The Narrowboat Summer

From the author of Meet Me at the Museum,a charming novel of second chancesabout three womenone dogand the narrowboat that brings them together Eve expected Sally to come festooned with suitcases and overnight bags packed with everything she ownedbut she was wrong. She arrived on footwith a rucksack and a carrier bag. ΓÇ£I just walked awayΓÇ¥ she saidclimbing on to the boat. Eve knew what she meant. Meet Evewho has left her thirty-year career to become a Free Spirit; Sallywho has waved goodbye to her indifferent husband and two grown-up children; and Anastasiaa defiantly independent narrowboat-dwellerwho is suddenly landlocked and vulnerable. Before they quite know what theyΓÇÖve doneSally and Eve agree to drive AnastasiaΓÇÖs narrowboat on a journey through the canals of Englandas she awaits a life-saving operation. As they glide gently ΓÇô and not so gently ΓÇô through the countrysidethe eccentricities and challenges of narrowboat life draw them inexorably togetherand a tender and unforgettable story unfolds. At summerΓÇÖs endall three women must decide whether to return to the lives they left behindor forge a new path forward. Candidhilariousand upliftingAnne Youngson’s The Narrowboat Summer is a celebration of the power of friendship and new experiences to change oneΓÇÖs lifeat any age.