The Last List of Mabel Beaumont: The unforgettable book everyone is talking about in 2023

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I finished this in the same 24 hours as I started it. Oh… what a beautiful story… Poignant and inspiring!’ Jennie Godfrey It isn’t possible, to erase the lives we’ve lived. We only have today, and whatever future we’re granted.”

I wondered where this book would take the reader. What developed was a poignant story of love, lost love, heartbreak and finding true love again. No not, a soppy romance but a story of a woman who has denied here feelings for so long she wonders if she will ever feel again.This is a well crafted story, with beautifully observed scenes and characters, and I found it really touching. Well, I finished this in the same 24 hours as I started it. Oh... what a beautiful story... Poignant and inspiring!' Jennie Godfrey, author Mabel and Arthur Beaumont live in a small Surrey town and have been married for sixty-two years. They are the best of friends. When she wakes one morning to find Arthur has passed away in the night, she feels adrift. They never had children and now she is completely alone… When Arthur was alive he structured their days around lists he would make. Mabel finds his last, unfinished list which says only “Find D”. Her mind immediately goes to Dot, her best friend, whom she hasn’t seen since before her marriage to Arthur. Did he want her to find Dot again? Arthur took seriously his job of taking care of her. Soon after his funeral, a home health aide appears at her door. Arthur had pre-paid for the service, to help her adjust to his death.

He also knows that his reclusive wife may need a little help transitioning to a life without him in it-even if she has never loved him quite the same way that he has loved her. Mabel Beaumont’s husband Arthur loved lists. He’d leave them for her everywhere. ‘Remember: eggs, butter, sugar’. ‘I love you: today, tomorrow, always’. year old Arthur and 86 year old Mabel have been married for 62 years. Though Arthur is more outgoing, more excited by new possibilities and Mabel is the introvert, not interested in n Arthur loved to make lists and leave them for Mabel to find, from the ordinary everyday grocery items to ‘I love today, tomorrow, always’. But now Arthur has gone, passed away in the gentle manner that was his way in life, quietly without a fuss. Mabel is not your most pleasant person and Arthur is such a kind soul. They have been together for 62 years and when Arthur suddenly dies, Mabel is left alone. She isn’t what you call a lover of life – not like Arthur. In fact, I wondered why they married at all. Going through Arthur’s lists (he is a list maker), Mabel discovers a notation ‘Find D’. This discovery marks the beginning of a new life for Mabel outside her comfort zone. A mystery to solve, making unlikely friends and doing things she has never done before.

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Arthur was always the list maker but Mabel made her own task list to accomplish. Despite her age, her judgement seemed rather questionable at times although the decisions were made with good intent and I did worry at what the outcomes would be.