Marianne Cronin Knihy

Výjimečné přátelství a životy plné příběhů. Ten poslední začíná tady. Život je krátký. Nikdo to neví lépe než sedmnáctiletá Lenni, která ho tráví v nemocnici na oddělení pro nevyléčitelně nemocné. Ve snaze vyplnit jednotvárné dny se přihlásí do kurzu arteterapie. Když si však uvědomí, že se svými vrstevníky, které lékaři brzy propustí zpátky do normálního světa, nenachází společnou řeč, nechá se přeřadit ke skupině osmdesátníků. A právě tam potkává třiaosmdesátiletou Margot, moudrou ženu s komplikovanou minulostí, která Lenni úplně změní život. Lenni a Margot si brzy uvědomí, že dohromady prožily už sto let. Proto se rozhodnou, že za sebou zanechají něco trvalého: sto obrazů představujících sto roků jejich životů. Během společné práce Lenni a Margot sdílejí a malují příběhy let, které je přivedly až k tomuto šťastnému setkání na konci jejich dnů. Život s nimi však ještě tak docela neskončil.

An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories. Their last one begins here. Life is short. No-one knows that better than seventeen-year-old Lenni living on the terminal ward. But as she is about to learn, it's not only what you make of life that matters, but who you share it with. Dodging doctor's orders, she joins an art class where she bumps into fellow patient Margot, a rebel-hearted eight-three-year-old from the next ward. Their bond is instant as they realize that together they have lived an astonishing one hundred years. To celebrate their shared century, they decide to paint their life stories: of growing old and staying young, of giving joy, of receiving kindness, of losing love, of finding the person who is everything. As their extraordinary friendship deepens, it becomes vividly clear that life is not done with Lenni and Margot yet. Fiercely alive, disarmingly funny and brimming with tenderness, THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LENNI AND MARGOT unwraps the extraordinary gift of life even when it is about to be taken away, and revels in our infinite capacity for friendship and love when we need them most.

A “wonderfully joyful read” (Good Housekeeping) a funny, uplifting story about the power of friendship and finding love in unexpected places from the author of The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot: When twentysomething Bella learns that 90-year-old Eddie has never been kissed, she makes it her mission to help him find love.Eddie Winston is 90 years old. He has lived and loved, but he has never been kissed.A true gentleman and incurable romantic, Eddie spends his days volunteering at a charity shop, where he sorts through the donations of the living and the dead, preserving letters and tokens of love. It is here that he meets Bella, a troubled young woman who, at 24 years old, has just lost the love of her life.When Bella learns that Eddie is yet to have his first kiss, she resolves to help Eddie Winston finally find love, sparking an adventure that will take them to unexpected places and, they hope, bring Eddie Winston to the moment he has waited for all his life.A tale of friendship and kindness that reminds us that those we love are never forgotten and it is never too late to try again.