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The Switch
by Beth O'Leary
Thank you to Netgalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
What do we love? Strong female characters! Romance! Unapologetically being yourself!
And this marvellous novel is giving us all of this X2!!!
Eileen is 79, has recently been left by her Husband and is a real busybody. There is nothing she loves more than having a project. She is still going incredibly strong for her age and has her fingers in so many pie's, a lot of way younger people can only be envious of! Then we have her twenty-something granddaughter Leena. Who is a different kind of power house, but a power house nontheless!
When Leena is told by her company that she has to take her now two month long annual holiday after breaking down in a meeting as a result for her grief for her dead sister. She is absolutely appalled because she has no idea what to do with herself when she cannot work. Until she visits her grandma and an idea forms in her head. They swap places, with Leena looking after Eileens projects in a quaint little northern town and Eileen goes to live in the big city for two months to start dating again. The result may be more than both of them might have bargained for, but some of their respective adventures make them see what they are missing.
This novel has been absolutely delightful and I found myself grinning more than once. I kept rooting for all of the characters, none of them were too small to be well rounded (which I really appreciate in a book) and I felt like I managed to connect both with the nothern and the London "gangs", as it were.
O'Leary puts so much heart in her writing and it comes through very strong, especially when dealing with topics like infidelity or grief. Even though this is a positive and light-hearted novel, it has these serious parts in which you feel for the characters as you would for a friend or family member and that in itself is incredible.
I also loved how absolutely, magnificently relatable this book is. I especially had that moment when Leena is trying to walk Hank the young Labrador who keeps running away from her, jumping at her and being a right handfull despite being the probably most adorable pup on earth. My own Labrador was lying next to me at the time, snoring, and I just couldn't help but laugh out loud at Leena and Hank's antics, thinking back to my own experiences.
For fans of the Flatshare, or people generally looking for a feel good novel, I heartily recommend reading this. I had a brilliant time and cannot wait to see what Beth O'Leary comes up with next. With this one, she might have just made it to the first place of my favourite Rom-Com authors!
What do we love? Strong female characters! Romance! Unapologetically being yourself!
And this marvellous novel is giving us all of this X2!!!
Eileen is 79, has recently been left by her Husband and is a real busybody. There is nothing she loves more than having a project. She is still going incredibly strong for her age and has her fingers in so many pie's, a lot of way younger people can only be envious of! Then we have her twenty-something granddaughter Leena. Who is a different kind of power house, but a power house nontheless!
When Leena is told by her company that she has to take her now two month long annual holiday after breaking down in a meeting as a result for her grief for her dead sister. She is absolutely appalled because she has no idea what to do with herself when she cannot work. Until she visits her grandma and an idea forms in her head. They swap places, with Leena looking after Eileens projects in a quaint little northern town and Eileen goes to live in the big city for two months to start dating again. The result may be more than both of them might have bargained for, but some of their respective adventures make them see what they are missing.
This novel has been absolutely delightful and I found myself grinning more than once. I kept rooting for all of the characters, none of them were too small to be well rounded (which I really appreciate in a book) and I felt like I managed to connect both with the nothern and the London "gangs", as it were.
O'Leary puts so much heart in her writing and it comes through very strong, especially when dealing with topics like infidelity or grief. Even though this is a positive and light-hearted novel, it has these serious parts in which you feel for the characters as you would for a friend or family member and that in itself is incredible.
I also loved how absolutely, magnificently relatable this book is. I especially had that moment when Leena is trying to walk Hank the young Labrador who keeps running away from her, jumping at her and being a right handfull despite being the probably most adorable pup on earth. My own Labrador was lying next to me at the time, snoring, and I just couldn't help but laugh out loud at Leena and Hank's antics, thinking back to my own experiences.
For fans of the Flatshare, or people generally looking for a feel good novel, I heartily recommend reading this. I had a brilliant time and cannot wait to see what Beth O'Leary comes up with next. With this one, she might have just made it to the first place of my favourite Rom-Com authors!