Sisters Making Mischief by Maddie Please
Sisters Making Mischief by Maddie Please
Joy Chandler has had enough!
All she wanted was a lovely family Christmas with perfect turkey and luxury crackers. Instead, daughter Sara announces she’s getting divorced...and where is the fizz? And son, John and perfect wife Vanessa announce they are leaving for New York… and are the vegetables organic? And not one of them has made her a cup of tea!
So Joy decides she’s going to leave them all to it and head to France to visit her younger sister Isobel - a break from it all is just what she needs!
Isabel’s potato farm in France might be rustic, but Joy is hoping to find a bit of the old her again. Do her family really only think she's their dogs body? Where has Joy’s joy gone?
Being with Isobel is loud and chaotic and being together brings out both sisters’ mischievous side! And being in France adds a welcome touch of ooh la la to Joy’s life again. Soon, she has a new job, a new man and maybe even, a second chance at living!
An uplifting and hilarious story about living life to the full and always, always having fun! Perfect for fans of Judy Leigh and Dee Macdonald.
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My review
I couldn’t help but feel for Joy as this book launches into a nightmare of a Christmas, which is anything but joyous and leaves her expectations of a fun, festive, family time in tatters. I was exhausted by it all and couldn’t wait for her to set foot in France in the hope she would find some peace from the chaos back at home. With the rest of her family about to embark on new beginnings, that was what I wanted Joy to find too.
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Joy and her sister Isabel are totally different, but with sixty years of experience, they knew how to work well together. Joy soon found her place in the heart of Isabel’s chaotic kitchen and her pottering around in the brocante barn and bookshop was beneficial for them both, as was the challenge of finding out more about their new neighbour Luc.
Eugénie was one of my favourite characters, a Frenchwoman of a certain age and with her own unique way of living – from dressing, to voicing her opinions, to romance, I loved it when she appeared for her morning coffee ritual.
As this gentle, great fun read played out, watching a new Joy emerge, with a fresh way of thinking and feeling about herself and her family, put a huge smile on my face.
If you need an escape this Christmas, head to Brittany with Joy, you won’t regret it.
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Author Bio
Maddie Please is the #1 bestselling author of joyous tales of older women including The Old Ducks’ Club and Sisters Behaving Badly. She had a career as a dentist and now lives in rural Herefordshire where she enjoys box sets, red wine and Christmas.
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Here are my reviews of two of Maddie’s previous novels set in France:
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