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Title: The Happy Home For Ladies
Author: Lilly Bartlett
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: Harper Impulse
Publication Date: 31st August 2018
Rating: 5 Stars
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Meet Phoebe, who’s 28, and Laney, Dot and Maggie, who are 68, 78, and none of your business. Together they'll prove that age doesn’t matter when it comes to friendship, belonging and an unquenchable zest for life.
A hilarious, uplifting novel about the ties of community, the strength of love and how nobody is truly ordinary.
When Framlingham’s famously all-female senior living home goes co-ed, a war between the sexes is declared.
Stuck in the middle, chef Phoebe Stockton is desperate to help her friends plot to keep the community that means so much to them. It’s become her life raft, too. She finds comfort in her beloved career that might finally make her parents proud. But Phoebe’s darling Nick is lining up on the other side of the battle, and their relationship is suffering collateral damage.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. If the home’s owner can’t improve business by moving the men in, he’ll have to evict everyone.
The women aren’t about to let that happen.
A hilarious, uplifting novel about the ties of community, the strength of love and how nobody is truly ordinary.
When Framlingham’s famously all-female senior living home goes co-ed, a war between the sexes is declared.
Stuck in the middle, chef Phoebe Stockton is desperate to help her friends plot to keep the community that means so much to them. It’s become her life raft, too. She finds comfort in her beloved career that might finally make her parents proud. But Phoebe’s darling Nick is lining up on the other side of the battle, and their relationship is suffering collateral damage.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. If the home’s owner can’t improve business by moving the men in, he’ll have to evict everyone.
The women aren’t about to let that happen.
Always a joy to read a book from Lilly Bartlett and this really is no exception.
I loved getting to know all the residents at The Happy Home for Ladies, which is care home for ladies of a certain age, and has far more of a community feel to it than some. There are many clubs and activities daily, and it sounded like a really pleasant place to live.
We meet Phoebe on the day of her mother;s funeral, and I instantly felt a sort of kinship with her, as her relationship with her mother isn't simple, and neither is mine,
Phoebe is the cook at the care home, but not only that her best friend is the manager, her crush is the all around dogsbody of the place, and they are all friends to ladies that live there.
I loved hearing about the ins and outs of the home and its various residents, there were some very interesting sub plots at play, in addition to a few more serious ones too.
It is a well thought out, fun book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
Thank you to Netgalley and Harper Impulse for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily,
I loved getting to know all the residents at The Happy Home for Ladies, which is care home for ladies of a certain age, and has far more of a community feel to it than some. There are many clubs and activities daily, and it sounded like a really pleasant place to live.
We meet Phoebe on the day of her mother;s funeral, and I instantly felt a sort of kinship with her, as her relationship with her mother isn't simple, and neither is mine,
Phoebe is the cook at the care home, but not only that her best friend is the manager, her crush is the all around dogsbody of the place, and they are all friends to ladies that live there.
I loved hearing about the ins and outs of the home and its various residents, there were some very interesting sub plots at play, in addition to a few more serious ones too.
It is a well thought out, fun book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
Thank you to Netgalley and Harper Impulse for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily,
Good review- I would have fun with this book!
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