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The Switch

By Beth O'Leary
The Switch by Beth O'Leary digital book - Fable

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A grandmother and granddaughter swap lives in The Switch, a charming, romantic novel by Beth O’Leary, who has been hailed as “the new Jojo Moyes” (Cosmopolitan UK)...

When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some long-overdue rest.

Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty. She'd like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen.

So they decide to try a two-month swap.

Eileen will live in London and look for love. She’ll take Leena’s flat, and learn all about casual dating, swiping right, and city neighbors. Meanwhile Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire: Eileen’s sweet cottage and garden, her idyllic, quiet village, and her little neighborhood projects.

But stepping into one another's shoes proves more difficult than either of them expected. Will swapping lives help Eileen and Leena find themselves…and maybe even find true love? In Beth O'Leary's The Switch, it's never too late to change everything....or to find yourself.

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“Such an endearing and wholesome story. I found the characters super likable. Definitely recommend!”
“Leena vive a Londra, ha un lavoro che ama ma durante un’importante riunione ha un attacco di panico e da lì capisce di essere in totale burnout, complice anche il lutto che sta attraversando per la perdita della sorella. Costretta dalla stessa azienda per cui lavora a prendersi due mesi forzati di pausa, deciderà di andare a vivere nel paesino di campagna dove vive la nonna scambiandosi le rispettive case. La nonna di Leena infatti è un’arzilla settantanovenne stanca della vita monotona di paese e vuole provare la vita di città. Mi piace come scrive Beth O’Leary ma di quattro libri letti questo mi ha entusiasmata poco. Ho trovato le storie parallele di Leena e sua nonna poco interessanti, inverosimili a tratti e piene dei soliti cliché. La narrazione mi è parsa piatta, anche il tema dell’elaborazione del lutto mi è sembrato poco sviluppato. Peccato perché gli altri libri dell’autrice li ho adorati. È stata in ogni caso una lettura di intrattenimento che non mi sento di sconsigliare.”

About Beth O'Leary

Beth O’Leary worked in children's publishing before becoming a full-time author. She is also the author of the Sunday Times bestselling novel The Flatshare, which has been translated into more than thirty languages.

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