The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village

Paperback Published on: 22/08/2019
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Synopsis

A moving, funny, heartwarming tale of love and friendship, for anyone who loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Keeper of Lost Things and Three Things about Elsie.

It's never too late to grow old disgracefully...

The life of 79-year-old pensioner Peggy Smart is as beige as the décor in her retirement village. Her week revolves around aqua aerobics and appointments with her doctor. The highlight of Peggy's day is watching her neighbour Brian head out for his morning swim.

Peggy dreams of inviting the handsome widower - treasurer of the Residents' Committee and one of the few eligible men in the village - to an intimate dinner. But why would an educated man like Brian, a chartered accountant no less, look twice at Peggy? As a woman of a certain age, she fears she has become invisible, even to men in their eighties.

But a chance encounter with an old school friend she hasn't seen in five decades - the glamorous fashionista Angie Valentine - sets Peggy on an unexpected journey of self-discovery.

Can she channel her 'inner Helen Mirren' and find love and friendship in her twilight years?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • ISBN: 9781473685864
  • Number of pages: 368
  • Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 34 mm
  • Weight: 260g
  • Languages: English

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The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village
Adored it!!!
"It's never too late to grow old disgracefully...." If I could give a book more than five stars then "The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village" w... READ MORE
A Mother’s Musings
The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village
Heartwarming and funny!
Meet Peggy, she and her dog Basil live in a retirement village in Australia. Peggy loves to cook/bake and has a secret crush on her next-door neighbour Bri... READ MORE
Sjoera Snijder-Sahuleka
The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village
Such a Witty Read!
Who knew living in a retirement village could be so much fun? Peggy, 79, has slipped - far too easily - into a world of beige. Living in Jacaranda Retire... READ MORE
GraceJReviewerlady.net
The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village
A cracking read
I have to say that I was sold on this book simply by the first sentence of the synopsis – ‘It’s never too late to grow old disgracefully’. Now that’s the ... READ MORE
Amanda Oughton