The first book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page—an utterly charming romance that finds grieving Tilly learning to love again with the help of twelve posthumously selected titles from her late husband.
The book will be released on 29 January and Libby’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 27 January.
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This Book Made Me Think of You
Twelve stories. Twelve months. Once chance to heal her heart…
When Tilly Nightingale receives a call telling her there’s a birthday gift from her husband waiting for her at her local bookshop, it couldn’t come as more of a shock. Partly, because she can’t remember the last time she read a book for pleasure. Mainly, because Joe died five months ago…
The gift is simple – twelve carefully chosen books from Joe, one for each month, to help her turn the page on her first year without him.
And so, begins a reading-inspired journey that takes Tilly around the world; from bustling sidewalks in New York and the tree-lined avenues of Paris to the tranquil Tuscan countryside and the white sands of Bali. With the help of the bookshop owner, Alfie, Tilly starts to discover who she is now, after Joe.
But can Tilly’s year of books show her how to love again?
About the author
Libby Page is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lido, The 24-Hour Café, The Island Home, The Vintage Shop and The Lifeline. This Book Made Me Think of You is her sixth novel. She lives in Somerset with her husband and young son.
A word from Libby
“I couldn’t be happier to learn that This Book Made Me Think of You has been chosen for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club. The book is my love letter to reading, and to all the bookish champions who do so much to get the right books into the hands of the right readers, so it means a lot to know it connected with the librarians who had the challenging task of choosing the final list. For a book that explores the joy, adventure and escapism of reading, it feels very poignant to have the support of The Reading Agency and the BBC Radio 2 Book Club, who each do so much to celebrate books, the people who tell them and all those who love to read them. My heartfelt thanks, from this very happy ‘library mouse’ (if you read the book you’ll understand the reference!).”
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