Meet Me At the Museum by Ann Youngson

When you read as much as I do it is a real treat when you find a book that makes you want to read slow to savor and absorb the writing and it is with great pleasure that I share with you that this is that kind of book! A story, a relationship and an awakening for both of the main characters relayed through letters shared by an English country farmer's wife to a curator at a Danish museum. You will be rewarded not only in getting to know these warm, honest quiet thinkers but also about the Iron Age and the famous bog man - Tollund Man housed at the museum. It is a quiet story that will have you enthralled with the characters and make you realize how difficult and rewarding an average life can be. Tina begins her letter writing to recover from the loss of a dear friend, her anchor and ends up helping the curator who is lost and doesn't even know it. You will want to sit down and write a letter and demand a letter in return if only to feel the same sense of accomplishment and permanence that these two people share. I wanted to start the book from the beginning as soon as I read the last page - it doesn't get any better than that.