The forget-me-not library

The forget-me-not library

Heather S. Webber

Book - 2025

"A detour. A chance encounter. Two women who alter the pages of each other's story. Juliet Nightingale is lucky to be alive. Months after a freak accident involving lightning, she's fully recovered but is left feeling that something is missing from her life. Something big. Impulsively, she decides to take a solo summer road trip, hoping that the journey will lead her down a path that will help her discover exactly what it is that she's searching for. Newly single mom Tallulah Byrd Mayfield is hanging by a thread after her neat, tidy world was completely undone when her husband decided that their marriage was over. In the aftermath of the breakup, she and her two daughters move in with her eighty-year-old grandfather. Tal...lulah starts a new job at the Forget-Me-Not Library, where old, treasured memories can be found within the books-and where Lu must learn to adapt to the many changes thrown her way. When a road detour leads Juliet to Forget-Me-Not, Alabama, and straight into Tallulah's life, the two women soon discover there's magic in between the pages of where you've been and where you still need to go. And that happiness, even when lost, can always be found again."--

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Subjects
Life change events > Fiction.
Divorced women > Fiction.
Libraries > Fiction.
Single women > Fiction.
Magic > Fiction.
FICTION / Women.
FICTION / Magical Realism.
Women > Fiction.
Single parents > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Alabama > Fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Novels.
Romans.
Genres
Magic realist fiction
Novels
Romans
Published
New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group 2025.
Language
English
Main Author
Heather S. Webber (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
342 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN
9781250369277
9781250445575
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Review by Booklist Review

When Juliet Nightingale's car breaks down in the small town of Forget-Me-Not, Alabama, the townspeople know that she is in need of solace and healing. Juliet is on a road trip through the South, grieving both her grandfather's death and the loss of her childhood memories as the result of a lightning strike. But Juliet isn't the only person in need of healing. Tallulah, the mother of two young children, is reeling from an unanticipated divorce, and the two become fast friends. As Juliet settles in to Forget-Me-Not, she finds what's been missing from her life: the support of a loving, big-hearted community and an unexpected romance. Webber (A Certain Kind of Starlight, 2024) is known for her comforting, magic-tinged Southern fiction, and like the town of Forget-Me-Not, her books are a balm for weary souls. Full of friendship, romance, lighthearted humor, and a magical library cat, this charming story will appeal to readers of uplifting magical realism, such as We'll Prescribe You a Cat (2024), by Syou Ishida.

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Review by Library Journal Review

Welcome to Forget-Me-Not, AL, a quaint little town that has a tendency to help individuals who have lost their way. Juliet Nightingale is lost in more ways than one. Running from recent trauma (a lightning strike that killed her beloved grandfather and left her with memory loss), she is truly a wandering soul. When her car breaks down in Forget-Me-Not, Juliet has no choice but to stick around a while. It turns out that the town might be able to give her what she's been searching for--access to her lost memories, a purpose, healing, and an unexpected love. In Forget-Me-Not, she meets local library worker Tallulah Byrd Mayfield, a recently divorced mother of two small children, whose life is not turning out as she dreamed it would. She and Juliet form a strong friendship and discover that there is a certain kind of magic in learning from mistakes and embracing future possibilities, as the novel shows that nothing can be truly lost if one is open to finding happiness and hope again. VERDICT Webber's (A Certain Kind of Starlight) latest is a heartfelt, whimsical book of second chances, with memorable characters and a dash of magical realism. Recommended for readers who enjoy Stephanie Perkins, Fannie Flagg, and Karen Hawkins.--Linsey Milillo

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