Phaedra Patrick writes warm contemporary fiction about lonely or stuck people whose lives change through unexpected objects, journeys or encounters. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper follows a widower tracing the history of charms on his late wife’s bracelet, while The Library of Lost and Found centres on a librarian who receives a mysterious book connected to her family past. The Messy Lives of Book People turns to an aspiring writer working for a difficult novelist, and The Little Italian Hotel gathers strangers around grief and reinvention. Patrick’s novels are gentle, character-led and lightly whimsical rather than heavily romantic. They suit readers of uplifting fiction, bookish stories, later-life change and contemporary novels with a touch of everyday mystery. Read more Less
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