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Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year

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Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year by Joanna Nell follows Vivienne Winterbottom, a retired woman feeling stuck in her routine. She decides to break free and embark on an adventurous gap year, challenging herself and rediscovering what truly matters in life. The story explores themes of reinvention, friendship, and personal growth, as Vivienne embraces new experiences with humour and heart.
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Her latest novel is her best yet... a wonderful read about growing older and grabbing hold of life Weekend Australian

'Heartwarming, tender and oh-so-funny' ALI LOWE

Charming, funny and wise exploration of the pleasures and perils of retirement. If you want a laugh-out-loud holiday read that will make your heart swell, this is the book for you TRACEY SPICER

An intriguing, warm-hearted novel challenging age stereotypes The Australian Women's Weekly

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, escaping the shackles of her routine life, and embracing an exciting new adventure. 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 - complete with unforgettable experiences, pitfalls, and temptations. But could what's waiting for her back in Netherwood be Heather's biggest adventure yet?

Warm, insightful and funny… celebrates, so well, the treasures that life's later stages can hold DIANNE YARWOOD

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

It's a meditation on the meaning of love, and the ebbs and flows of relationships TRACEY SPICER

I loved taking a gap week from my life with Mrs Winterbottom. Nell's writing is delightfully funny and as heart-warming as a cup of tea MEGAN ALBANY

Engaging, funny and resoundingly human Books+Publishing

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

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780733649042

Publisher: Hachette Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 November 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Hachette Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 233.0mm

Weight: 410g

Pages: 336

About the Author

Joanna Nell is a British-Australian writer, GP and advocate for positive ageing. Her essays and short fiction have won multiple awards and been widely published in magazines, journals and literary anthologies. Her first five novels, The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village, The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker, The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home, The Tea Ladies of St Jude's Hospital and Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year, were national bestsellers. Joanna lives on Sydney's Northern Beaches.

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