Sorry, Walter

by Judi Curtin

A funny, fresh new heroine for lovers of one-liners, Saturday-afternoon films and sour-cream-and-onion flavour crisps... Cork school teacher Maeve is stuck in a rut. When she's not trying to keep six-year-olds from killing each other, her colleagues are boring her with tales of domestic bliss and the finer points of football. The only thing getting Maeve's love and attention is her garden. All washed up at the age of 34? Not our Maeve. Taking a giant leap of faith, she leaves her yellow wellies behind and heads across the pond to Canada. Under the clear blue skies of Vancouver, she realises what it's like to live a little on the wild side. There's the edible Wes, with his blond hair and toothpaste smile, and there's someone else.... 'Your beach reading sorted..what more could a girl ask for on holiday' Irish Sunday Independent 'Written with brio. The sardonic Maeve is an endearingly contrary creation' Image Magazine

Genres: Fiction

432 pages, Paperback

First published February 24, 2003

Reviews

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book got me back into reading, and gave me comfort in a bad point in my life. I adore Maeve and her journey to Canada and the adventures that awaited her there. This book will forever hold a special place in my heart.

[Jodi Simpkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Light, easy read. Gives me The Holiday vibes. I liked because it's set in Vancouver, which probably influenced how much I liked it.

[Erdina Halilagic · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute, somehow humorous book. I'm not sure why it had the writing above the title that said, 'You have met Bridget Jones, now meet Maeve…' I'm curious if the publisher had the right to make that connection to this book. Anyway, the book is entertaining but could have been shorter; I skipped some descriptions in the third part of the book."

[Angel Serrano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una profesora de educación primaria en Irlanda se apunta (gracias a su madre) en un curso de escritura creativa. Esto le abrirá las puertas a la aventura de un intercambio de vivienda y, sobre todo, a un cambio de vida.

[Claire Louisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good story, I did skip over some pages as the descriptions seemed to go on a bit and I wanted to get back to the story. Overall a nice light read