Meet Me at the Museum, Anne Youngson
Meet Me at the Museum, Anne Youngson
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Meet Me at the Museum
A Novel

Author: Anne Youngson

Narrator: Helen Lloyd, Lars Knudsen

Unabridged: 6 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/07/2018

Synopsis

“Warm-hearted, clear-minded, and unexpectedly spellbinding, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to savor.” — Annie Barrows, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

In Denmark, Professor Anders Larsen, an urbane man of facts, has lost his wife and his hopes for the future. On an isolated English farm, Tina Hopgood is trapped in a life she doesn’t remember choosing. Both believe their love stories are over.

Brought together by a shared fascination with the Tollund Man, subject of Seamus Heaney’s famous poem, they begin writing letters to one another. And from their vastly different worlds, they find they have more in common than they could have imagined. As they open up to one another about their lives, an unexpected friendship blooms. But then Tina’s letters stop coming, and Anders is thrown into despair. How far are they willing to go to write a new story for themselves?

More praise for Meet Me at the Museum:

"the charmer of the summer...A touching, hopeful story about about figuring out what matters and mustering the courage to make the necessary changes." — NPR

About Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson is retired and lives in Oxfordshire. She has two children and three grandchildren to date. Her debut novel, Meet Me at the Museum, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on May 01, 2023

Meet me at the Museum by Anne Youngson is a wonderfully written story about two people who exchange letters (remember the the old-fashioned way?) over a period of a year or so. The initial letter was written by a woman called Tina Hopgood to the curator of a Danish museum enquiring about the famous......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on July 31, 2020

4.5 stars This is a beautiful, beautiful book. Meet Me at the Museum is told solely through letters between Tina Hopgood, a farmer’s wife in England, and Anders Larsen, the curator at a Danish museum. As they continue to write back and forth to each other, their lives, loves and losses are unveiled t......more

Goodreads review by Neale on December 17, 2019

When Tina Hopgood writes a letter to Professor Glob, she is not expecting to receive a reply. She knows that he is probably dead as he would have to be over 100 years old now. Back in 1964 a group of girls including Tina wrote a letter to Professor Glob. He wrote a book The Bog people, who the girls......more

Quotes

"[L]ovely audiobook...warm, thoughtful...deeply satisfying." -AudioFile, Editor's Pick

"[S]low down to savor Lars Knudsen and Helen Lloyd’s lovely joint narration of one of the year’s most unexpected, smile-inducing novels." -AudioFile Blog

“A farmer’s wife and a museum curator begin a life-changing correspondence in this lovely book by Anne Youngson, a first-time novelist at age 70.”
—Woman’s Day (Editor’s Choice)

“Beautifully written and deeply moving, Meet Me at the Museum is a superb—and tenderhearted—debut that wil interest anyone who's ever questioned how they became the person they are today.”
—Shelf Awareness

“A thoughtful meditation on buried passions, regrets, love, grief, and loneliness. But Youngson’s debut offers hope for change in its tender exploration of what it means to have experienced a life well-lived.”
—The Guardian

“Already being hailed as a classic…Absolutely beautiful, about loss and the life choices we make.”
—Daily Mail

“Warm-hearted, clear-minded, and unexpectedly spellbinding, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to savor.”
—Annie Barrows, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

"Precise, clear, funny, poignant, and truthful. This is a work of art, dear readers. Revel in its beauty.”
—Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife and Lucia, Lucia

“A moving tribute to friendship and love, to the courage of the ordinary, and to starting again.”
—Rachel Joyce, New York Times bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

“Exquisite. Its characters somehow resist following their story and reverse themselves into a new one. A beautiful, lasting read.”
—James Hannah, author of The A to Z of You and Me

“Tender, wise, and moving, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to cherish.”
—John Boyne, New York Times bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

“A wise and tender novel. Proof that the richest fruits come on the edge of autumn.”
—Sarah Dunant, New York Times bestselling author of The Birth of Venus

“Intriguing and compelling, Meet Me at the Museum invites you into the meeting place between two people, imparting wisdom, thought, and endless charm.”
—Jennifer Ryan, bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir

“A beautiful, affecting novel of late love.”
—Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina

“Readers are sure to love this wise and witty debut that celebrates the art of letter writing and the kindness of strangers.”
—Phaedra Patrick, author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

“Full of grace and humanity.”
—Sunday Times

“If you only read one book this year, read this. Highly recommended.”
—Mature Times

“Insightful, emotionally acute, and absorbing.”
—The Daily Express

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