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Wendy's Winter Gift
- Author
- Debbie Viggiano
- Narrator
- Eilidh Beaton
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 25 January 2024
- Run Time
- 8 hours 27 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Wendy Walker can count on two fingers the number of birthdays until she’s fifty. She can also count on six hands the number of years she’s been married to controlling Derek. Whatever happened to the boy she used to lark around with in the back of a Ford Escort? Just like Derek’s hairline, that lad has gone.
Wendy yearns for freedom but is resigned to her lot. After all, there are others to think about. Like daughter Ruby who – as a teenage single mum still at home – needs supporting, especially since abandoning her hopes of being on Love Island and achieving fame as a reality star.
But secrets dare to spill at the most inopportune moments.
Ruby is nurturing a mystery romance that she frets about her mother discovering, while Derek finds himself under the spotlight in the most disastrous of circumstances.
But just when Wendy thinks her world is falling apart, she discovers that sometimes unexpected joy is just around life’s corner…
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Details
- Author
- Debbie Viggiano
- Narrator
- Eilidh Beaton
- Duration
- 8 hours 27 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 January 2024
- ISBN
- 9781004145102
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
Synopsis
Everyone has secrets but some are bigger than others.Wendy Walker can count on two fingers the number of birthdays until she’s fifty. She can also count on six hands the number of years she’s been married to controlling Derek. Whatever happened to the boy she used to lark around with in the back of a Ford Escort? Just like Derek’s hairline, that lad has gone.Wendy yearns for freedom but is resigned to her lot. After all, there are others to think about. Like daughter Ruby who – as a teenage single mum still at home – needs supporting, especially since abandoning her hopes of being on Love Island and achieving fame as a reality star.But secrets dare to spill at the most inopportune moments.Ruby is nurturing a mystery romance that she frets about her mother discovering, while Derek finds himself under the spotlight in the most disastrous of circumstances.But just when Wendy thinks her world is falling apart, she discovers that sometimes unexpected joy is just around life’s corner…
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