Pilgrimage of Primrose Honeychurch

Laura Jensen Walker is the award-winning author of several books, including The Alphabet Sleuths, the Lefty-nominated Death of a Flying Nightingale, and the Amazon bestselling, Agatha-nominated Murder Most Sweet.Growing up in Racine, Wisconsin, a young Laura dreamed of seeing the world and becoming a writer. She enlisted in the US Air Force after high school and flew a typewriter across Europe as a clerk typist. While in the UK, she fell head over heels for all things English and became a confirmed tea-drinking Anglophile.At age forty, cancer compelled Laura to finally publish her first book. Then, in her sixties, she discovered she was neurodivergent, spurring her to write a novel about a book-loving, neurodivergent senior with unusual quirks and sensory issues: The Pilgrimage of Primrose Honeychurch.These days, Laura lives in Northern California with her Renaissance-man husband and two rescue terriers, sipping tea (Yorkshire Gold) and dreaming of visiting Hay-on-Wye one day.

“A heartfelt exploration of courage, reinvention, and the quiet bravery it takes to choose a different life. Perfect for readers who love emotional, transformative stories, this bittersweet, hopeful novel is a powerful reminder that it’s never too late to begin again…and sometimes the most daunting paths lead exactly where we’re meant to go.” —Emily Colin, New York Times bestselling author of The Memory Thief“An enchanting story about the importance of family.” —Rhys Bowen, bestselling author of Mrs. Endicott’s Splendid Adventure and The Venice Sketchbook“Where Primrose goes, the reader willingly follows. It’s the journey of a lifetime through wonder, laughter, and heartbreak—and many cups of tea—that’s not to be missed.” —Marty Wingate, USA Today bestselling author of The German Sisters“Is it a fairy tale full of grit? Is it a tragedy sprinkled with stardust? No, it’s The Pilgrimage of Primrose Honeychurch, and every time you think you’ve got it nailed, it takes another turn and smacks you in the gob again (gobsmacked [adj]: British slang—as Primrose would say). In this wonderful novel, Laura Walker takes her captivating, bookish, awkward heroine from the dullest Vegas subdivision to the spires of Oxford, the Globe at Stratford, the golden Cotswolds, the treasure trove of Hay-on-Wye, and the most perfect roses-round-the-door Cornish cottage by the most idyllic sandy cove (with the best pub grub up the road) and shows a small life growing to be something quite splendid in the most remarkable way. You’ll be thinking about this book long after you race to its end.” —Catriona McPherson, multi-award-winning author of The Dead Room