Book Review - The Not So Golden Oldies by Liz Davies

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Title: The Not So Golden Oldies

Author: Liz Davies

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Author supplied copy

Publisher: Lilac Tree Books

Publication Date: 22nd February 2022

Rating: 4 Stars

A gorgeously uplifting, feel good read!

When retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be…

Meena Fisher is a middle-aged medical secretary with a husband, two grandchildren, a house to run, and more hobbies than you can shake a stick at. She is perfectly happy with her life just the way it is.

Her husband, Oscar, is a middle-aged workaholic who spends his days either in the office or on the golf course. With his wife looking after both him and the house, he gets on with the business of making money. He is also perfectly happy with his life just the way it is.

They share a bed, and they sometimes eat dinner together if they can both manage to be in the house at the same time. Aside from that, their paths rarely cross. The arrangement suits them both.

But when Oscar is forced to take early retirement and decides it’s only fair he takes over the running of the house, both their previously happy lives are turned upside down.

The question is, can they find a way to live together with the new status quo? And, more importantly, do they want to?

I'm kind of gutted this book had to end, it was such a gentle and pleasant read, that it was really starting to relax me, and then I reached the last page.  I would have happily continued reading for a lot longer! 

This is a gentle look at what happens when one half of a couple is forced to take early retirement suddenly while the other is still working and busy with a million commitments. 

The emotions each of them experienced felt very real to me, and it was obvious neither of them were entirely happy with the situation, nor did they necessarily appreciate each other, there was a woeful lack of communication between them 

But yet both of them grew on me a lot, and although at times Meena drove me a bit nuts, her heart is in the right place, she just had a tricky childhood and it clearly shaped what she became. 

This was just a really comforting way to spend some time, in amongst the lives of other people, it was interesting, I was enjoying reading it, and just had a really cosy vibe to it, even when Meena and Oscar weren't exactly seeing eye to eye.  And I really loved the way it ended, seemed really fitting. 

Thank you to the author for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.,