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Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year
- Narrated by: Jenny Seedsman
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year
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Publisher's Summary
'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
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- Anonymous User
- 21-01-2024
A wonderful love story
I loved this book, I can see myself taking a gap year one day. Recommend listening. Easy to listen to Narration.
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- Belinda Shanahan
- 30-12-2023
Beautiful tale
This entertaining tale has been a delight from the first chapter until the last. Thoroughly enjoyable read.
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- Christine
- 14-06-2024
Wonderful
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
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- Anonymous User
- 22-07-2024
Might take a gap year too!
Well told story with lovely characters and descriptions that were clear but not too verbose.
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- Kym Hooper
- 26-03-2024
Good retirement yarn
Very good performance, I liked the connection with Homer & the Greek isles. Although a bit Shirley valentinish
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- Christine Curtis
- 08-04-2024
So true to life
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
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- Anonymous User
- 28-05-2024
Another wonderful Joanna Nell story
Wonderfully written and read. Joanna writes witty stories that explore human relationships with great understanding and compassion. Highly recommend
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- Othello1971
- 18-01-2024
skipped through the last half
I really thought she'd carve her own path. It ended up being quite a let down and as for her husband, what a wet blanket he was. very unliveable as a character, to whom I never warmed. started out with such promise, ended predictably and safely back in the nuclear family model. bah humbug!
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- Paddington
- 20-04-2024
Excellent story
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.
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- Sue
- 11-05-2024
Fantastic
A beautiful story especially for those who are in the retirement stage of their lives. Insightful, funny, poignant and simply delightful.
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