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Nineteen-year-old Phoebe and her widower father Al have recently moved to Devon, to a small cottage with a river at the end of the garden. Struggling with her own closely guarded issues, Phoebe doesn't go out much. Instead, she spends her time at home, watching detective dramas and playing detective herself - trying to deduce from Al's deliveries as a courier what kind of lives her neighbours lead. But when they find an abandoned baby otter on the riverbank, it's just the push Phoebe needs to finally step into her new community. Taking the little one to the local otter sanctuary and witnessing the uncomplicated joy of its fellow…

Есть ли на свете пара друзей необычнее, чем Дейзи и Вероника? Дейзи уже целых девять лет, а Веронике всего-то скоро будет девяносто, обе они обожают пингвинов и жаждут приключений. И если их зовут на другую сторону земли к пингвинам южного полушария, разве могут они отказаться? Может быть Вероника Маккриди и думала, что уже стара для новых путешествий, но если у тебя отличная компания и пингвины зовут, то нельзя не послушаться. Итак, вперед к пингвинам!

Это Вероника Маккриди. Сноб и мизантроп восьмидесяти шести лет от роду. Она сказочно богата и катастрофически одинока. Как же ей найти достойных наследников? Однако, посмотрев документальный фильм о пингвинах, Вероника решается... Решается отправиться на антарктическую исследовательскую базу, и отказ она не принимает. Ведь вполне возможно, что это последнее грандиозное путешествие в её жизни!

Veronica McCreedy can't resist the promise of adventure . . . Nine-year-old Daisy and nearly ninety-year-old Veronica make an unlikely pair of friends. Fiercely independent and impeccably dressed, Veronica has lived an incredible 87 years. Most of them alone, in her huge house by the sea. But with the arrival of brave and resilient Daisy into her life, Veronica finds she has a renewed thirst for adventure - and that they both share a passion for penguins! So when Veronica and Daisy are invited to travel to the other side of the world together and visit the penguins of the southern hemisphere, they both jump at the chance. Veronica had…

A Richard & Judy Book Club and BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick. A truly feel-good book club read - a #1 bestseller in ebook and audio! 'This year's Eleanor Oliphant . . . Funny, bittersweet and wholly original.' Daily Express Veronica McCreedy is about to have the journey of a lifetime . . . Veronica McCreedy lives in a mansion by the sea. She loves a nice cup of Darjeeling tea whilst watching a good wildlife documentary. And she's never seen without her ruby-red lipstick. Although these days Veronica is rarely seen by anyone because, at 85, her days are spent mostly at home, alone. She can be found either collecting litter from the beach…

MEET ELLIE. She’s perfectly happy living a quiet life with her husband, Clive. (Well, she does sometimes wonder about the way he talks to her, and about all the things she hasn’t achieved yet. But, she's happy enough.) MEET DAN. He’s definitely content – content with his predictable, ordered existence, making harps in his isolated barn on Exmoor. Content being on his own, far away from other people and – crucially – far away from any risk of surprises. What Ellie and Dan don’t know yet, is that a chance encounter is about to change all of this . . .