59 Memory Lane

Written by Celia Anderson

Narrated by Annette Holland

’A brilliantly original and enchanting tale’ Sun ‘Wonderful characters make this a great read’ Good Housekeeping ‘Truly unique…unforgettable’ Woman’s Weekly

‘Warm, romantic and different, in the very best way’ Katie Fforde, Sunday Times bestseller

‘I absolutely adored it!’ Ruth Hogan, bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things

May Rosevere has reached the grand old age of one-hundred-and-ten, thanks to several slices of toast with butter every morning, a glass (or two) of port, and the wonders of the Cornish sea air – or so she tells everyone.

But there’s much more to May than her remarkable age. She has a secret. One that no one has ever discovered …

Praise for 59 Memory Lane

‘Wonderfully different and enchanting…A reading treasure trove of delight’ Love Reading

‘Anderson has woven more than a hint of magic through the pages’ Sunday Times bestseller Heidi Swain

‘I haven’t felt so happy sad at the door closing on characters I’ve come to love in a long time’ Jules Wake

‘An absolute gem of a book’ Sue Fortin, USA Today bestseller

‘A rich, warm and enchanting read, stuffed full of wonderful characters that I felt, by the end, I knew like my own neighbours’ Anna Stuart

‘So warm and engaging, with witty and relatable characters I was rooting for every step of the way’ Leah Mercer

‘Scrumptious!’ Julie Vince

‘I defy anyone not to fall in love with this delightful cast of characters, or to be drawn into their compelling, if complicated, lives’ Jenni Keer

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Jun 27, 2019
• ISBN: 9780008305437

Celia Anderson

Celia Anderson lives with her husband as far away from the sea as you can possibly get in mainland UK. She dreams of buying a cottage on the coast, which explains the regular appearances in her books of seaside places with wide, sandy beaches. Celia loves walking, reading, having large, bubbly baths, eating, and drinking wine. Over the years, she has found that all of these activities bar the first may be done simultaneously, although this can be messy.

Reviews for 59 Memory Lane

[fernemysteryreader · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

May Rosevere is 110 and has had a wish since childhood to live until she is 111 that was instigated by something her father once said to her. May is a kleptomaniac but the way she looks at it is that she is "collecting their treasured objects so that she can do what she terms her thought-harvesting." There were many more opportunities when she lived in the village but now she lives out by the sea and also cannot physically pop in for quick visits to neighbors which lessens her opportunities to obtain things.This is a beautifully written story about the grudges neighbors can hold in silence and miss the beauty of friendship and caring for one another if they don't wait until it is too late to begin talking to one another. Listening to the other side of the story can put the past in perspective and enjoy newly discovered harmony. It also conveys the worries of a single father trying to do his very best in parenting an inquisitive and precocious little girl, and the loneliness of a grandmother still grieving for the loss of her husband. It highlights the anxiety of a granddaughter who is devoted to her grandmother but also to her career and isn't sure how to be in 2 places at the same time.Even if you rarely do, I would like to highly recommend reading the Celia Anderson's "Acknowledgements" to learn her inspiration for this novel as well as in her own words "another powerful catalyst." The story is especially enchanting for all who remember the joy of letter writing. And for all who have read "The Keeper of Lost Things" by Ruth Hogan this novel will be especially heartwarming.