The Old Girls’ Network by Judy Leigh Womens Contemporary Fiction

Barbara is staying with her sister after having a fall due to low blood pressure. Both

ladies are in their seventies, Barbara never having married and Pauline now a widow.

On a trip one day  Pauline knocks over what she thinks is a drunken vagrant. Enter

Bisto- so named as a child he loved to smell the cooking just like the kids in the

advert of the same name.  He says he was on his way to his chateau in France

and has lost his belongings and wallet. He is filthy and stinks of drink. Pauline is

more trusting and Barbara maybe like most of us thinks “ yeah right- not!”.  She

is a rather reserved solitary type of person, different from her friendly, gregarious

sister who knows and interacts with most people in her village. Pauline insists on

taking Bisto in for a while whilst he recovers, and so begins some adventures both

with Bisto and of Barbara wondering if how she has led her life has been the bes

t path. I enjoyed this, it's a lighthearted look at life and how we sometimes

interact with others- or not. This is one of those reads that can stop time, take you

back to time and places in your life and how you or others have dealt with

situations. Maybe not a bad thing. I loved Bisto, he is a wonderful character

and someone I will remember long after finishing the book. I smiled and it took me

to a happy place. Five big stars from me.
The Old Girls’ Network Is it ever too late to change… After a health scare, 77 year-old spinster Barbara goes to convalesce in the sleepy Somerset village of Winsleigh Green with her sister Pauline, who is now a widow. The sisters are like chalk and cheese - Barbara, outspoken and aloof and Pauline, good natured and homely – so it’s not long before the tension starts to rise. But when Pauline accidentally knocks down a vagrant who goes by the name of Bisto Mulligan, the ladies find themselves with another houseguest. As he recovers, it becomes apparent that Bisto is not who he first seemed, and as the sisters get to know the kind and courageous man he really is, it’s clear Bisto has the potential to change both of their lives. As the spring turns to summer, and Winsleigh Green comes to life, can the three friends make the changes they need to, to embrace fresh starts, new loves, new lives and new horizons. Or do old habits die too hard? Funny, joyful and with a spring in its step that reminds you to live every day like it’s your last. Judy Leigh has once again written the perfect feel-good novel for all fans of Dawn French, Dee MacDonald and Cathy Hopkins. Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/2SLuNDu Author Bio 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
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