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Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year

By: Joanna Nell
Narrated by: Jenny Seedsman
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 'Her best yet . . . a wonderful read about growing older and grabbing hold of life' Weekend Australian

'An intriguing, warm-hearted novel challenging age stereotypes' The Australian Women's Weekly

'Warm, insightful and funny . . . celebrates, so well, the treasures that life's later stages can hold' DIANNE YARWOOD


Husband and wife GPs Alan and Heather Winterbottom have worked side by side in their idyllic rural practice for over forty years but now they've decided to hang up their stethoscopes and retire. Joy! Celebration! Or not . . . Heather dreams of exploring the Greek Islands, of escaping the shackles of her routine life. Alan dreams of growing his own vegetables.

When things come to a head at a family lunch, Heather announces that she has decided to take a year off. From her old life, from her marriage - from Alan. Alone in beautiful Greece, Heather embarks on her very own odyssey. But could what's waiting for her back in Netherwood be Heather's biggest adventure yet?


'Brightly written with smart, snappy dialogue and some nice servings of humour' Canberra Weekly

'Takes the reader on a wholesome and hilarious journey from the organic garden beds of Dorset to the sun-kissed islands of Greece . . . this is a story that will leave you smiling' ALI LOWE

'Delightful . . . This is an author who never disappoints. Her gentle intelligence is evident in everything she writes . . . Her observations of the human condition are perspicacious but kind, humorous but never mocking' Living Arts Canberra

'Full of wit' Who Magazine

'A laugh-out-loud holiday read that will make your heart swell' TRACEY SPICER©2023 Joanna Nell (P)2023 Hachette Australia Pty Ltd Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Marriage Greece Comedy Funny Heartfelt Dream
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I loved this book, I can see myself taking a gap year one day. Recommend listening. Easy to listen to Narration.

A wonderful love story

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This entertaining tale has been a delight from the first chapter until the last. Thoroughly enjoyable read.

Beautiful tale

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I loved this book. It is heartwarming, funny, witty, insightful and altogether just delightful. Easily identifiable to adventurous, mature readers! It is beautifully written and read

Wonderful

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Well told story with lovely characters and descriptions that were clear but not too verbose.

Might take a gap year too!

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I loved everything about this book!! I laughed, I cried, it was wonderful, characters relatable and loveable.

Wonderful

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Very good performance, I liked the connection with Homer & the Greek isles. Although a bit Shirley valentinish

Good retirement yarn

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I loved that the story covered so many of the aspects of a couple venturing into retirement with what they thought were the same ideas and values only to find that they were so different. I loved that they both enabled the other to find their way and to find out that "the grass is never greener" !! so relatable and enjoyable

So true to life

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Wonderfully written and read. Joanna writes witty stories that explore human relationships with great understanding and compassion. Highly recommend

Another wonderful Joanna Nell story

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I loved every minute of this story. It’s a realistic tale of the retirement and family situation of two very capable GPs starting retirement going through the ups & downs that needed to be navigated and working out how to find what each needed in their lives and that together they could achieve it despite a bumpy start. Beautifully narrated.

Excellent story

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A beautiful story especially for those who are in the retirement stage of their lives. Insightful, funny, poignant and simply delightful.

Fantastic

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