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A review by okiecozyreader
Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
“There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl.”
The Ramblin’ Rover by Andy Stewart
Both books by this author have two main characters- one of an older age and one remarkably younger and how they become found family. I have found I love British found family books and this is no exception.
Eddie Winston (the main narrator) is 90 and working at a charity shop. One day, Bella comes in with a box of things that were her boyfriend’s, who has recently died. Eddie has a habit of keeping things that he thinks means something to people, just in case they come back for them later. Because he once had a woman he cared about, whose husband donated a locket that was special to her, and she felt it was better to not look for it, than to not be able to find it.
We go back to his meetings with her as a young man, we meet Bella in the park, and we go with Eddie on his search for his first kiss. This book gives us several points of view from different characters (some with very minor roles), but it’s always a surprise what will happen.
“I’ve never really known whether I am rescuing or stealing the items I take from the shop. Whether I am an archivist or a thief.” P32
“Why won’t you tell me about your first kiss?” “I can’t tell you,” I say, raising my glass and toasting to her, “because it hasn’t happened yet.” P50
…
“It’s not too late, Eddie Winston.” P54
“My grandmother used to say that anger is the jacket that fear wears to keep from shaking.” P57
“The years fly, don’t they?” she says with a sigh.
I wonder if they do. Like birds, forever flapping away from us, off to sunnier climes.” P100
“I wanted to know what Shakespeare and Brontë and Austen had to say about the matter, so that I might be better prepared.”p170
“And it all begins,” she says, “with just one moment where something tips, from friendship into something else.” P175
“Bella’s definition of love will have to be expanded to include friendship. Because friendship is just two people who can’t keep away from each other.” P200
That have never yet kissed a girl.”
The Ramblin’ Rover by Andy Stewart
Both books by this author have two main characters- one of an older age and one remarkably younger and how they become found family. I have found I love British found family books and this is no exception.
Eddie Winston (the main narrator) is 90 and working at a charity shop. One day, Bella comes in with a box of things that were her boyfriend’s, who has recently died. Eddie has a habit of keeping things that he thinks means something to people, just in case they come back for them later. Because he once had a woman he cared about, whose husband donated a locket that was special to her, and she felt it was better to not look for it, than to not be able to find it.
We go back to his meetings with her as a young man, we meet Bella in the park, and we go with Eddie on his search for his first kiss. This book gives us several points of view from different characters (some with very minor roles), but it’s always a surprise what will happen.
“I’ve never really known whether I am rescuing or stealing the items I take from the shop. Whether I am an archivist or a thief.” P32
“Why won’t you tell me about your first kiss?” “I can’t tell you,” I say, raising my glass and toasting to her, “because it hasn’t happened yet.” P50
…
“It’s not too late, Eddie Winston.” P54
“My grandmother used to say that anger is the jacket that fear wears to keep from shaking.” P57
“The years fly, don’t they?” she says with a sigh.
I wonder if they do. Like birds, forever flapping away from us, off to sunnier climes.” P100
“I wanted to know what Shakespeare and Brontë and Austen had to say about the matter, so that I might be better prepared.”p170
“And it all begins,” she says, “with just one moment where something tips, from friendship into something else.” P175
“Bella’s definition of love will have to be expanded to include friendship. Because friendship is just two people who can’t keep away from each other.” P200