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Audrey's Gone AWOL
Audrey's Gone AWOL | Annie de Monchaux
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Shirley Valentine for the new millennium. This is my book of the year. Louise Allan, author of The Sisters' Song Its never too late to reinvent your life Audrey Lamont has happily devoted herself to family life for the best part of 40 years, but lately shes become aware that she lost herself somewhere between 'I do' and the weekly shop. Worse, her academic husband Simon has found time for romance just not with Audrey. Feeling invisible to everyone, even herself, she flees to her aunts home in rural France. While waiting for her sudden absence to spark a change of heart in Simon, Audrey finds solace in the charms of the French countryside and the company of her aged aunt and a cast of eccentric Bretons. But soon Audrey discovers going AWOL might do more than save her marriage, it might change her life Audreys Gone AWOL is a funny and beautifully observed story about losing yourself, finding yourself, and discovering joy. Praise for Audrey's Gone AWOL a wonderful novel brimming with quaint vignettes of village life and keen observations on love, death and living authentically...a delight that will warm your heart Books+Publishing Monchaux is one of those ... writers who knows just how much to ladle and when. The Australian Womens Weekly At once savvy and funny and wise, full of insights into the heart and power of the middle-aged woman. Audrey is a triumph. Kristina Olssen, author of Shell Deeply engaging, witty and warm, Audrey is an absolute delight! Louise Wolhuter, author of An Afterlife of Rosemary Lamb
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Although it‘s a variation on the old chestnut of empty-nester running away to exotic location (in this case Brittany) on discovering husband‘s infidelity, there is a lot to like about the way the story is told here. There is more to Audrey than first appears & the cast of supporting characters are original & entertaining. I could have done without the romantic subplot, but at least it wasn‘t presented as her ultimate fulfilment. #ozfiction

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