Thoughts: If you’re looking for a fun lighter read I definitely recommend this! It’s a great twist on essentially The Holiday and the townspeople and side characters remind me of Gilmore Girls (which is high praise from me.) This was the ideal book to mix in after reading something heavy and was a lifetime movie in all the right ways without getting too cheesy.
Summary: When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen’s house for some long-overdue rest.
Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty. She’d like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn’t offer many eligible gentlemen.
So they decide to try a two-month swap.
Eileen will live in London and look for love. She’ll take Leena’s flat, and learn all about casual dating, swiping right, and city neighbors. Meanwhile Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire: Eileen’s sweet cottage and garden, her idyllic, quiet village, and her little neighborhood projects.