A Grand Old Time
The laugh-out-loud and feel-good romantic comedy with a difference you must read in 2019
by Judy Leigh
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Pub Date Apr 03 2018 | Archive Date May 31 2018
Avon Books UK | Avon
Description
A funny and heartwarming debut for fans of Rachel Joyce and Cathy Hopkins.
Evie Gallagher is regretting her hasty move into a Dublin care home. She may be seventy-five and recently widowed, but she’s absolutely not dead yet.
And so, one morning, while the rest of Sheldon Lodge is asleep, Evelyn walks out the front door and never looks back. So begins a road trip that will take Evie first to Liverpool, then on to Brittany, where she buys a camper van and heads south on a Great Adventure.
But not everyone thinks Great Adventures are appropriate for women of Evie’s age, least of all her son Brendan and his wife Maura, who set off in pursuit, following a trail of puzzling text messages.
But when Brendan and Maura finally catch up with Evie, there are shocks in store for all of them … because while Brendan may have given up on life and love, Evie Gallagher certainly has not.
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780008269203 |
| PRICE | £2.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 400 |
Featured Reviews
Lesley N, Reviewer
This is a heartwarming tale of modern relationships and how we treat our elderly people. Evie had ended up in Sheldon Lodge when her husband died but she realised that it was not the right place for her and managed to escape. This is a lesson to all of us with aging parents to think about what is best for them, not just what works for us. It was fantastic that Evie managed to forge a new life for herself at the age of 75. These events were also a wake-up call for Brendan, her son, whose marriage was foundering. A lovely book and highly recommended.
Kat R, Reviewer
This is my first time i have read anything by this author and i was and i am pleasantly surprised by this because i LOVED it. It had the feel good factor, pleasant stpryline and it had the most amazing characters to boost. It is set in the lovely country Ireland and Evie who is 75 is dying of boredham living in a care home, nothing could be any worse for Evie. Her son and daughter in law visit her egular but theres no connection, or fun chats so she decides enough is enough and embarks on a trip, she has never done anything wuite like this before and sets sail to Liverpool, but thats not the ned she further ventures further out..... FRANCE and further south she goes funding it by her lucky number....
Her son is loving his job but something isnt wuite right with his loveless marriage and decide to follow his mother for some adventure being who he is he calls his wife to accomnay him to enjoy the summer together.
This story is laid out different than other books i have read as it opens up the heart to find happiness which ay you look, its certainly kept me page turning.
All of these reviews are soley mine and i would like to thank Netgalley for sending me this book
susan p, Reviewer
Loved it. Evie shows how an older lady with little self confidence, drained by family suggesting her usefulness is over and that she is only fit to live a quiet boring life in a residential home ,can rebel and rebuild her life. She also manages to suggest a way rebuild her son and daughter in law's happiness. Compulsive reading, brilliantly written.
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