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Meet Me at the Museum

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson, read by Helen Lloyd and Lars Knudsen.

Sometimes it takes a stranger to really know who you are


When Tina Hopgood writes a letter of regret to a man she has never met, she doesn’t expect a reply.

When Anders Larsen, a lonely museum curator, answers it, nor does he.

They’re both searching for something, they just don’t know it yet.

Anders has lost his wife, along with his hopes and dreams for the future. Tina is trapped in a marriage she doesn’t remember choosing.

Slowly their correspondence blossoms as they bare their souls to each other with stories of joy, anguish and discovery. But then Tina’s letters suddenly cease, and Anders is thrown into despair.

Can their unexpected friendship survive?

The Observer Promising first-time British novelists 2018: 'A novel about self-discovery and second chances'

'Warm-hearted, clear-minded, and unexpectedly spellbinding, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to savour' ANNIE BARROWS, co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

‘A beautiful, affecting novel of late love, by an extraordinary new writer’ NINA STIBBE

'A quirky, wise and tender novel. Proof that the richest fruits come on the edge of autumn' SARAH DUNANT

'Quietly intriguing, beautifully observed, full of powerful emotions' RUTH HOGAN, Author of The Keeper of Lost Things

‘Tender, wise and moving, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to cherish.’ JOHN BOYNE

‘A moving tribute to friendship and love, to the courage of the ordinary, and to starting again’ RACHEL JOYCE

'I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone looking for a book that makes you think and wonder and quietly hope. I loved it' TAMMY COHEN

'Insightful, emotionally acute and absorbing' Daily Express

'The loveliest short novel of late love you'll ever read. Whenever I talk about it, I simply cry with joy' JAMES HAWES


'Meet Me at the Museum starts so quiet and small like a bud tightly closed against the winter then it unfurls into something so alive and truly beautiful. I was immensely moved by it' TOR UDALL, author of A Thousand Paper Birds

'Precise, clear, funny, poignant and truthful. This is a work of art, dear readers.
Revel in its beauty' ADRIANA TRIGIANI

Critics Review

Exquisite. Its characters somehow resist following their story and reverse themselves into a new one. A beautiful lasting read.
JAMES HANNAH, author of THE A TO Z OF YOU AND ME
Insightful, emotionally acute and absorbing
Daily Express Literary highlights 2018
A moving tribute to friendship and love, to the courage of the ordinary, and to starting again.
RACHEL JOYCE
‘Tender, wise and moving, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to cherish.’
JOHN BOYNE
Full of grace and humanity
Sunday Times
A thoughtful and gentle meditation on buried passions, regrets, love, grief and loneliness . . . Youngson’s debut offers hope for change in its tender exploration of what it means to have experienced a life well-lived.
Guardian
The loveliest short novel of late love you'll ever read. Whenever I talk about it, I simply cry with joy
JAMES HAWES
Quietly intriguing, beautifully observed, full of powerful emotions
RUTH HOGAN, Author of The Keeper of Lost Things
I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone looking for a book that makes you think and wonder and quietly hope. Loved it.
Tammy Cohen
A quirky, wise and tender novel. Proof that the richest fruits come on the edge of autumn
SARAH DUNANT
Author Anne Youngson
Narrator Lars H Knudsen, Helen Lloyd
Duration 6 hours and 30 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473561878
Format Audiobook
Publisher Transworld
Genre Epistolary fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Availability AU, GB, IE

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