The Narrowboat Summer

Anne Youngson became an instant Madison Books favorite with the release of her 2018 debut novel Meet Me at the Museum, and we've been eagerly anticipating a follow-up ever since. She's at last obliged us with a tale of a trio of women, all of a certain age, drawn together by a shared journey along the English canal system. As we've already become used to with this essential author, her characters are fully dimensional and interact with each other in all the complex ways that real people do. A sweet story that never becomes too treacly, charming but not superficial, The Narrowboat Summer exudes all the warmth of the sunniest season. —James (from the Madison Books newsletter)