Over the Garden Fence was just such a beautiful story. As well as being utterly hilarious, it was warm and happy, and by the end of it, I guarantee you will feel as though you are best friends with Molly and Janice.
The premise of the story is that these two elderly ladies got together during lockdown, each sitting in their own gardens, social distancing, but enjoying each other’s company at a time when they didn’t really have anyone else to talk to. Now lockdown is over and social distancing is no longer a thing, but Molly and Janice keep up their daily meet-ups.
I loved that the whole story was like having a conversation with your best mates, just passing the time of day discussing the TV programmes you’ve watched and what’s happening in the news. Everything Molly and Janice talk about is real as well. Everything they discuss are things that have happened, whether it be a news item or who won Strictly Come Dancing. I’ve never experienced anything like this in a book before and I really enjoyed it.
Thank you to Karen Louise Hollis and Rachel’s Random Resources for the opportunity to read and review Over the Garden Fence.
About the Book
What can two elderly women do, when they want to live their best lives, but don’t know where to start?Next-door neighbours, Molly and Janice, are in their seventies and are both widowed and lonely. In lockdown, they had their garden fence removed so they could have socially-distanced chats outside. Now the pandemic is over, but the conversation continues. In fact, it has become a daily ritual - weather permitting.As their friendship develops, talk turns from news headlines, the Sewing Bee and the Royal family to their own long-lost hopes and dreams. Is it ever too late to contact a former boyfriend? Or to heal family rifts? Or to try new things? Of course not! Because growing older doesn’t mean giving up.
About Karen
Karen Louise Hollis was born in Lincoln in 1969 and is a full-time carer for her mother and a single mother to her son.
She has had books published and self-published since 2003, including short stories and poetry, and non-fiction books on motherhood, gymnastics and Doctor Who.
Her book Un-Conventional : 13 Years of Meeting the Stars of Doctor Who was published by Hirst Publishing in 2010 and her biography of actor Anthony Ainley - The Man Behind The Master was published by Fantom Publishing as a hardback in 2015, later as a paperback and audio CD.
Her first novel Welcome to Whitlock Close was published in 2022 and her second novel Starting Again in Silver Sands Bay in 2023.
Karen Louise usually writes books based in Lincolnshire and including characters of all ages. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and writes books in various genres including non-fiction, romance, recent historical fiction (1980s) and contemporary women’s fiction.
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