BETH MORREY

Best-selling author, Award-winning TV producer, Podcaster, Dog Lover

Best-selling author, Award-winning TV producer, Podcaster, Dog Lover

My third book is out now! Click here to find out more.


UK readers can buy a copy
here. US readers can buy a copy here.

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Missy Carmichael’s life has become small. Grieving for a family she has lost or lost touch with, she’s haunted by the echoes of her footsteps in her empty home; the sound of the radio in the dark; the tick-tick-tick of the watching clock.

Spiky and defensive, Missy knows that her loneliness is all her own fault. She deserves no more than this; not after what she’s done. But a chance encounter in the park with two very different women opens the door to something new.

Another life beckons for Missy, if only she can be brave enough to grasp the opportunity. But seventy-nine is too late for a second chance. Isn't it?

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Missy Carmichael’s life has become small. Grieving for a family she has lost or lost touch with, she’s haunted by the echoes of her footsteps in her empty home; the sound of the radio in the dark; the tick-tick-tick of the watching clock.

Spiky and defensive, Missy knows that her loneliness is all her own fault. She deserves no more than this; not after what she’s done. But a chance encounter in the park with two very different women opens the door to something new.

Another life beckons for Missy, if only she can be brave enough to grasp the opportunity. But seventy-nine is too late for a second chance. Isn't it?


Longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, 2021.

The Saving Missy audiobook, narrated by stage and screen Olivier Award-winning Dame Harriet Walter, won the Bronze Award in the New York Radio Awards for Best Solo Narration.

One of the Observer’s 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2020

One of Read It Forward’s Most Anticipated Books of 2020

One of Bustle’s Most Anticipated Books of April 2020

One of Christian Science Monitor’s Best Books of April 2020


PRAISE FOR SAVING MISSY/THE LOVE STORY OF MISSY CARMICHAEL:

“Bittersweet, tender, thoughtful and uplifting... I loved it.”
Nina Stibbe, Reasons to be Cheerful

“A beautiful story about love, loss, guilt and the power of friendship.”
Jill Mansell, Meet Me at Beachcomber Bay

“For everyone with an Eleanor Oliphant-shaped hole in their heart, this is the book to fill it.”
Eithne Shortall, Grace After Henry

“The most beautiful and the most moving book I’ve read in a long time.”
Emma Flint, Little Deaths

“A heartfelt reminder of the affirmative joy of not just being kind to others, but also to yourself…”
Piers Torday, The Last Wild

“A charming story about the way that connecting with others can heal a broken spirit…Fans of Fredrik Backman and Rachel Joyce will enjoy this uplifting (but never saccharine) “coming of old” story.” —Library Journal (starred review)

“Morrey has deftly created a series of love stories, interwoven together and told in snippets through time…Pain, grief, and hurt are all part of life in this moving portrayal of the many forms love can take.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Heartwarming, poignant and raw, The Love Story of Missy Carmichael is the perfect book for anyone ready for a change, for hope, or for a solid love story rooted in something more.” —BookReporter.com
Saving Missy has sold in 17 territories around the world, and was a bestseller in Italy.
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Finland

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Italy

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Czech Republic

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Germany

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Romania

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Sweden

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Serbia

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Brazil

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New Zealand

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Missy Carmichael’s life has become small. Grieving for a family she has lost or lost touch with, she’s haunted by the echoes of her footsteps in her empty home; the sound of the radio in the dark; the tick-tick-tick of the watching clock.

Spiky and defensive, Missy knows that her loneliness is all her own fault. She deserves no more than this; not after what she’s done. But a chance encounter in the park with two very different women opens the door to something new.

Another life beckons for Missy, if only she can be brave enough to grasp the opportunity. But seventy-nine is too late for a second chance. Isn't it?


  • Longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, 2021.
  • The Saving Missy audiobook, narrated by stage and screen Olivier Award-winning Dame Harriet Walter, won the Bronze Award in the New York Radio Awards for Best Solo Narration.

UK readers can buy a copy here. US readers can buy a copy here.

PRAISE FOR SAVING MISSY/THE LOVE STORY OF MISSY CARMICHAEL:


  • Longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, 2021.
  • The Saving Missy audiobook, narrated by stage and screen Olivier Award-winning Dame Harriet Walter, won the Bronze Award in the New York Radio Awards for Best Solo Narration.

UK readers can buy a copy here. US readers can buy a copy here.

PRAISE FOR SAVING MISSY/THE LOVE STORY OF MISSY CARMICHAEL: