Friday Feature

Thank you Grand Central for this gifted copy.

Happy Friday y’all!!

Mike Gayle’s last book, 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, was a story full of emotions and really touched everyone’s heart who read it. This year he is back with 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲. A story filled with tenderness and heart.

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 “𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹-𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱” 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹, 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻: 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.

Still reeling from the sudden death of her mother, Jess is about to do the hardest thing she's ever done: empty her childhood home so that it can be sold. As she sorts through a lifetime of memories, everything comes to a halt when she comes across something she just can’t part with: an old set of encyclopedias. To the world, the books are outdated and ready to be recycled. To Jess, they represent love and the future that her mother always wanted her to have.

In the process of finding the books a new home, Jess discovers an unusual archive of letters, photographs, and curious housed in a warehouse and known as the Museum of Ordinary People. Irresistibly drawn, she becomes the museum's unofficial custodian, along with the warehouse’s mysterious owner. As they delve into the history of objects in their care, they not only unravel heart-stirring stories that span generations and continents, but also unearth long-buried secrets that lie closer to home.

Inspired by an abandoned box of mementos, The Museum of Ordinary People is a poignant novel about memory and loss, the things we leave behind, and the future we create for ourselves.

💬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝?

AOTD: I think mother nature is going to play nice, and I can go to the pool for the final weekend.