How a forced taking it easy is life changing.

Synopsis

This is the story of two women.
One old, one young.
One looking for new adventures. One looking for a purpose.
Both needing a friend.

And this is how, along with two little girls in need of a family, a gorgeous stranger, and a scruffy dog, they bring the whole community together every Saturday morning for love, laughter and a little bit of running…(well, power walking).

Some people come into your life when you need them the most.

My review

Claire is the perfect example of a workaholic. But when she is forced to take time off, she does not know what to do with all her free time.
The moment she decides to start exercising in the outside, instead of going to the gym, she has no clue how her life will change.

She meets Hilda, an older woman who is obviously very nosy and has a wide imagination. Yet they quickly bond and the daily run becomes a kind of tradition, followed by drinking a coffee together.

When one day, there is a new addition to the duo, Claire is surprised to find out it’s Ash. She had a wonderful night with him, but then suddenly he ghosted her.
Ash was just like Claire, a workaholic, but he found himself suddenly out of a job.

The bunch quickly are a package, spending their time together, even if they are not exercising. And when Hilda comes with the idea of organising a weekly park run, Claire and Ash find themselves with a purpose again.

But organising a park run is not as easy as it seems, right?

Did I enjoy reading this book? A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E-L-Y!!!!

From the beginning you know that Claire will have to stop working for a while. So I was very curious to know what she would do with all her free time!

So when she starts to go running, I was respecting her, as I am sooo not into running myself!

Not only running is changing her way of living, but also finding herself taking care of her nieces while her sister needs some time for herself in India, well I wouldn’t like to be in Claire’s shoes!
And exactly for the way her sister leaves the kids and all the other things happening in the book, well, if that would be my sister, I would have done not so nice things to her!

My first impression of Hilda was not a nice one… I found her too nosy, curious, and sometimes even rude (just taking Claire’s coffee!).
But slowly I had to change my mind about her. Hilda has her heart at the right place, she helps Claire out with the 2 children and she just wants to feel needed and useful.

And Ash… the first time we meet him, is hilarious… the staring stand – off, who would imagine such thing!!!
But I was disappointed in him after he ghosted. (Hmm, I’m not liking many people apparently 🤣)

Yet all the characters get a chance of shifting priorities and while organizing the park run, they realize many people are just alone. Thanks to the park run, the feeling of a real community is back, making many people happy again.

I found this a lovely story, about how work is not all there is. And friends come in different shapes and ages and in the most surprising ways.
And that love is not just something that comes easy but you have to work for it to make it work. And that love has many faces and each one of them is wonderful!