Author: Marianne Cronin
- Fiction
- Planeta Publishing Corporation
- ISBN: 9786070774966
- Release Date: 05-25-2021
Synopsis
La vida es corta, y nadie lo sabe mejor que Lenni Pettersson a sus diecisiete años. Enfadada con el mundo porque el tiempo se le acaba, Lenni todavía tiene mucho que experimentar y demasiadas preguntas sin respuesta.
Margot tiene ochenta y tres años. Cuando conoce a Lenni en el taller de arte del hospital le ofrece su amistad incondicional. A partir de ese momento, los días de Lenni se expanden como nunca hubiera imaginado: las historias que le cuenta la anciana le harán soñar todas las vidas que la enfermedad le negará.
La novela más luminosa y conmovedora del año. Una amistad extraordinaria que cambiará sus vidas. La novela más luminosa y conmovedora del año.
An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories.
Seventeen-year-old Lenni Pettersson lives on the Terminal Ward at the Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital. Though the teenager has been told she's dying, she still has plenty of living to do. Joining the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets the magnificent Margot, an 83-year-old, purple-pajama-wearing, fruitcake-eating rebel, who transforms Lenni in ways she never imagined.
As their friendship blooms, a world of stories opens 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 the century they have lived-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 a friendship that transcends time.
