The Woman Who Upped and Left

Fiona Gibson

Feb 2016 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

‘I absolutely adored every page... Hilarious! There were moments that made me laugh out loud, they were just so funny!... Wonderful... Smiles and laughs are guaranteed... Trust me, it's a wonderful story!’ Goodreads review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Forget about having it all. Sometimes you just want to leave it all behind.

Audrey is often seized by the urge to walk out of her house without looking back – but she can’t possibly do that.

She is a single parent. She is needed. She has a job, a home, responsibilities...and a slothful teenage son’s pants to pick up.

But no one likes being taken for granted – Audrey least of all – so the time has come for drastic action. And no one’s going to stand in her way...

A brilliantly funny and uplifting novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mum Who’d Had Enough and When Life Gives You Lemons. Perfect for anyone who’s ever wanted to escape it all!

Readers love The Woman Who Upped and Left:

‘I loved this book and I related to it on so many levels!...Hilarious... I have sent my sister a message saying “buy this, you gotta read it”... Great book’ Goodreads review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Laugh out loud... If you like reading warm and funny books like I do then The Woman Who Upped And Left is for you... The novel is so good. I can't highly recommend enough’ Goodreads review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘What middle aged housewife can't relate to this? A light-hearted look at the stuff we all face. Loved it’ Goodreads review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘What an utter joy this was!... Couldn't have finished this book with a bigger grin on my face. It was an utter, utter treat, ... Fabulously feel-good’ Goodreads review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Like a breath of fresh air. A lovely, lovely weekend read. A hug in a book’ Goodreads review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Loved this! Easy read and made me to want to do exactly the same thing! Never say never!’ Goodreads review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Absolutely brilliant... I couldn’t put it down... I absolutely loved Audrey... All in all it was a brilliant book’ Goodreads review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ratings and reviews

You saying it's laugh out loud/hysterical have never read a true humorous novel. This mum is an idiot let's her twit of a son control her. Let's his twit gf live w them (ending in the obvious (.and the title is false!.If you up and leave you UP and leave..you don't let people know where you are.dumb dumb.nothing funny at all

Audrey Pepper is just your average divorced, 40-something mum of an18 year old teenage boy who is slowly being driven round the bend by her life. Well, more accurately by her son, Morgan, who is just drifting and seems to think mum will always be there to feed him, clean up after him and pay all his bills. So starts the great underpant-war. Morgan won't pick them up and now neither will Audrey. It all comes to a head when Audrey wins dinner lady of the year and has a choice of two wonderful prizes - £5,000 or a week long French Cookery Course. Which will she choose and will it be good for her? This is a typical Fiona Gibson story - warm and realistic feeling characters who have their nasty side as well as the nice bits that make them the focus of the story. Whilst some encounters feel a little contrived (does that ever happen to anyone in real life?) knowing that the world is full of surprises that we never anticipate makes even these feel convincing. The real joy of this story is the inter-personal relationships that show how we are all different people depending who we are with. From the caring and empathetic dinner lady and carer to the brazen woman in her Motorway Lover's eyes, the overbearing, nagging mum to her son, fun friend and then the defender of her son's girlfriend all these personalities are wrapped up in one middle-aged woman. Fiona Gibson really seems to understand human relationships and can write about them in such a lively way her books are a joy to read.

Easy read. Anyone who has had a teen aged son will enjoy this book

About the author

Fiona Gibson is an author and journalist. Originally from Yorkshire, she started her writing life at the age of seventeen on Jackie magazine. She is a regular contributor to Red, Sainsbury’s Magazine and the Sunday Herald, and lives with her husband and their three children in Lanarkshire, Scotland.