This sounds lovely. 😊
Thank you!
It sounds interesting, I hope you enjoy it when you get a chance to read it!
Thank you, Cindy
This one sounds really good. Great choice Wendy.🤗📚💜
Thank you, Susan
This sounds like a very sweet story. Great pick!
Thank you, Tessa
This sounds like such a wholesome story. Definitely gonna be an emotional one, I think! 😭
Yes! I’ll have the tissues nearby.