The One Hundred Years Of Lenni and Margot

 By: Marianne Cronin

Location: FIC CRO

Genre: Mrs Bichan kinda book!!!!!!  

THIS QUOTE- IM IN LOVE WITH IT!!!!!

“There are some words in the Lord’s Prayer that I don’t know. But I do know the word art. It’s a necessary inclusion, I think. We should all be artists. Especially if God is doing art in heaven; we should follow his example.”

An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories.
Their last one begins here.

Life is short. No-one knows that better than seventeen-year-old Lenni living on the terminal ward. But as she is about to learn, it's not only what you make of life that matters, but who you share it with.

Dodging doctor's orders, she joins an art class where she bumps into fellow patient Margot, a rebel-hearted eight-three-year-old from the next ward. Their bond is instant as they realize that together they have lived an astonishing one hundred years.

To celebrate their shared century, they decide to paint their life stories: of growing old and staying young, of giving joy, of receiving kindness, of losing love, of finding the person who is everything.

As their extraordinary friendship deepens, it becomes vividly clear that life is not done with Lenni and Margot yet.

Fiercely alive, disarmingly funny and brimming with tenderness, THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LENNI AND MARGOT unwraps the extraordinary gift of life even when it is about to be taken away, and revels in our infinite capacity for friendship and love when we need them most.

"Cronin's quirky characterisations are stellar in all their complexity, there are tears, heartbreak, grief, loss and drama in this engaging storytelling, but this is skilfully interspersed with the love, friendship, humour and joy, a blend that makes this an unforgettable, heart tugging debut. A read that will melt the hardest of hearts. "