He just wants to thank the girl for inspiring him to tell his parents he didn’t want to run their shop he wanted to be an actor. Even worse, what if he forgets about his red-haired girl completely? Libby is especially moved because Frank’s motivations are altruistic. And time is of the essence, as Frank’s daughter Clara is about to move him into a home because of his worsening dementia, where he won’t be able to take the 88 anymore. Even learning that Frank’s carer is a punk named Dylan with whom she had a nasty run-in isn’t enough to deter her. Out of sorts since her boyfriend of eight years broke up with her, now acting as an unpaid live-in nanny for her sister, Libby is hungry for a sense of purpose and romance. He never even got her name! When Libby Sampson hears his story, she’s inspired to help. In The Lost Ticket, British author Freya Sampson’s latest book, an elderly London man named Frank has spent the past 60 years riding the number 88 bus, hoping for a glimpse of the red-haired artist he fell in love with but never saw again after he lost the bus ticket with her phone number. In real life, we tell ourselves that things will work out if they are supposed to, that “everything happens for a reason.” As we grow older, we look back on our lives and wonder how things might have turned out differently if we’d chosen another school, job, or partner. Romance asks readers to believe two people are meant to be together sci-fi explores parallel universes in the belief that every action and decision has meaningful consequences. But scheduling time to fall in love might push even the most meticulous plans into pure chaos.“Fate” is a common subtext across many genres. And after she crosses paths with emerging restaurateur Brandon Phelps, Nicole is feeling feelings she hasn’t felt in…well, ever. If she can stick to her schedule, she’ll balance everything fine. That’s when Nicole decides to meticulously schedule out the next six months of her life-from her project due dates to her dress-fitting appointments to how many hours she plans to sleep each night. Until her best friend, Parisa Shahin, announces her engagement and asks Nicole to be her maid of honor.
She doesn’t have time for a social life (or a love life), but that’s perfectly fine with her. As a user experience designer at Virtuality, an artificial intelligence company in Los Angeles, Nicole is at her desk from sunrise to sunset. A smart, modern novel about a woman trying to balance her career, her best friend, and falling in love without crashing and burning.
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