A Beginner's Guide to Starting Over (The Brentford Novels) - Softcover

Coatsworth, Gabi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1639888535 ISBN 13: 9781639888535

Publisher: Atmosphere Press, 2023

Synopsis

"Gabi Coatsworth's debut novel, A Beginner's Guide to Starting Over, tenderly explores grief, self-discovery, and reinvention in middle life. Readers will cheer for Molly as she learns that standing on one's own often requires getting comfortable with leaning on others. The heartwarming, hopeful tale is also a gentle reminder that it's possible to fall in love more than once in a lifetime." - Jamie Beck, Wall Street Journal bestselling author

It's time for widow Molly Stevenson to stand on her own two feet. With blind dates, a needy ghost, and her small-town bookstore in trouble, she's going to need all her inner strength to prevent another unhappy ending.

Forty-something Molly can't bear to remove her wedding band. Still grieving the death of her beloved husband, the last thing she needs is her sleazy landlord raising the rent to drive her bookshop out of business. Now, this mild-mannered indie bookstore owner must find the inner strength to turn the page to a brand-new chapter.

So she's relieved when the ghost of her husband arrives, claiming he's there to help. But is he?

With a little nudge from beyond the grave, Molly hatches a plan to revitalize her boutique and keep the doors open. But with everyone, including her spectral spouse, insisting she start dating again, Molly isn't sure what's worse - the dates she meets online or the love of her life trying to find her a new man - who's not quite as good as him. How will she find the courage to fight for herself?

About this title

About the Author

I was born in Britain, and work brought me to America. Love was why I stayed. I'm an award-winning writer and live in Connecticut in a cottage that's American on the outside, and English inside. If I'm not writing or traveling, I'll be in my flower garden, wondering whether to weed, and holding a cup of my preferred beverage - strong English Breakfast tea. A Beginner's Guide to Starting Over is my first novel, and I love to connect with my readers through my website and social media. I'm grateful for every review, and particularly like to read reviews from readers who enjoy my books, of course!

From the Inside Flap

"To start over, Molly Stevenson, a widow, mother, and owner of a bookstore, must let go. Not an easy task for a 50-year-old woman whose dead husband Simon is speaking to her from the
grave—providing business advice and telling her who to date. Anyone who has had to begin again, to strike out on her own, and make a new life and new friends, will relate to this debut novel...Gabi has been there and has an inspiring story with a happy ending to tell."
— Marilyn Simon Rothstein, author of Crazy to Leave You

"A warm, engaging novel about love, friendship, and starting over, with a protagonist you will root for from the very first page! Molly is resilient, honest, and complex—in short, everything you could ask for in a protagonist. This is a book about second-chance love and so much more, written by an author who knows how to tell a story. Lovely!" — Barbara Josselsohn, author of The Lilac House and The Cranberry Inn

"Unforgettable and nuanced, Gabi Coatsworth delivers a heart-warming novel about the risks we must take to have a second chance. This is a book begging to be read cozied up in a chair, a fireplace blazing, and a cuppa tea in your hand. Prepare to sit a spell—Molly's stumbling journey to embrace the future will keep you soaring through the pages and by the end, Molly will feel like a much-loved old friend." — Carla Damron, author of The Orchid Tattoo and The Stone Necklace

Edition details

• Publisher: Atmosphere Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1639888535
• ISBN 13: 9781639888535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 342