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Ellie Dwyer's Great Escape

By: Diane Winger
Narrated by: Laural Merlington
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Summary

You're never too old to run away from home.

Ellie Dwyer, 61, is convinced bad luck comes in threes, and not just garden-variety, oh-well bad luck. How many people have to flee not one, but two natural disasters? And in between the wildfire and the hurricane, her husband of nearly 40 years suddenly up and left her for no reason she could fathom, disappearing from her life without a clue to his whereabouts.

Determined to reinvent her life, Ellie sets out on a journey across the country. Along the way to nowhere in particular, she buys a camper, becomes friends with a remarkable octogenarian, and starts to believe that good luck might also come in threes.

Or does it? That depends on how she defines good luck.

©2019 Diane Winger (P)2020 Tantor

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Well written

Lovely story and a little light humor at times
Enjoyable bedtime read , would recommend for easy reading too

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  • D House
  • 13-08-22

A lovely book!

This is a lovely book about growing old, friendships, forgiveness, getting sick, dying, but most of all about living life to the fullest, no matter what is going on around you.

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  • Andrea
  • 26-10-20

Nice story

Good to read a book about an older woman. Enjoyable and insightful. Would read more by this author.

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  • Emerald Coast Sailor
  • 18-06-23

Good story about adventure and friendship

I love to camp, hike and meet new people. Good story, I liked it. Heartwarming.

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  • nikki
  • 15-06-23

Boring

Whole story: Lady in her 60s is mad at husband for leaving her. She goes camping, buys a camper and looses weight. She finds her husband and he has cancer… Only reason I pushed myself to finished it is because, we are reading in book club. Do not recommend at all.

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  • Sandra
  • 05-06-23

A newbie fellow a frame camper

Loved the story. As a new Aliner camper I identified with her original missteps handling the camper and camping challenges in general. The love story and forgiveness theme is moving and points to how complex love is.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 24-05-23

How can a 61 yr old woman be so dumb?

I’m struggling with this book. Chapter 5 really frustrated me- show up at a campground with nothing but a blanket?? Where has she been all these years?
I’m 62. I don’t use words like “dunce“ or “knucklehead”. No one I know uses those outdated words.
And her husband leaves, takes half out of the bank accounts means he’s moved on. This actually happens to people, so why is she confused? She works editing books, so why is she so broke?
It’s up in the air whether I’ll finish this book. I’ll keep going for now.
I’m looking for books about women of my age that reflect real life. Or at least be funny- which this book is not, so far.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 18-05-23

I love this book

Just bought camper for first time and this book was so much fun to read.. I loved the friendships and lightheartedness of the whole book.

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  • IsabelS
  • 22-04-23

Brilliant!

A wonderful story of love, friendship, and new beginnings.
An easy listen. It was great following Ellie on her journey.
Good nwrration

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  • marlene dance
  • 21-01-23

Good Read Full of Surprises that Touched my Heart

I loved this book. I went on a solo trip due to a life change about 15 years ago, and this book hit home for me. I am also an Aframe camper owner, so that picture on the cover was an instant attraction. There were parts that made me laugh, especially because some of the struggles a new camper owner has, Ellie faced. So did we.

I LOVED the narrator. It is a story told from an older woman's perspective, and they chose a woman to narrate that really fit that part and made it authentic.

Without telling any of the story, I wasn't expecting to cry, but I did. The main character experiences a life changing event, closure and a new beginning.

I am sincerely hoping that the rest of the books come out on Audible. In any case, I am looking forward to unplugging and reading them while sitting next to the Aliner Camper we named Luna.

Do yourself a favor and read this book. Bravo.

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