The Golden Oldies Book club

 

The Golden Oldies Book Club by Judy Leigh- women’s fiction

Jeannie runs Sharrocks cider as generations have done before her. She lives with her elderly mother who is constantly cracking jokes and her two grandchildren as their father, Jeannie's son, lives abroad and they are finishing their education here. Jeannie is feeling tired and although she has a manager and good staff wishes there was someone to take over for her. Her grandson is studying drama and her granddaughter has been rather errant lately on studying anything. Jeannie enjoys the book club she goes to in the local library which having only one male in tends to swerve the conversation as he is rather abrupt and comes out with misogynistic comments much to the horror of the women. Others in the village of a similar age are going through their own traumas in one way or another. Can they pull together to make themselves happy again?

Another one of Judy’s wonderful reads that always brings a smile. There are Violet's jokes (which make me smile each and every time), family rows and values and a good hearted plot that kept me engaged right through. An uplifting read, I'm smiling as I type this, a little romance and lots of good old fashioned kindness. A wonderful, wonderful book.  

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The Golden Oldies Book Club Deep in the Somerset countryside, the Combe Pomeroy village library hosts a monthly book club. Ruth the librarian fears she’s too old to find love, but a discussion about Lady Chatterley’s Lover makes her think again. Aurora doesn’t feel seventy-two and longs to relive the excitement of her youth, while Verity is getting increasingly tired of her husband Mark’s grumpiness and wonders if their son’s imminent flight from the nest might be just the moment for her to fly too. And Danielle is fed up with her cheating husband. Surely life has more in store for her than to settle for second best? The glue that holds Combe Pomeroy together is Jeannie. Doyenne of the local cider farm and heartbeat of her family and community, no one has noticed that Jeannie needs some looking after too. Has the moment for her to retire finally arrived, and if so, what does her future hold? From a book club French exchange trip, to many celebrations at the farm, this is the year that everything changes, that lifelong friendships are tested, and for some of the women, they finally get the love they deserve. Purchase Link – https://amzn.to/3SEaggJ

Author Bio – 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. Social Media Links – Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005568258864 Twitter https://twitter.com/JudyLeighWriter Instagram https://www.instagram.com/judyrleigh/ Newsletter Sign Up: https://bit.ly/JudyLeighNews Bookbub profile: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/judy-leigh