Book Review: Heartbreak Hotel
Buffy fancied himself as a grandfather and had been rehearsing the role for years. Everyone said that it was so much easier than being a parent.The irrepressible Russel 'Buffy' Buffery has upped sticks from London and moved to a decrepit B&B in rural Wales. He needs to fill the beds, and what better way than with 'Courses for Divorces', his new money-making wheeze. Those checking in include: Harold, whose wife has run off with a younger woman; Amy, who's been unexpectedly dumped by her (not-so-) needy boyfriend and Andy, the hypochondriac postman whose girlfriend is much too much for him to handle. Under Buffy's tutelage, these causalities of the marriage-go-round find themselves re-learning all those skills they never thought they'd need again, and a whole lot more besides...
In Heartbreak Hotel, Deborah Moggach introduces a group of lonely hearts who takes the story forward. Although love and loneliness in later life forms the primary focus of this book, Heartbreak Hotel is a humorous story to read. The twists in the story are somewhat predictable but the style of narration and embedded humour make this a sweet novel in which a gentle tale keeps moving forward.
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Humorous and readable. I had received the review copy from Random House India. Thank you Random House India for giving me this opportunity. You can buy this book at amazon or at Flipkart in case you live in India.
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