Read by Beth Eyre

In this funny, emotional British women's fiction novel, a woman on the edge of disaster finds strength and meaning when her house falls off the edge of a cliff, prompting her to embark on a road trip with her son, a dachshund named Betty, and her neighbor. Sometimes it takes life falling apart... to piece yourself back together. Single mum Jenny is on the edge of disaster. Her job is downsizing, her car won't start, her son is a teenager (enough said)... and it just won't stop raining. So, when her darling cottage on the Norfolk coast literally falls off a cliff, taking all of her son's baby photos, her beloved couch, and almost taking Jenny herself down with it, it's the ridiculously traumatic cherry on top of her ridiculously catastrophic week. With no job, no home, and the painful stirring of memories from when Jenny was alone, broke, estranged from her family, and pregnant, she takes a drastic step to start new. She and her eighteen-year-old son, Charlie, join their nomadic neighbor, Luke, and his dachshund, Betty, in his campervan on a road trip around England. From hiking historical sites to riding rollercoasters at amusement parks, each new stop drives Jenny forward and reminds her of the dreams she gave up long ago. But more than that, each new destination-pulled from a hat based on random prompts like "Brontë sisters" and favorite songs-brings Jenny closer to her son, and the painful past she tried to outrun. As old wounds and difficult reconciliations open Jenny's eyes to the mistakes of her past, she is able to navigate what, and who, she would like to be a part of her future. Sometimes it takes life falling apart... to piece yourself back together. Single mum Jenny is on the edge of disaster. Her job is downsizing, her car won't start, her son is a teenager (enough said)... and it just won't stop raining. So, when her darling cottage on the Norfolk coast literally falls off a cliff, taking all of her son's baby photos, her beloved couch, and almost taking Jenny herself down with it, it's the ridiculously traumatic cherry on top of her ridiculously catastrophic week. With no job, no home, and the painful stirring of memories from when Jenny was alone, broke, estranged from her family, and pregnant, she takes a drastic step to start new. She and her eighteen-year-old son, Charlie, join their nomadic neighbor, Luke, and his dachshund, Betty, in his campervan on a road trip around England. From hiking historical sites to riding rollercoasters at amusement parks, each new stop drives Jenny forward and reminds her of the dreams she gave up long ago. But more than that, each new destination-pulled from a hat based on random prompts like "Brontë sisters" and favorite songs-brings Jenny closer to her son, and the painful past she tried to outrun. As old wounds and difficult reconciliations open Jenny's eyes to the mistakes of her past, she is able to navigate what, and who, she would like to be a part of her future

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