Living in the Yorkshire Dales and the tiny village of Hamleigh-in-Harksdale, there are slim pickings, as Eileen reflects on how she had planned on going to London before pregnancy and marriage. 79 year old Eileen Cotton's husband, Wade has recently left her for a dance instructor, and for the tree climbing Eileen, she is far from addled, she is searching for sex, love and another man.

Back in London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, but is her perfect match nearer home than she first thought?īeth O'Leary proves that her brilliant debut The Flatshire was no fluke with this smashing follow up, the perfect reading material for our anxious and self isolated times. Leena learns that a long-distance relationship isn't as romantic as she hoped it would be, and then there is the annoyingly perfect - and distractingly handsome - school teacher, who keeps showing up to outdo her efforts to impress the local villagers. But with gossiping neighbours and difficult family dynamics to navigate up north, and trendy London flatmates and online dating to contend with in the city, stepping into one another's shoes proves more difficult than either of them expected. Meanwhile Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire. Eileen can live in London and look for love. Once Leena learns of Eileen's romantic predicament, she proposes a solution: a two-month swap. She'd like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen. Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty.

When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest.

The Switch by Nia Arthurs