The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick

With me, elderly as Arthur, it has been different - and how. This is a story of finding life after a long soul-death.

But the outside world proves much too jarringly interesting. When she dies, he tries to stick to his old habits. He cannot see the outside world, stuck with his better half in front of the telly with their Friday fried fish. It is a life of settled habit and, unfortunately, myopia. There are so many various and multifarious sides to the world, we have to eventually abandon our inwardness.Īrthur Pepper has stuck with an inward-looking life, and lingered there too long with his longtime soulmate. What follows is a surprising and unforgettable odyssey that takes Arthur from London to Paris and as far as India in an epic quest to find out the truth about his wife's secret life before they met-a journey that leads him to find hope, healing and self-discovery in the most unexpected places.įeaturing an unforgettable cast of characters with big hearts and irresistible flaws, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper is a curiously charming debut and a joyous celebration of life's infinite possibilities. Sorting through Miriam's possessions, Arthur finds an exquisite gold charm bracelet he's never seen before. He dresses in the same gray slacks and mustard sweater vest, waters his fern, Frederica, and heads out to his garden.īut on the one-year anniversary of Miriam's death, something changes. He gets out of bed at precisely 7:30 a.m., just as he did when his wife, Miriam, was alive. Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life.

In this poignant and sparkling debut, a lovable widower embarks on a life-changing adventure

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick