Books with author Anne Youngson

Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award“The charmer of the summer.”—NPR “Warm-hearted, clear-minded, and unexpectedly spellbinding, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to savor.” —Annie Barrows, co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyIn Denmark, Professor Anders Larsen, an urbane man of facts, has lost his wife and his hopes for the future. On an isolated English farm, Tina Hopgood is trapped in a life she doesn’t remember choosing. Both believe their love stories are over. Brought together by a shared fascination with the Tollund Man, subject of Seamus Heaney’s famous poem, they begin writing letters to one another. And from their vastly different worlds, they find they have more in common than they could have imagined. As they open up to one another about their lives, an unexpected friendship blooms. But then Tina’s letters stop coming, and Anders is thrown into despair. How far are they willing to go to write a new story for themselves?

Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel AwardFrom 70-year-old debut author Anne Youngson, a novel about a farmer's wife and a museum curator seeking second chances, hailed by NPR as "the charmer of the summer."In Denmark, Professor Anders Larsen, an urbane man of facts, has lost his wife and his hopes for the future. On an isolated English farm, Tina Hopgood is trapped in a life she doesn’t remember choosing. Both believe their love stories are over. Brought together by a shared fascination with the Tollund Man, subject of Seamus Heaney’s famous poem, they begin writing letters to one another. And from their vastly different worlds, they find they have more in common than they could have imagined. As they open up to one another about their lives, an unexpected friendship blooms. But then Tina’s letters stop coming, and Anders is thrown into despair. How far are they willing to go to write a new story for themselves?

Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award“The charmer of the summer.”―NPR “Warm-hearted, clear-minded, and unexpectedly spellbinding, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to savor.” ―Annie Barrows, co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyIn Denmark, Professor Anders Larsen, an urbane man of facts, has lost his wife and his hopes for the future. On an isolated English farm, Tina Hopgood is trapped in a life she doesn’t remember choosing. Both believe their love stories are over. Brought together by a shared fascination with the Tollund Man, subject of Seamus Heaney’s famous poem, they begin writing letters to one another. And from their vastly different worlds, they find they have more in common than they could have imagined. As they open up to one another about their lives, an unexpected friendship blooms. But then Tina’s letters stop coming, and Anders is thrown into despair. How far are they willing to go to write a new story for themselves?

"Warm-hearted, clear-minded, and unexpectedly spellbinding, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to savor." --Annie Barrows, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"This is a work of art, dear readers. Revel in its beauty."--Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife and Lucia, LuciaIn Denmark, Professor Anders Larsen, an urbane man of facts, has lost his wife and his hopes for the future. On an isolated English farm, Tina Hopgood is trapped in a life she doesn't remember choosing. Both believe their love stories are over. Brought together by a shared fascination with the Tollund Man, subject of Seamus Heaney's famous poem, they begin writing letters to one another. And from their vastly different worlds, they find they have more in common than they could have imagined. As they open up to one another about their lives, an unexpected friendship blooms. But then Tina's letters stop coming, and Anders is thrown into despair. How far are they willing to go to write a new story for themselves?

Summer love spirals out of control. Elle, is a beautiful sixteen year old girl caught in the middle of supernatural forces and a summer love triangle that are bound to collide. She lives a privileged life with her mother, a world famous retired super model, her father, a renowned architect and her little brother Benny. For their family summering each year in the California seaside town of Willow is the norm. But for Elle, this is the summer when her obsession with paranormal romances and vampires comes to a peak! Decisions must be made! One afternoon while Elle spends her time perusing the aisles in her favorite bookstore she steps into the path of a mysterious stranger and will soon become driven by an intense physical pull toward him. Elle begins meeting with him on the beach in secret and lying to her mother. Faced with nightmares that get worse as time goes on and not knowing why her best friend Eran Michael won’t return her calls or texts, leaves Elle with an inner turmoil full of uncertainty. She only knows that she needs to spend more time with Dowr, the new guy in town. It seems that with the unexpected passing of Dowr Montclair’s father that he needs Elle to fill the void in his heart as well. Unknown darkness waits for Elle and she will have to open her heart and her spirit eyes to see what it really means in the spiritual realm to have an obsession with vampires. At the same time she will have to choose between her two paramours before it’s too late! The Sleeper is a young adult novel about the power and significance of Christian faith in a world that needs it now more than ever.

A Modern Christian Tale… Teenage girl. Vampire romance. Werewolf nightmares. Real boy trouble... and a call on her life from God! One summer is all it takes for some girls to fall in love. Or even—to fall apart. Love can spiral out of control so fast, and it doesn’t help that some boys lie. You have to listen with your heart. Not the heart that wants dark magic, but the heart that wants the kind of love that will last forever. At some point, sixteen year old Elle Ayelet Gaddiyel will have to choose! Demi God? Or a mere Mortal. And for some Christian teens, one summer is all it takes to start an army. There is a real battle going on. This is spiritual warfare! Some Boys Lie is an edgy Christian YA novel. Mara Jane returns in the second novel: Some Girls Fall [New Adult] Thanks for reading Some Boys Lie, and I pray you are Blessed this summer! Anne Young.