Mornings with Rosemary

Everything is changing in Brixton for eighty-year-old Rosemary. The library where she worked her entire life has closed. Her beloved husband has died. And now there is talk of closing the lido, the public swimming pool where Rosemary has spent so much time.

Twenty-something Kate has just moved to Brixton. She is anxious and alone, and her hopes of writing powerful stories is dwindling.

Then Kate is asked to write the story of the lido closing, and Kate and Rosemary become fast friends. Can they work together to stop the pool from shutting its doors?

This is a wonderful story of the power of friendship and community in our lives.

Sweet, but too sweet. And rather slow and full of repetition. I finished it nonetheless. I needed a slow book ;-)

More lighthearted than I expected from reviews–for some reason, I thought it was going to be more serious. Anyway, it features an eighty-six-year-old swimming librarian, which is fun.