Mornings with Rosemary

Pretty much from the get-go, I knew this book was going to be a tearjerker and yet I persisted reading it. An octogenarian and an awkward young reporter befriend each other in an effort to prevent the closing of the local swimming pool (the Lido). You knew there would be sad tales, lost loves and the strong likelihood that the octogenarian would not be alive at the end of the book and yet, I persisted, tissue in hand.

It is a lovely story full of bright, sweet moments and new friends and relationships. But have those hankies at the ready.