The Switch

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When Leena is given paid time off from work after having a panic attack during a meeting with a client, she decides to leave London life behind and go live in the country with her grandmother. Leena's grandmother Eileen is newly single, and decides to swap places with Leena and trades simple country living for the bustle of London. Each woman finds herself and a bit of romance along the way.

I've read Beth O'Leary's work before, and her books never disappoint. The age differences in this book were refreshing. Typically women's fiction focuses on one age group, but having a young woman interacting with her grandmother's friends and having Eileen interact with young, hip Londoners made the story feel original.

Each character had a romance, but they were one part of the story rather than having the whole book focus on them. The characters have ambitions beyond finding a man, and each works on herself as well as her life goals and other non-romantic relationships.

Beth O'Leary is a former publisher who lives in the English countryside. She is currently working on her third novel.

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Length: 336 pages

Release date: August 18, 2020

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