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Happy Hour
Happy Hour | Jacquie Byron
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Elizabeth Strout meets Marian Keyes in this wonderful, joyful, funny debut novel from Australian author Jacquie Byron.
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squirrelbrain
Happy Hour | Jacquie Byron
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I loved this! Thank you so much for sending it to me @CarolynM 😘

Franny is grieving after her husband died 3 years ago in a tragic accident. When a single Mum with two kids moves in next door her life is up-ended in all sorts of ways. I loved all of the characters, especially Franny herself and the two kids next door.

If you liked Eudora Honeysett you‘ll love this - it‘s actually a little bit sharper and funnier.

dabbe Looks like da real pup is ready for happy hour! #sweetface 💙🐾💚 11mo
batsy Such a good book model 😁😍 11mo
Megabooks Handsome Henry!! 🤩🤩 11mo
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Cathythoughts Lovely pic ! I‘m jealous of your lovely camping trip. 🥰 11mo
LeahBergen Hello Henry! 😘 11mo
jesseastin This sounds great! I wonder why I can‘t find it at my library or on Amazon. Must search harder…. 11mo
jesseastin Found and ordered! 11mo
squirrelbrain @jesseastin - it‘s an Australian book which is maybe why you struggled but glad you‘ve found it now! 11mo
TrishB Henry ♥️ book sounds fab too. 11mo
BarbaraBB Sounds great. @CarolynM always finds the best Australian books! 11mo
Hooked_on_books Henry looks like he enjoyed it, too! 11mo
CarolynM 💕😘 Eudora Honeysett reminded me of this book, yet there aren‘t really that many similarities. Franny and Eudora are both fabulous but in very different ways! 11mo
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squirrelbrain
Happy Hour | Jacquie Byron
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We‘ve had two days of walking so today is a campsite chill-out day.🚐

I‘m over halfway through Happy Hour and loving it; it‘s the perfect holiday read.

Only just started Enchantment and about to start Chrysalis on Kindle, because why read one book when you can read three?! 🤣

bnp What part of the world are you camping in? 11mo
Bklover Those are my favorite days! Depending on the temperature, coffee, a comfy lawn chair, and a book by a campfire. Bliss. ❤️❤️❤️ 11mo
CarolynM So glad you‘re enjoying Happy Hour ❤️ Isn‘t Franny fabulous? 11mo
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youneverarrived Sounds good! ❤️ I‘m waiting on Enchantment at the library, I really enjoyed her other book 11mo
Cathythoughts Enjoy your well deserved chill out day 👍🏻❤️ 11mo
Tamra Camping! 💜 Except it looks like you do the real thing! We faux camp with a camper. 😉 11mo
squirrelbrain @bnp - we‘re in Yorkshire in England. 11mo
squirrelbrain I‘m loving Franny @CarolynM - in fact all of the characters are fab! 11mo
squirrelbrain @youneverarrived - so far I don‘t think it‘s as good as Wintering. Still good, but somehow it seems more negative even though it‘s meant to be about finding the positive. 11mo
squirrelbrain Oh no @Tamra - we faux-camp too! That‘s just the side of the awning you can see. We have a camper too - it may be tiny but it has central heating! 😁 11mo
Tamra @squirrelbrain 😂 okay, I don‘t feel so wimpy now. 11mo
Megabooks Glad you‘re having a good camping trip! 11mo
Cinfhen Exactly!! 11mo
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CarolynM
Happy Hour | Jacquie Byron
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#12Booksof2022 #February

This #ozfiction features one of the most memorable characters of my reading year. Frannie is a force of nature and I loved spending time with her.

WJCintron Merry Christmas 🎁🎄😃❤️🙏✨ 1y
CarolynM @WJCintron Merry Christmas to you too🎄💕 1y
Cinfhen I see I stacked this already so im assuming I must have read your original review 😛 1y
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squirrelbrain Yay! I think I may have a copy of this…. 🤔🤣😘 1y
CarolynM @Cinfhen Keep an eye on your letterbox 😘 1y
CarolynM @squirrelbrain Hope you enjoy it as much as I did😘 1y
Freespirit This sounds great! 1y
Cinfhen OMG! Are u serious?!? That‘s the nicest surprise xxxx THANK YOU 😘 1y
Andrew65 This looks great 😁 1y
CarolynM @Cinfhen Tracking says it was at the local facility for delivery last Wednesday so I‘m hoping you will have it very soon. 1y
Cinfhen Don‘t want to get my hopes up….delivery has been disappointing but VERY excited🫶🏼! Thank you so much, Carolyn 🥰 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️📚 🐶 1y
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CarolynM
Happy Hour | Jacquie Byron
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Franny, a fierce & fabulous older lady, finds her way out of 3 years of grief over the death of her beloved husband with the help of her 2 dogs & the family who have just moved in next door. The story is written with tremendous wit & is by turns funny, sad & heart-warming. I loved Franny to bits. The narration, by Nell Campbell, was spectacularly good too. It is without doubt the most entertaining book I've encountered in a long time. #ozfiction

Cinfhen Sounds wonderful #Stacked😁 (edited) 2y
LeahBergen Lovely review! 2y
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