The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple by Ben Aitken

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Charming, touching and very very funny' Jenny Colgan'Simply too good' Daily MailFrom the author of the acclaimed THE GRAN TOURONE HOUSE. TWO HOUSEMATES. THREE REASONS TO WORRY: WIN NIE AND BEN ARE SEPARATED BY 50 YEARS, A GULF IN CLASS, AND MAJOR DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. When hunting for a room in London, Ben Aitken came across one for a great price in a lovely part of town. There had to be a catch. And there was. The catch was Winnie: an 85-year-old widow who doesn't suffer fools. Full of warmth, wit and candour, The Marmalade Diaries tells the story of an unlikely friendship during an unlikely time. Imagine an intergenerational version of Big Brother, but with only two contestants. One of the pair a grieving and inflexible former aristocrat in her mid-eighties. The other a working-class millennial snowflake. What could possibly go wrong? What could possibly go right?Out of the most inauspicious of soils - and from the author of The Gran Tour - comes a book about grief, family, friendship, loneliness, life, love, lockdown and marmalade.; 336 pages; Published: 10/03/2022 Show more