The Highland Hens

 

The Highland Hens by Judy Leigh Women’s fiction-

Mimi is a star, well at least she was, or she thought she was and sadly spends her time reliving her youth, dressing up and singing. The dancing isn't so great when you are in your late eighties. Her three sons Angus, Hamish and Fin despair but are glad that their mother is at least enjoying life- or is she? Young Jess (at late fifties :) ) has bought a cottage that her brother is doing up for her. Only one job finds another and another and it's going to be months before she can move in. She was taking a few days holiday before moving in when the work was only going to take a few days. Now she might just stay a while longer as there's clearly no rush to get back. When Jess and Mimi cross paths a friendship forms quite unlike any other each has known.

This is a treasure of a read. I smiled and I cried. Judy has that special talent to bring characters to life and leave the reader with that feel good factor and one of one life, live it. Wonderful characters- Mimi is one in a million and I couldn't help but love Jess and Angus. A feel good read for anyone needing that little lift in life and that there is good in most people. A wonderful read and one I will remember with a smile.

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IThe Highland Hens

In the imposing Glen Carrick House overlooking Scotland’s famous Loch Ness, lives eighty-eight-year-old Mimi McKinlay, cared for by her three adult sons. Hamish has inherited his mother’s musical talents, Fin is the responsible brother, and Angus has the complicated and brooding personality to match his dashing good looks. 

But what all the brothers share is a concern that their beloved mother is living in her memories of her days on stage, while letting her present days pass her by.

Jess Oliver is at a turning point. Amicably divorced after years of being married, this trip to the Highlands is a first taste of independence. It isn’t long before the beauty and hospitality of Scotland captures her heart.

When Mimi and Jess’s paths cross, a friendship is formed that will change both women’s lives.  And as together they find ways to look forward instead of to the past, long forgotten dreams are within reach, and every new day is fresh with possibilities. 

Take a trip to the Highlands with Judy Leigh for an unforgettable story of glorious pasts and fabulous futures, of love, friendship, family and fun. The perfect feel-good novel for all fans of Dawn French, Dee Macdonald and Cathy Hopkins.

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Judy Leigh is the USA Today bestselling author of The Old Girls’ Network and Five French Hens 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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