The Golden Oldies' Book Club

By: Judy Leigh

Narrated by: Phyllida Nash

From MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh

'Judy’s done it again. Every woman over a certain age should read this wonderful book' Jennifer Bohnet

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.

Judy Leigh is back with her unmistakable recipe of friendship and fun, love and laughter. The perfect feel-good novel for all fans of Dawn French, Dee Macdonald and Cathy Hopkins.

©2022 Judy Leigh (P)2022 Boldwood Books

The womens’ strong friendship.

I liked the good imagry of each character; established in an economy of the writing

I couldn’t finish listening

I love this author! But the narrator is so hard to listen to, I had to give up. It sounds like she has a mouthful of food and doesn’t enunciate any words. And her voice drops low at the end of each sentence, so it’s impossible to catch half the plot. Very frustrating for a big fan.

Somewhat disappointed

I had a hard time following this story. It drug along, not at all as entertaining as Judy Leigh’s other books. I really enjoyed her writing in three other Audible stories. Also the narrator was hard to understand at times.

Poor audio quality

Difficult to follow the story when some of the character voices are very muffled. I had to have it on full volume with no background noise.

Meh

About a third of the way into this, I had to start over. I hadn’t connected with the characters or the story much at all, but I’ve enjoyed this author before. I was sure the problem was my own. However, starting over didn’t help. I hadn’t missed anything. The story is just drawn out and flat. It’s fairly uneventful. One might say it’s a “one note” song. The narrator reads that way, too, like she knows this book is going nowhere, as well. Pretty disappointing, as we expect better from this author.