Finding Henry Applebee

‘An absolute delight . It’s beautiful and elegiac and written with such a good heart ’ BAFTA award-winning screenwriter and producer Russell T. Davies OBE ‘A simply heart-string tugging book that offers a ready escape route from these testing time’ Jon Gower, Nation Cymru Here Henry was, once again in a bustling train station, ready to resume where he had left off all those years ago… Finding Henry Applebee is a charming, tender and uplifting story about unlikely friendships, the power of love – and how it’s never too late to change your life. Perfect for fans of The Single Ladies of the Jacaranda Retirement Village and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Eighty-five-year-old Henry Arthur Applebee has had a pretty good life. But one regret has haunted him for the last sixty-five years. And so, on an ordinary December morning, he boards a train from London to Edinburgh. His goal is simple: to find the woman who disappeared from his life decades earlier. But Henry isn’t the only person on a mission. Also bound for Edinburgh is troubled teen, Ariel. And when the two strangers collide, what began as one humble journey will catapult them both into a whole new world… What readers are saying: 'A great book … I highly recommend it to those interested in a narrative that touches one's heart and soul' Peter Thabit Jones ‘Beautifully written, wonderfully warm ’ bestselling author Zara Stoneley ‘An uplifting read … tender, beautiful writing and wonderful observations’ bestselling author Tracy Rees ‘An intricate , absorbing, sliding puzzle of a story about friendship, family and love’ bestselling author Iona Grey ‘Just wonderful ’ Goodreads reviewer ‘This book will warm the cockles of your heart ’ Goodreads reviewer ‘A moving portrait of the power of human kindness ’ Goodreads reviewer