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'Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life - and better than Trollope at jokes' Daily Mail.
'A warm and well-written case for love affairs in later life' Daily Telegraph.
'... beautiful and insightful first novel written by an author who has the perfect experience to write it' www.chicklitreviews.com.
'A sweet story of romance set in a familiar if quiet corner of life, Hilary Boyd has a way with words' Top Romance Novels website.
'A warm and well-written case for love affairs in later life' Daily Telegraph.
'... beautiful and insightful first novel written by an author who has the perfect experience to write it' www.chicklitreviews.com.
'A sweet story of romance set in a familiar if quiet corner of life, Hilary Boyd has a way with words' Top Romance Novels website.
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Jeanie has been a loving wife to George for over thirty years, a devoted mother to their daughter and, recently, an adoring grandmother - all this despite the fact that several years ago, George withdrew from their marital bed with no reason given. At first Jeanie was determined to confront him, but days rolled into weeks, then years, and still she has no idea why it happened. Did she do something wrong? Is he in love with someone else? George won't talk about it. Every Thursday, Jeanie takes her granddaughter to the park, and there she meets Ray, who performs the same weekly duty for his grandson. Ray seems to be everything George isn't - a listener, easy to talk to, open-minded - and sexy. Suddenly Jeanie feels attractive again and, against her will, finds herself falling in love with him. She knows all too well that her new passion threatens everything she holds dear. She must make a choice. Family ties, dramas, secrets and lies all weave their way though this beautiful and insightful first novel written by an author who has the perfect experience to write it.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found it very hard to put this book down in order to go out to dinner! It is about two older people who meet and fall in love and all the attendant problems they encounter with families. Very well written and entertaining
It made me laugh and cry and I totally enjoyed it! I really recommend it!
It made me laugh and cry and I totally enjoyed it! I really recommend it!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A new Mary Wesley for the 21st century has just published her first novel at the respectable age of sixty something.
Thursdays in the Park is a perfectly pitched, fast moving,hugely funny, black comedy and OAP baby boomer romance,
with just a hint of granny bodice-ripper.
The opening chapter is quiet and understated, belying the fun and interest that soon follows. The plot is perfectly
crafted and its twists and turns, together with Hilary Boyd's mischievous sense of humour and close human
observation, steer it firmly away from sentimentality, or what could easily have been just Hills and Boon, into a
delightful tale of the idiosyncrasies and insanities of family life, which keeps you guessing till the last page.
Cliched though it sounds, this book is a real laugh-out-loud page-turner. Brilliant holiday reading.
I look forward to the next Hilary Boyd!
Thursdays in the Park is a perfectly pitched, fast moving,hugely funny, black comedy and OAP baby boomer romance,
with just a hint of granny bodice-ripper.
The opening chapter is quiet and understated, belying the fun and interest that soon follows. The plot is perfectly
crafted and its twists and turns, together with Hilary Boyd's mischievous sense of humour and close human
observation, steer it firmly away from sentimentality, or what could easily have been just Hills and Boon, into a
delightful tale of the idiosyncrasies and insanities of family life, which keeps you guessing till the last page.
Cliched though it sounds, this book is a real laugh-out-loud page-turner. Brilliant holiday reading.
I look forward to the next Hilary Boyd!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great debut and would appeal to fans of warm and witty Elizabeth Buchan.Tells of the trials of a middle aged couple trapped in a stale marriage.Things get more complex when the heroine is attracted to a man she meets in the park.A real page turner which i could not put down.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
thursdays in the park
One of those books that I found myself liking despite myself. Difficult, if not impossible, to discuss why without the possibility of including a fairly big spoiler, lets just say... Read more
Published 11 days ago by Petty Witter
Chick-lit for the Older Woman
Whilst this book may not be a great work of fiction I found it a very enjoyable read. I suppose it is chick-lit but refreshingly, it's chick-lit for the older woman as the central... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Wendybee
Chic Lit Fans Only
A very simplistic story of a middle aged couple trapped in a stale marriage and attendant problems they endure with family & friends and how the wife accidentally meets and fall in... Read more
Published 2 months ago by kingfisher
Warm and real
How often do we get a book that treats a 60 year old woman as normal / interesting / still attractive to men? Read more
Published 3 months ago by Gaily H
Love for the over 50s
I love this book! It's a very simple story of girl meets boy but this girl is nearly 60 and married and the boy is a similar age. Read more
Published 6 months ago by HelenG
Ever day in the park
There is little I can add by way of plaudits for this book which I have enjoyed enormously, even though that seems a rather odd thing to say considering it's about the break up of... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mrs. M. G. Powling
Entertaining and real
Having seen this novel recommended twice in the same edition of the Sunday Times,I ordered it.It's a story of a 60 year old woman with a difficult long marriage. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Lorna Bevan
A great read!
Wonderful characters, great plot about issues of middle aged relationships that affect us all. Anyone who likes a good story that has lots of substance will love Thursdays In The... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Pamela
This was a gift.
This was a gift for my wife, however I know that she did enjoy it very much and said that it was a good story.
Published 8 months ago by K. James
Read it in the park - in two sittings
I agree with Jude. This book is full of delicious details that really bring the characters and North London itself to life. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Ellen
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