{"product_id":"mornings-with-rosemary-9781501182051","title":"Mornings with Rosemary","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe international bestselling debut about friendship and love--featuring the life-changing relationship between an anxious young reporter and an eighty-six-year-old lifelong swimmer that \"follows in the footsteps of the enormously popular \u003ci\u003eA Man Called Ove\u003c\/i\u003e...charming and heartwarming\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe're never too old to make new friends--or make a difference.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rosemary Peterson has lived in Brixton, London, all her life, but everything is changing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The library where she used to work has closed. The family grocery store has become a trendy bar. And now the lido, an outdoor pool where she's swum daily since its opening, is threatened with closure by a local housing developer. It was at the lido that Rosemary escaped the devastation of World War II; here she fell in love with her husband, George; here she found community during her marriage and since George's death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwentysomething Kate Matthews has moved to Brixton and feels desperately alone. A once-promising writer, she now covers forgettable stories for her local paper. That is, until she's assigned to write about the lido's closing. Soon Kate's portrait of the pool focuses on a singular woman: Rosemary. And as Rosemary slowly opens up to Kate, both women are nourished and transformed in ways they never thought possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Charming  and] an unusually poignant tale of married love\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eMornings with Rosemary \u003c\/i\u003eis a feel-good novel that captures the heart and spirit of a community across generations--an irresistible tale of love, loss, aging, and friendship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Originally published as \u003ci\u003eThe Lido\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501182051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Libby Page","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36654881439900,"sku":"9781501182051","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9b5a7020-6e41-4b7b-bb63-262c14d9199f.jpg?v=1603884296","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mornings-with-rosemary-9781501182051","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}