The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg

It's a field, as she says on her website, that helped her to become a writer: ( From the publisher.)īefore she became a writer, Elizabeth Berg spent 10 years as a nurse. Wonderfully written and full of profound observations about life, The Story of Arthur Truluv is a beautiful and moving novel of compassion in the face of loss, of the small acts that turn friends into family, and of the possibilities to achieve happiness at any age. Moved by Arthur’s kindness and devotion, Maddy gives him the nickname 'Truluv.' As Arthur’s neighbor Lucille moves into their orbit, the unlikely trio bands together, helping one another, through heartache and hardships, to rediscover their own potential to start anew. She’s seen Arthur sitting there alone, and one afternoon she joins him-a gesture that begins a surprising friendship between two lonely souls. The last thing Arthur would imagine is for one unlikely encounter to utterly transform his life.Įighteen-year-old Maddy Harris is an introspective girl who often comes to the cemetery to escape the other kids at school and a life of loss. It’s a quiet routine not entirely without its joys.

Sometimes in the evening he’ll take a walk and stop to chat with his nosy neighbor, Lucille. An emotionally powerful novel about three people who each lose the one they love most, only to find second chances where they least expect them-from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Bergįor the past six months, Arthur Moses’s days have looked the same: He tends to his rose garden and to Gordon, his cat, then rides the bus to the cemetery to visit his beloved late wife for lunch.

The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg