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Title: Chasing The SunAuthor: Judy LeighFormat reviewed: EbookSource: NetgalleyPublisher: Boldwood BooksPublication Date: 8th April 2021Rating: 5 Stars
Sun, Sangria and new starts, from the author of the bestselling Five French Hens.
Molly’s seventieth birthday comes as something of a shock. The woman in the mirror certainly looks every day of those seventy years, but inside Molly feels she still has so much more living left to do. Widowed and living alone with her cat Crumper, Molly fears she is slipping into a cliché of old age.
When Molly’s sister Nell appears on her doorstep, distraught that her husband of more than forty years, Phil, has left her for a younger lover, the women decide to seize the day. By the morning, flights are booked, bags are packed, and off they go for an adventure in Spain.
The sun, the sea, the new friends and the freedom are just the tonic for broken hearts and flagging souls. But even Spain isn’t enough to revive Molly’s spirit. A solo journey to Mexico is booked as Molly continues to chase the sun and to chase happiness. Will she find what she’s looking for in Mexico, or will she discover that true contentment can’t be found on a map, but it might just be found in a new flame.
Judy Leigh is back, with her trademark spirit of joie de vivre, fun, warmth and timeless lessons in how to live.
Oh I do love a Judy Leigh book, and this was no exception. I especially love a book featuring foreign countries, and this delivered by the bucket load.
And I also love a book which has plenty of things to giggle at, and well grown women dressed as fish, horse riding in the sea, an ill advised skinny dip are just some of the highlights courtesy of Molly. Oh I did enjoy Molly, she has a keen diary writing habit, has just turned 70, is widowed and has wanderlust.,... and I didn't even mention her "self portrait" .
Then her half sister's marriage breaks down and Molly's solution to all of this is to to take them off to Spain for a few months. And Nell, flourishes in Spain, she makes friends with their neighbours and even has a bit of a romance.
However Molly just can't seem to settle, and thus she ends up in Mexico, and as much as I enjoyed the Spanish portion of the book, things hot up and become even more entertaining in Mexico!
It seemed the Molly really came into her own in Mexico, making her own new friends, with a potential man too, and having all sorts of fun and adventures. There are so many highlights but I wouldn't want to give the game away.
I spent a fair bit of the book just hoping my health is still good when I'm 70, so i can still go on good holidays, or longer than the average holiday and get up to all sorts and have the time of my life.
Once again Judy Leigh has written a book, celebrating the simple fact that life doesn't end at 70, and can if you are fortunate enough can just be embarking on the the next phase of your life, and in fact can begin again at 70!
Which is a rather joyous message to be able to take from a purely enjoyable book.
Thank you to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
I love her books, too! Nice review.
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