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'It’s 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 she’s 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 aunt’s 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 …' (Publication summary)
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‘You’re covered in wrinkles. You’re no longer interesting’ : The Books Making Ageing Women Visible
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 9 April 2024;
— Review of Whenever You're Ready 2024 single work novel ; Tilda Is Visible 2024 single work novel ; Audrey's Gone AWOL 2024 single work novel ; The Little Clothes 2024 single work novel
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‘You’re covered in wrinkles. You’re no longer interesting’ : The Books Making Ageing Women Visible
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 9 April 2024;
— Review of Whenever You're Ready 2024 single work novel ; Tilda Is Visible 2024 single work novel ; Audrey's Gone AWOL 2024 single work novel ; The Little Clothes 2024 single work novel
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