The Switch

Some life lessons taken from 'The Switch':
1) Remember to ask myself WWWCD*?
and
2) being nosey can be decidedly useful.

*What would Eileen Cotton do?

> In 'The Switch' by Beth O'Leary, Leena Cotton is forced to take a long overdue sabbatical and decides to visit her grandmother Eileen. While recoopurating, Leena developes the ingenious idea of swapping lives - bored octagenarian Eileen can temporarily live in Leena's flat in London and Leena can adopt, Eileen's stress free, easy life in rural Yorkshire.

Needless to say, both women discover that neither have a true notion of the other's life and both receive numerous shocks over the coming weeks. They experience their 'new' lives and learn how to accept differences experiences, people and slowly come to make positive changes around them.

It would be so easy to dismiss this book as nothing other than a typical, predictable 'chick-lit'. but thankfully O'Leary is an accomplished author and not only creates well-rounded and interesting characters with a tragic back-story which engages the readers attention.

The story was so charming and heart warming. The reader is constantly supporting our two protoganists and laughing at their mistakes, while crying at they learn to confront the tragedy in their lives. Such a wonderful, feel good and positive read.

Thank you to the Beth O'Leary, Macmillan Audio and Net Galley for an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. Show more Show less

Favourite of the 3(Granny and The devil and his boy)... these books got me going CRAZY