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"Includes P.S. insights, interviews, & more . . ." |
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"An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories."--Cover. |
| Summary |
"Seventeen-year-old Lenni Pettersson lives on the Terminal Ward at the Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital. Though she's been told she's dying, Lenni still has plenty of living to do. Joining the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets the magnificent Margot, an eighty-three-year-old, purple-pajama-wearing, fruitcake-eating rebel, who transforms Lenni's life in ways she never imagined. As their friendship blooms, a world of stories opens up for these unlikely companions who, between them, have been alive for one hundred years. Though their days are dwindling, both are determined to leave their mark on the world. With the help of Lenni's doting palliative care nurse and Father Arthur, the hospital's patient chaplain, Lenni and Margot devise a plan to create one hundred paintings showcasing the stories of love and loss, of courage and kindness, of unexpected tenderness and pure joy. Though the end is near, life isn't quite done with these unforgettable women just yet. Delightfully funny and bittersweet, heartbreaking yet ultimately uplifting, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot reminds us of the preciousness of life as it considers the legacy we choose to leave, how we influence the lives of others even after we're gone, and the wonder of friendship that transcends time"-- Dust jacket. |
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Teenage girls -- Fiction.
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Artists -- Fiction.
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Older women -- Fiction.
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Terminally ill adolescents -- Fiction.
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Intergenerational relations -- Fiction.
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Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
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Female friendship -- Fiction.
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Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction.
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Painting -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Novels.
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| Other title |
100 years of Lenni and Margot |
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Hundred years of Lenni and Margot |
| ISBN |
9780063092761
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006309276X
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