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    "title": "The Wish List of Albie Young",
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    "description": "This unmissable, unforgettable book will crack your heart in two and piece it back together again. Have a packet of tissues handy\u2026\n\nSometimes you have to hit the bottom before you can float to the top.\n\nMaria Birch is seventy years old and, for her, every week is the same.\n\nOn Monday, she does her weekly shop. On Tuesday, she goes for a blow-dry. On Wednesday, she visits the laundrette. But Thursday is her favourite day of all \u2013 everything hurts less on a Thursday.\n\nEvery Thursday Maria walks to her local caf\u00e9. Waiting for her at one of the red gingham-topped tables is Albie Young, a charming man with a twinkle in his eye and an impressive collection of tweed flat caps. Every week, the pair share a slice of marble cake and a pot of tea.\n\nExcept, one week, Albie doesn\u2019t turn up.\n\nWhen Maria finds out what has happened, her perfectly ordered life is ripped apart at the seams. Suddenly, she is very lonely. Without her Thursday friend \u2013 her only friend \u2013 she no longer has the energy to circle the weekly TV listings, she has no reason to leave her apartment, no reason to laugh.\n\nThen she discovers that Albie isn\u2019t who she thought he was, and she\u2019s left wondering if she knew her friend at all. But Albie has left behind a legacy \u2013 a handwritten list of wishes he never got the chance to complete.\n\nMaria is resigned to facing the rest of her days heartbroken and alone. But fulfilling Albie\u2019s wishes could hold the key to her happiness \u2013 if only she\u2019s able to look past his secret\u2026\n\nThis life-affirming and heartfelt tale is for anyone who has ever looked at their life and wanted more. Fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and The Keeper of Lost Things will love this poignant story, which shows us that for the truest loves, the end is never really the end\u2026",
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