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A 90-Year-Old's First Kiss Quest – A Funny, Heartwarming Literary Romance
by Marianne Cronin
The author of the beloved international hit The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot returns with a funny, uplifting story about the power of friendship and finding love in unexpected places.
Eddie Winston is 90 years old. He has lived and he has loved, but he has never been kissed.
A true gentleman and incurable romantic, Eddie spends his days volunteering at a charity shop, where he sorts through the donations of the living and the dead, preserving letters and tokens of love along the way. And it is here that he meets Bella, a troubled young woman who, at 24 years old, has just lost the love of her life.
When Bella learns that Eddie is yet to have his first kiss, she resolves to help Eddie Winston finally find love, sparking an adventure that will take them to unexpected places and, they hope, bring Eddie Winston to the moment he has waited for all his life.
A tale of friendship and kindness that reminds us that those we love are never forgotten and it is never too late to try again.
What are you reading this week? (7/24/2025)
Just finished: The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett – quirky and offbeat Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin – heartwarming The One and Only Vivian Stone by Melissa O'Connor – Hollywood historical fiction Circling the Sun by Paula McLain – beautiful writing...
-Mitzi_K
What book or books are you reading this week? (02/06/2025)
Blob - Maggie Su Eddie Winston is looking for love - Marianne Cronin The wager - David Grann The lotus shoes - Jane Yang Bulfinch's mythology - Thomas Bulfinch The divine comedy - Dante Alighieri
-Marijana_Bankovic
"Cronin blends real-feeling characters and several emotionally rich plot lines in this British charmer that is a powerfully sweet ode to human connection in all forms." —Booklist (starred review)
"A winning tale of second chances." —Publishers Weekly
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Marianne Cronin was born in 1990 and grew up in Warwickshire. After gaining her PhD in applied linguistics, she worked in academia until becoming a writer. Her first novel, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, published by Harper Perennial in 2021, was shortlisted for a Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction, and received the American Library Association Alex Award. She lives in the Midlands with her family and her cat.
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