"... we spend too much time obsessing about finding "the one" and we forget that a best friend can be a lifelong love. There is a fundamental truth, comfort and joy having a best friend." says Sally Page in her emotional roller coaster of a novel titled "The Book of Beginnings". The book is a warm read about friendships. A single woman in her late 30s, a runaway vicar in her 50s and an elderly 70 something man living alone in London forge an interesting friendship. This book is from the point of view of the 30 something single woman Joanne Sorsby, who runs her uncle's stationery shop, and specialises in selling fountain pens. It traces the birth of this beautiful friendship between the trio, its warmth, its experiences and how it transforms the lives of these three people. This was one of the books gifted to me by my department colleagues when they gave me a heartfelt farewell. I had given them a list of books and this one was on the list. I put the...