- Goodreads Choice: Best Fiction 2021 shortlisted - Author's Club First Novel Award longlisted
- Voted Best Uplifting Book in the independent 'Emotional involving witty and sad. Everyone
is going to love Lenni and Margot' JILL MANSELL 'Lenni and Margot are two of the most wonderful
warm witty and wise heroines I've ever met. Beautiful and glorious' CLARE POOLEY author of
The Authenticity Project Fiercely alive disarmingly funny and brimming with tenderness THE
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LENNI AND MARGOT unwraps the extraordinary gift of life and revels in our
infinite capacity for friendship and love when we need them most.
_______________________________________ Life is short. No-one knows that better than
seventeen-year-old Lenni. 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 friendship deepens it becomes vividly clear that life is
not done with Lenni and Margot yet. An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories. Their
last one begins here. --------------------------------------------- VOTED BEST UPLIFTING BOOK
OF 2021 BY THE INDEPENDENT 'Full of wisdom and kindness. It is just the kind of book I adore'
JOANNA CANNON 'Such a delight! I fell head over heels for Lenni and Margot their wit and
vibrancy and marvellous outlooks on life. An utter joy' ABBIE GREAVES 'Charged with light and
colour. Gloriously original and full of wisdom humour and hope. It made me think and care and
laugh and cry. One of my all-time favourite books' HAZEL PRIOR author of Away with the
Penguins 'This is something special: moving joyful and life-affirming' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Book
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