A Bucket List To Die For: The most uplifting, feel-good summer read of the year

Paperback Published on: 01/07/2021
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Synopsis

'Both heartbreaking and heartwarming' - ***** Amazon reviewer
'Emotional, charming and uplifting' -***** Amazon reviewer

A message in a bottle. One summer. A family to reunite.

Lou suffers from a rare type of dementia and dies in her fifties. She leaves behind a message in a bottle, charging her husband Joe with a challenging task: he has two months to reunite their patchwork family whose members have fallen out with each other.

Luckily for him, Lou has thought of everything and helps him along with a list of family activities and recipes. Slowly but surely, they all find their way back to each other:

Joe's son Cyrian and his two daughters Apple and Charlotte.
Cyrian's second wife who can't stand Apple because she isn't her own.
Joe's stunning daughter Sarah who has lost the love of her life and seeks solace in one-night stands.

But Joe is running out of time. Will his efforts pay off before it is too late? And most importantly: what's in the mysterious letter?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • ISBN: 9781529356779
  • Number of pages: 320
  • Dimensions: 194 x 128 x 26 mm
  • Weight: 220g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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A Bucket List To Die For
A good read for the most part
3.5 Joe on Groix Island (lies off Lorient, Brittany) is drowning in grief for the loss of his much loved wife Lou. At the will reading he is given a chall... READ MORE
Celia Short
A Bucket List To Die For
Beautiful Story!
A beautifully touching read about a man trying to get his family back together, following the devastating death of his wife. Joe and Lou were a couple trul... READ MORE
Ritu
A Bucket List To Die For
Joe is set an important task by his late wife
When Lou's grieving widow Joe is called in to see her solicitor, he learns that she has set him a challenge. He must help their fractured family to re-unit... READ MORE
Jenny Hill
A Bucket List To Die For
Absolutely brilliant
With great thanks to netgalley for an early copy in return for an honest opinion. Firstly can I just say how outstandingly beautiful this book is, It's... READ MORE
Jeanie.
A Bucket List To Die For
A LIFE CHANGER.
With great thanks to netgalley for an early copy in return for an honest opinion. Firstly can I just say how outstandingly beautiful this book is, It's... READ MORE
Jeanie.
A Bucket List To Die For
Fab
What a beautifully written story. This story is told from multiple points of view from many members of Joe’s family. Joe’s wife, Lou, dies and leaves a sor... READ MORE
Raena Harrigan
A Bucket List To Die For
Wasn't sure at first, but highly recommend it!!!!
I wasn't sure about this book when I started reading it, but I persevered, and am I glad I did!! It was such an emotional story, from different sides of Jo... READ MORE
Carolann Edermaniger
A Bucket List To Die For
a wonderful modern family saga
This book certainly takes you on an emotional roller coaster. It has wonderful characters and is packed full of troubles and wonder. This family saga set ... READ MORE
Ladyreading365
A Bucket List To Die For
I wasn't sure at first, but highly recommend it!!
I wasn't sure about this book when I started reading it, but I persevered, and am I glad I did!! It was such an emotional story, from different sides of Jo... READ MORE
Carolann Edermaniger
A Bucket List To Die For
Emotional read
I read this book courtesy of NetGalley. An emotional read which I thoroughly enjoyed. A poignant tale exploring the upheaval of a disjointed family after... READ MORE
Grey Lady
A Bucket List To Die For
I wasn't sure to begin with, but so glad I persevered!!
I wasn't sure about this book when I started reading it, but I persevered, and am I glad I did!! It was such an emotional story, from different sides of Jo... READ MORE
Carolann Edermaniger
A Bucket List To Die For
Beautiful!
Wow what a beautiful, beautiful book! It shreds your heart to pieces and then it puts them back, but in a better order than before. The first scene, when ... READ MORE
federica angele
A Bucket List To Die For
A Mother's love
Written originally in French, this is an excellent translation which flows beautifully. It is an emotional read of the love of a mother who wants to heal ... READ MORE
Joan Marriott
A Bucket List To Die For
Original and clever
Joe's wife, Lou, has died from a rare form of dementia. She has left behind a challenge for him, to reunite their estranged family. She has given him two m... READ MORE
MoziDogReads
A Bucket List To Die For
A Charming Read
This book is essentially a Family Drama .Set mainly on the Island of Groix, a beloved wife dies and leaves her grieving husband a list in her Will of what... READ MORE
Chrissie Mortimer
A Bucket List To Die For
This Is A Beautifully Written Story
Lou suffers from a rare type of dementia and dies in her fifties. She leaves behind a message in a bottle, charging her husband Joe a challenging task: he ... READ MORE
Louise Wilson
A Bucket List To Die For
It's highly recommended
This is a well written, heartbreaking and poignant story that move me to tears and kept me reading. I loved the well thought characters and the tightly kni... READ MORE
AMG
A Bucket List To Die For
It's highly recommended
This is a well written, heartbreaking and poignant story that move me to tears and kept me reading. I loved the well thought characters and the tightly kni... READ MORE
AMG