One French Summer by Gillian Harvey
One French Summer by Gillian Harvey
Only child out of the house – so far out that she’s gone all the way to Australia! A husband, who has requested a break. Life isn’t quite going as planned for Katy.
She’s suddenly at a loss, but she still has her friends Sam, Vicky and Ivy. The girls have been there for her through thick and they’re not about to stop now. However, they think Katy might need more than boot camp . . . so they kidnap her and head off to France on a last minute retreat.
Can a reset give her a new lease on life or help her win back her husband? Or could there be a new love in her life?
She went for a holiday, but it could become the start of a second chance . . .
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My Review
This is a book about a middle-aged wife and mother struggling to come to terms with the changes thrust upon her, and Katy was a great character, whose story tugged at my heart strings. What I especially loved was the dynamics between the group of friends, and that it was this friendship group who were core to the story, not the rest of Katy’s family. I didn’t always agree with the choices she made, but I did understand 100% why she made the decisions she did. It was easy as the book moved on, to want her to find the happiness she deserved.
As her friends whisk her off for an art retreat, they are all on the verge of learning more about each other and themselves and I felt like I was there alongside them. France as a location ticked all my boxes as they perfected their techniques on the canvas with the local market, cafés, vineyards and more, providing the perfect backdrops. Then there was the romance of France, found in the stones of an abandoned cottage, the meals eaten on a poolside terrace, or in the promise of a new direction. It was easy to fall under the spell.
If you would like to escape the winter gloom, you are sure to enjoy basking in the warm glow that One French Summer will leave you with.
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Author Bio
Gillian Harvey is a freelance journalist and the author of two well-reviewed women’s fiction novels published by Orion. She has lived in Limousin France for the past twelve years, from where she derives the inspiration and settings for her books. Her first title for Boldwood A Year at the French Farmhouse was published in September 2022 (read my review here).
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