The Story of Arthur Truluv
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"Truluv is a moving novel about three people who have lost the person they love most, and must find their way back to happiness. Arthur, a widower, meets Maddy, an angry and friendless teenage girl, while visiting his late wife at the cemetery, where he goes every day for lunch. Against all odds, the two strike up a friendship that pulls them out of a serious rut. They band together with Arthur's nosy neighbor Lucille, to create lives that are truly worth living. Proving that life's most precious moments are sweeter when shared, they go from strangers, to friends, to an untraditional but loving family. Betrayal, loneliness, romance and family are at the heart of this honey of a book, a must-read for fans of Elizabeth Berg's early work. This is a story about life being affirmed at all ages, old and young, and about finding happiness when hope seems lost. Readers will laugh, cry, and love Truluv"--
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3 primary books4 released booksMason
Mason is a 4-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Elizabeth Berg.
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Loved the story. It's about how a widower, a “spinster” and an 18 year old girl can form a family. Each of them suffered the loss of a loved one and they all approached it in different ways. Arthur and Lucille were neighbors but not friends per se. Maddie skipped classes in high school to find peace at a nearby cemetery. Arthur went to the cemetery every day to have lunch with his wife who died 6 months earlier. Maddie joined Arthur one day and a friendship ensued. Likewise, Arthur and Lucille became better acquainted as he walked the neighborhood in the evening. Each of them had suffered a devastating loss and bore the wounds. Of all of them, Arthur had the longest love of all and the wisdom and compassion to share it with Maddie and Lucille and thereby enrich his own life as well. It's sad, it's funny, it's compassionate, and it's hopeful.
I read this as it was on a library stand and recommended by two different librarians. It was a cute story and the characters were likeable although Lucille was a little on the nose sometimes!
