I found Arthur Pepper to be curiously charming. Phaedra Patrick wrote The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper. You can see him wearing his mustard yellow vest. Arthur is 69 years old when his wife, Miriam, dies. He is lost without her. He copes with his grief by sticking to a strict schedule every day. He eats the same thing for breakfast and has tea at the exact hour every afternoon. He clings to his rigid schedule like a person overboard clings to a life vest. As he cleans out Miriam's closet he finds a charm bracelet in a pair of her leather boots. Miriam was a classy dresser and charm bracelets seem out of her style of dress. Arthur goes about finding out more about the charms on the charm bracelet and in doing that he learns more and more about his wife. He travels to find answers.With each charm he breaks out of his rigidity and learns to enjoy travel and people and situations. Arthur loved Miriam and Miriam loved Arthur. This book was very charming and heartwarming.
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