Maddy Young thought she had it all.
Swanky city apartment? – yep. Fancy car? sorted. High-flying career? – tick.
Even if she’s lost most of her friends because of spending all her time at work, and can’t remember when she last had fun, it’s worth it.
Until she’s suddenly made redundant. Now she’s 37, jobless, and after the breakup with the former love of her life, unhappily single.
Enter Maddy’s childhood friend, Beth, the owner of Growlers, the doggy daycare centre at Giddywell Grange, on a mission to make Maddy see there’s more to life than work.
Soon, Maddy is swapping spreadsheets for volunteer duty at the library, daily Starbucks for cups of tea with elderly neighbours, and her Prada handbag for doggy poo bags… And with Beth’s gorgeous brother, Alex, back from the States, Maddy starts to think that Giddywell Grange might just be her happy place.
But when her old life – and her old boyfriend - comes calling, will Maddy go back to the job she loved so much? Or will she discover that the key to happiness lies in making others happy?
Title: Escape to Giddywell Grange
Author: Kim Nash
Published By: Hera Books
Publication Date: 18th September 2019
Our Review
What strikes me most when writing a book review is how the book made me feel and Escape to Giddywell Grange made me feel happy and content. In fact just looking at the cover made me feel all warm and cosy and I loved the title too.
Maddie is living the life everyone dreams of with a fancy apartment, fabulous job, expensive car and enough money to buy whatever she wants. So it comes as a huge shock when she is made redundant and loses the lot.
When she meets up with Beth, her best friend from school, she realises how much she’s missed out on by not having time for anyone over the years. Beth needs to go into hospital and Maddie finds herself taking over her job at the kennels at Giddywell Grange.
Maddie loves being back at Giddywell as it brings back lots of happy memories from when she and Beth were at school together. Beth has other ideas for Maddie too and signs her up for lots of other activities that she normally does.
Maddie finds herself totally out of her comfort zone but discovers that helping others is the key to happiness and fulfilment and all the money in the world can’t buy that.
This story follows Maddie on a journey of self discovery and is filled with acts of kindness which give the reader that feel good factor. I loved her reacquainting herself with her mum who she simply never had time for when she was working in her high powered job and their relationship blossomed nicely although with a few hiccups on the way.
The thought of doggie daycare filled me with joy as we have a puppy and my daughter is working in kennels and she loves the characters of the dogs she looks after so that part of the book was very sweet.
I also enjoyed how each person Maddie met along the way gave her a little piece of a much greater message and helped her to discover who she really was deep down.
I especially liked the cameo from Grace who was the star of Kim’s previous book.
Escape to Giddywell Grange is gentle, heartwarming and brimming with kindness.
Sincerely
Book Angel x
About the Author
Kim Nash lives in Staffordshire with son Ollie and English Setter Roni, is PR & Social Media Manager for Bookouture and is a book blogger at www.kimthebookworm.co.uk.
Kim won the Romantic Novelists Association's Media Star of the Year in 2016, which she still can't quite believe. She is now quite delighted to be a member of the RNA.
When she's not working or writing, Kim can be found walking her dog, reading, standing on the sidelines of a football pitch cheering on Ollie and binge watching box sets on the TV. She's also quite partial to a spa day and a gin and tonic (not at the same time!) Kim also runs a book club in Cannock, Staffs.
Amazing Grace was her debut novel with Hera Books and came out in April 2019.
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