An Unlikely Visitor by Joanna Cannon

🫶Thank you @scribnerbooks + @simon.audio for the gifted copies.  It’s narrated by Emily Joyce who did a great job bringing the main character and story to life.  This one made my favorites list back in September and I’m so excited that it’s finally #pubday to share with all of you!

🗓️ It’s the last Pub Day in October and pretty huge fantasy book is coming out today, and while I’m so excited for all of those readers, I also want other books to receive the attention and love they deserve!

🗣️Elevator Pitch: Part mystery, part ghost story, part meditation on grief, and a reminder that the people we love are always with us.  

💭My Thoughts: It’s still spooky season and if you are looking for a ghost story with a little more meat to it, then look no further than An Unlikely Visitor by Joanna Cannon.  

Cannon blends main character, Margaret’s, grief of losing her husband with the unsolved mystery of her daughter’s disappearance from decades ago.  I was so hooked to this story!  I have such a sweet spot for older quirky characters.  You’re going to love Margaret!  This book was so charming and full of hope, humor, comfort, compassion, connection, and wisdom.

“And as you grow older, you realize that all the things that you believed to be forever, are only really just passing through.  At the end of the day, the life we are so certain that must be ours, is only ever lent to us for awhile.”

“Determination is what keeps us going, and what drive determination is hope.”

📖 Book Summary: Margaret thinks her time is up...

Things have been hard since her husband Derek died, and they never got over the disappearance of their daughter, Jeanie, all those years ago. With his support, it seemed like everything would be okay—okay enough, that is.

But now Derek’s gone. Margaret moves through the days slowly, quietly, alone. Then one day, Margaret returns home to an unlikely visi­tor, and together they set out to discover what really happened to Jeanie. Perhaps if she knocks on enough doors, she might find another end to the story.