The Runaway Wife: A laugh out loud feel good novel about second chances Paperback – April 30, 2018

Fast paced. Excellent storytelling. Thank you for writing such an excellent book. It's really fun to take the bull by the horns and live our best life. Thanks, again!

Very clever with predictable unpredictability. A delightful read.

I really enjoyed riding along on Connie's adventures. This was a feel good book and a great escape when life seemed ugly.There are so many perceptions of what should make one happy, or be 'enough'. I'm glad Connie found her wings.

Good book by slow

This book is excellent. It's so fun to find a mature protagonist who is positive about life. Not just moaning over sad events, awaiting rescue. This heroine is someone you'd like to be, strong, resilient, and interesting. The author tells a great story that incites the reader's interest and empathy. It's clearly, and concisely written, hopeful, but not unrealistic. It's a fun read.

Was she bored? Was she being silly? Was she tired of being dutiful? Perhaps all three-so Connie crawls out of her domestic rut and hops in her little green car. She leaves her safe and staid Sussex life and head towards freedom and the “thrill of being naughty.”Goodbye to boring golfer husband Roger, three fine adult children and an uninspiring retirement bungalow. Connie leaves a note for Roger by the kettle, emails her kids and heads off on the This is Your Life Tour. And it is so much fun for us to travel along with Connie, as she explores where her parents lived when they were young, reunites with friends from her past, and meets some interesting folks along the way. As she wends her way to Scotland, she beings to sort herself out. What does she want the rest of her life to look like? And how does dull but responsible Roger fit in? Will she go home? Will she leave Roger?Serious questions for sure, but this is not a serious book. It’s a loving and light-hearted look at life, as viewed by a pleasant and caring 66 year-old woman. Connie has a change of attitude-life is for the living and for Connie, living means being more “determined, less guilty, and less dithery”. It’s a good thing Connie becomes more open to living in the moment, because quite a moment awaits her at the end of this creative and witty “laugh out-loud feel good novel about second chances”.

This story of an older woman just up and taking off, not only have I imagined doing that many times in my life; I feel sure many others have as well. Connie goes off not sure of herself anymore and finds herself and new friends that truly needed her as she needed them in her own way. This was an engrossing touching lovely and funny happy story and I loved every page of it!!!!

I love stories of gutsy women who have been underestimated by those who know and love them. You'll find this in The Runaway Wife with surprises thrown in.