The Lido

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER In many ways this meditation on community and swimming follows in the footsteps of the enormously popular A Man Called Ove Both are charming and heartwarming.Kirkus Reviews WERE NEVER TOO OLD TO MAKE NEW FRIENDSOR TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Rosemary Peterson has lived in Brixton London all her life but everything is changing. The library where she used to work has closed. The family grocery store has become a trendy bar. And now the lido an outdoor pool where shes swum daily since its opening is threatened with closure by a local housing developer. It was at the lido that Rosemary escaped the devastation of World War II; here she fell in love with her husband George; here she found community during her marriage and since Georges death. Twentysomething Kate Matthews has moved to Brixton and feels desperately alone. A once promising writer she now covers forgettable stories for her local paper. That is until shes assigned to write about the lidos closing. Soon Kates portrait of the pool focuses on a singular woman: Rosemary. And as Rosemary slowly opens up to Kate both women are nourished and transformed in ways they never thought possible. In the tradition of Fredrik Backmans A Man Called Ove The Lido is a charming feel-good novel that captures the heart and spirit of a community across generationsan irresistible tale of love loss aging and friendship.