4.5 ‘All about Ella’ is the second book I have read by Meredith Appleyard and I’ve enjoyed both. The story seems quite simple but it is filled with so many important observations and messages about ageing and relationships and human interactions that it’s anything but .

Ella is 70 and recently widowed . Falling out with her children over money and her desire to do her own thing she heads to the coastal down of Cutlers Bay. Here we meet Angie , a drifter , and Zach the local policeman to name a few of the endearing characters in the book Ella purchases an isolated property much too alarm of others and deals with the fallout from this .

I really enjoyed this novel . Totally invested in the characters and their outcomes it has left me thinking about so many things from different angles . The novel is due for release on the 1st September and well worth a read . Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publisher Harlequin for an advanced copy to read and review !