Ruth the librarian fears she’s too old to find love, but a discussion about Lady Chatterley’s Lover makes her think again.
Aurora doesn’t feel seventy-two and longs to relive the excitement of her youth, while Verity is getting increasingly tired of her husband Mark’s grumpiness and wonders if their son’s imminent flight from the nest might be just the moment for her to fly too. And Danielle is fed up with her cheating husband. Surely life has more in store for her than to settle for second best?
The glue that holds Combe Pomeroy together is Jeannie. Doyenne of the local cider farm and heartbeat of her family and community, no one has noticed that Jeannie needs some looking after too. Has the moment for her to retire finally arrived, and if so, what does her future hold?
From a book club French exchange trip to many celebrations at the farm, this is the year that everything changes, that lifelong friendships are tested, and for some of the women, they finally get the love they deserve.
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Favorite Quotes:
He listened to Led Zeppelin for a moment, his face creased with disgust. ‘Are you sure that’s not a woman?’ ‘Definitely.’ Aurora folded her arms. ‘Well, he sounds like a proper girl’s blouse to me.’
The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
Life was so difficult: you fell in love, then you fell out again and landed with a thump, giddy and stunned.
My Review:
I revel in Judy Leigh’s insightful, clever, and wryly amusing storytelling. She never fails to put a smirk on my face and keep it there, even when she is simultaneously squeezing my heart. Her tales are easy to fall into with fully populated villages of authentic and realistically quirky characters that intrigue, annoy, and entertain me to no end. I thoroughly enjoyed this convivial group of golden gals and can only aspire to be as feisty and cunning as Violet at the tender age of ninety-five.
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Judy Leigh is the bestselling author of Five French Hens, A Grand Old Time, and The Age of Misadventure, and the doyenne of the ‘it’s never too late’ genre of women’s fiction. She has lived all over the UK from Liverpool to Cornwall, but currently resides in Somerset.
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