A BEST OF SUMMER READ ACCORDING TO NEWSWEEK, PARADE MAGAZINE, NBC NEWS, LITHUB, AND POPSUGAR! An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a List of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb.
Slowly, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again..
When Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha passes along the Reading list...hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too.
As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she\'s facing at home.
Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other.
It\'s a List of novels that she\'s never heard of before.
Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird.
He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room Reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.
Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in Wembley, in West London after losing his beloved wife.
A BEST OF SUMMER READ ACCORDING TO NEWSWEEK, PARADE MAGAZINE, NBC NEWS, LITHUB, AND POPSUGAR! An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a List of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb
